Democrats cannot win the fight to replace Justice Kennedy. They can only prepare for the next battle.

The Supreme Court has been commandeered by conservatives. They won this fight. Liberals must focus on winning the next one.

Charles Schumer.

The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court finally brings the 2016 election to fruition. While the consequences of electing a Republican president with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress were understood clearly at the time, they were hypotheticals for some unspecified time in the future.

That time has arrived.

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Edward Burmila

Ed Burmila is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bradley University. He lives in Chicago and blogs politics at Gin and Tacos.