When I hear liberals complain that conservative-libertarian judicial nominees are “out of the mainstream,” this is what I visualize:
THE MAINSTREAM THEN
THE MAINSTREAM NOW
The mainstream has shifted considerably to the left in the past 70 years. Being in the mainstream of current political thought is no virtue; being out of the mainstream of current political thought is no vice. A conservative-libertarian judicial nominee should be proud of being out of today’s mainstream — and on the side of liberty
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