Right wing whining about the polarization they’ve created
by digby
It’s not like it’s always been that way,” Roberts said. “Justice (Antonin) Scalia, I think, was confirmed unanimously. I think Justice (Ruth Bader) Ginsburg was confirmed unanimously. Neither one of them would have a chance today. And that doesn’t make any sense. That’s bad for the judiciary.”
It would be if it weren’t patently obvious that only Ginsburg would not be confirmed. Scalia would make it through. How do we know this? Because Samuel Alito did. And he’s even more of a partisan wingnut than Scalia (although not quite as dyspeptic — but give him time.)
I think it’s very nice that Roberts is concerned about polarization and partisanship. But he’s been around since the 1980s when the Reagan revolutionaries started their Shermanesque March through American politics, lighting fire to every norm, tradition, rule and common understanding that previously existed. He’s been part of it throughout his entire career. So one must be pardoned for thinking that what he really means is that liberals need to admit they’ve been defeated and stop fighting because the conservatives aren’t getting everything they want. That’s what they usually mean when they start whining about partisanship.
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