Upon the inevitable confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, conservatives will have achieved ultimate victory in the cultural-political war of our lifetime. It’s all over but the shouting.
Decades of progressive social changes never possible through legislation, starting with school desegregation in the mid-1950s through a woman’s right to choose and up to marriage equality today, will all come to a full stop with the most solidly conservative court in over 80 years. We shall see a steady stream of 5-4 conservative decisions for the foreseeable future. Remember also that these five are far younger than their four liberal colleagues, with lifetime tenure.