The left doesn't fear Justice Barrett, it fears the Constitution

David Harsanyi explains, 'Originalism is the stick in the spoke of progressivism'

By David Harsanyi
Published October 29, 2020 at 7:13pm

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Nothing threatens the progressive project more than the existence of a Supreme Court that adheres to the Constitution. It's really that simple.

That's what the tantrum over Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation is all about. The notion that the same Democrats who shelved the judicial filibuster and now threaten to destroy the separation of powers with a revenge scheme to pack the Supreme Court – the same people, incidentally, so fond of smear-drenched confirmation hearings – are sticklers for process or decorum is simply ludicrous.

For one thing, no norms have been undone by the confirmation of Barrett. If Democrats had held a Senate majority in 2016, Merrick Garland would already be ensconced in the Supreme Court, election or no election. Many of the same Democrats now feigning outrage over Barrett's confirmation, including Joe Biden, argued back then that it was the constitutional duty of the Senate to take up a vote. Our living Constitution apparently offers contradicting directions from one election to the next.

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