to get the Democrats to abandon their attempt to force him to speak honestly in his confirmation hearing.
Let’s hope they’re made of sterner stuff now, as the full ramifications of Justice Alito’s unfitness for judicial service become clearer by the day.
Michael Isikoff in Air Mail describes Alito’s “emergence as the staunchest, most uncompromising and defiant hard-right member of the Court—a role some say was entirely foreseeable when Democrats lost their nerve to challenge his nomination nearly two decades ago.”
It was probably then that Mitch McConnell realized the Democrats weren’t up to fighting for anything, and he could trample our Constitution and judicial system at will.