Follow-up point:
Where was Joan's article condemning the Democrats for ending the filibuster of lower court appointees a few years ago?  It's easy and convenient to lament the "political tit for tat" after the fact, but where were her columns championing a restoration before now? If you really want to understand the indignation and hypocritical bias of progressives, you must first understand that ending the filibuster isn't what they find problematic, it's that it has been made unavailable to the Democrats.  Had the Republicans filibustered any of Bill Clinton's or Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominees, the filibuster would have ended for SC appointees then, and with the same sort of self-righteous indignation.  The courts are the progressives' last line of defense.  Take away their ability to abuse the courts to undermine the democratic process (remember Prop 8 in California?) and they have no way to inflict their will on the people.

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