Are the New Progressive Rules Reciprocal? - Victor Davis Hanson

Are the New Progressive Rules Reciprocal?

"Are today’s norms tomorrow’s norms?
In the era of peak woke we are supposed to accept any radical departure from long-held custom and tradition as the new normal...

• ...When the Republicans gain the presidency and Congress, should they pack the court to 15 justices, on the cue of current progressive efforts?
• Is the new norm that right-wing goons should dog Justice Jackson while eating at restaurants, throng her—and then be contextualized and excused by conservative cabinet members, media, and politicians? Is that our new normal reaction to rulings with which we disagree?
• Should the next president trash the rulings of liberal justices when abroad before his foreign hosts? Should the conservative world keep mum when a crazy right-winger shows up fully armed near the homes of left-wing Supreme Court justices?
• Should the Left one day achieve a 5-4 majority, would major conservative politicians then claim that their rulings are “illegitimate” and seek to find ways to nullify them?
• Should conservative clerks leak controversial drafts of left-wing opinions to the media in hopes of mobilizing preemptive opposition to and strategies against subsequent progressive rulings?...lots here, read all!