John Stoehr
John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. Find him @editorialboard.bsky.social .
Republicans, and some Democrats, are telling themselves tall tales.
The Democratic strategy didn’t backfire. It just failed to work.
The 2000 election was the start of a judicial coup. 2018 is its apex.
The Democrats, meanwhile, must prepare to heal it.
The president thinks #MeToo is on trial in November. He’s wrong.
But the more they attack Democrats, the more the Republicans alienate women.
It’s not the the last step in confirming him. It’s the first step in reforming the Supreme Court.
The Democrats can now use his partisan rampage against him.
And the Democrats must prepare to exploit their death.
They have it but don’t need it, because Merrick Garland.