EDITORIAL: Elections matter. Our government is out of whack
That will be on stark display in the days, weeks and perhaps months ahead as
We speak to
For left-leaning
We are at a moment where issues once thought resolved -- none more so than abortion rights -- are potentially back in play with Trump's second nomination to the
Kennedy has repeatedly been the swing vote on the high court, providing liberals victories on abortion access, same-sex marriage, the environment and limits on capital punishment. And backing conservatives on gun rights, unlimited campaign spending and Trump's travel ban.
With Kennedy gone, Trump's nominee will almost certainly cement the conservative majority. And looming in the background is the question of how much longer liberal, 85-year-old Justice
They are correct that if the no-hearings-in-an-election-year standard was appropriate in 2016, it should be the standard again today. The fact is that it wasn't right then and it isn't right now -- but the same rules should apply in both cases.
Most of the nation doesn't care. It's "inside baseball" that's irrelevant to most voters. In the end, it's elections that matter. The 2016 election -- for president, the House and the
Yes, Trump won the presidency without a majority of the vote because of the
And
Democratic voters have a choice. They can complain about the rules, refuse to play, and take their ball and go home. But that will merely ensure further conservative control of the nation.
Or they can recognize that they must find a way to appeal -- with message and candidates -- not only to the left-wing, blue-state base of their party but also to the centrist working-class voters in swing states.
To Democratic voters, the choice should be clear: Stay home on
Remember, your candidate might not be perfect -- and
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