As a postscript to my post They are who we thought they were: The extreme and radical Republican Party, let me offer the words of E.J. Dionne today:
Progressives would be wildly irresponsible if they sat by quietly while a conservative Supreme Court majority undid 80 years of jurisprudence. Roosevelt wasn’t a wimp, and Obama has decided that he won’t be one, either. Conservatives are unhappy because they prefer passive, intimidated liberals to the fighting kind.
Indeed.
They are who we thought they were. And we must fight them. First battle is the presidential election - or, Why Obama: The Supreme Court.