2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Hillary people got over it in '08 and voted for Obama. [View all]draa
(975 posts)While I agree in principle with what you said, having Roberts on the court has been somewhat of a blessing. He sucks but we likely wouldn't have won Marriage Equality, wouldn't have the ACA, nor the Fair Housing Act without him. Face it, GWB was going to be President because he cheated. At least we got some protection and progression from the appointment of Roberts.
That's not to say the court isn't conservative, it damn well is, but just to point out that with the current conservative SC, Progressives have actually made more progress than we have in decades. People no longer die from lack of insurance, and people are free to marry whom they choose. Either of those 2 alone would be monumental, together they're a once in a life time thing. You can thank Roberts (seriously).
It also shows that the SC argument is on shaky ground. You can't fear the unknown. You just can't. It doesn't make sense here especially, at least not with what we've seen historically from that court.