Why the liberals got with they had coming with Kennedy's retirement

Whether or not Trump gets a conservative justice, or keeps a promise, or says something we can understand about the situation , remains to be seen.  But it's hard to have much sympathy for the Left as it goes into straightaway psycho mode in the wake of Justice Kennedy's retirement annoucement.

While many of the screams center around the capstone of modern liberalism (abortion), there have been other issues mentioned as well.  The whole picture is that the American Left is in complete panic mode.  And yet, in the end, they only have themselves to blame.  Jonah Goldberg explains.

I can't remember who, but someone said the same thing about Trump.  When Trump stunned the world, the Left had a complete meltdown.  It was over.  We were all going to die.  Death camps and nuclear war and gulags and gas chambers - that would be America!  Some could ask how this could happen.  He's only president.  We have checks and balances, right? 

Well, no.  We've actually been eating away at those for some time, and the Left is hardly the only ones to blame.  But under Obama, and with the changes in America's electorate, the Left was sure it had the future in the bag.  So they began legislating from the bench when possible, or just from the Oval Office as good as ever.  How can we forget Obama personally declaring transgenderism to be just hunky-dory, and so any school that doesn't accommodate his opinions on the subject will face withdrawal of federal funds?  Was there any legislation with that?  Did Congress have a say? Were voters consulted?  Why no!  Obama donned his merry emperor, and ruled from on high.  And the Left loved him for it.

Problem is, the Left basically said the President can rule from on high, bypass the legislative process, ignore the electorate, rule with pen and phone, and mandate conformity to his their agenda.  So naturally they were scared s--tless when the opposition prevailed. They tried to put ultimate power in the White House, and now their mortal enemy had the key.

Same here with the courts.  Contrary to press reports, the Democrats haven't been wallflowers with the whole 'courts as instruments of political legislation.'*  Nor have they stood by silently when it comes to twisting and turning the rules of Congress to get what they want without opposition.  And now their greatest fears look to be coming true. 

That's politics of course.  It's right when we do it, evil and stupid and wrong when you do it. Problem is, if you do it, you've just given the best excuse in the world to your opponents for doing the same thing.  All of the parsing and sling and dicing and trying to show why it's horrible that your opponents are doing what you darn well know you tried to do just won't cut it.  Lesson learned?  We'll see. 

*I think we're all smart enough to know that the Supreme Court is seen as an instrument for legislating politically biased agendas.  Whether they do or not is for others those more versed in the legal process to say.  But that we want the Courts to advance agendas rather than do any of that law stuff should be obvious just by listening to the reactions this week.