Quote of the Day: the future of SCOTUS

From Hugh Hewitt, on the fears of the left once Samuel Alito joins the court:

But the prospect of tightly argued opinions in defense of majoritarian choices within our constitutional framework which honor the traditional morality of the vast majority of Americans -- well, that is something to look forward to if you are not a member of an elite who is certain that your views, while not widely shared, are nevertheless preferable to those of the unwashed masses.

If you are an elitist countermajoritarian, though, you will be losing sleep as you lose your last bastion of power. Now you will have to win elections if you want to make policy, and that's a daunting prospect indeed.

The left has, to a certain respect, shrugged off losses at the ballot box, knowing that its friends in the judiciary will render many legislative losses moot (not so much on the left coast, but certainly nationwide). Now, they see their judicial options going the way of the legislative, and they're sweating bullets.