When This Blows Over

Trump’s full-throttle, open-armed embrace of the cultural battle
lines has for good or for bad clarified who’s on which side. It also
surprisingly brought in support from those who were otherwise
inclined to be neutral and at least theoretically liberal.
Amy Coney Barrett Is a Clear Choice
The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett would advance those
cultural battle lines. If one needs to be genuinely democratic, he or
she should be clear about convictions and proudly put forward the
alternative to the dilettante technocratic centrism that has been in
practice. The public loves clear choices, and the public prefers
leaders who act, instead of managers who hedge bets.
The left always talks a big game about direct democracy, but they
seem to forget that if every issue were treated as an individual
referendum, the chances of them losing major positions are
extremely high. Americans do not support Black Lives Matter
anarchism. The majority are patriotic and oppose taxpayer-funded
anti-American education. The majority of black Americans are far
more religious on average than the public overall, and the majority
of Americans oppose transgender activism. The majority of
Americans oppose abortion after the first trimester and want fewer
foreign wars. Ask yourself, which side stands for the majority?
Coney Barrett is tough on crime, is against campus kangaroo courts,
and is an originalist who would follow the letter of the law to the
last word. According to her own words, she would not be deterred
from making tough decisions. Her nomination should give the public
a clear choice, even if the confirmation does not proceed prior to the
election.