Supreme Court attacks are a fools game for GOP even when rulings dont go Trumps way

The Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump sometimes — and that’s OK.But some of the very Republicans who fought for decades to bring the court back in line with constitutional values and the rule of law seem to have forgotten what that long battle was all about.In recent years, the Supremes have weathered a storm of smears and threats from left-wingers aghast at the idea that the judiciary might not accede completely to their wishes.Recall the catastrophic Democratic threats to pack the court that, had they been realized, would have done irreparable damage to the country’s political compact.Somehow that was the least of progressives’ offenses.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh that they would “reap the whirlwind” if they didn’t substitute his political preferences for their legal judgments.“Mostly peaceful” protesters gathered outside justices’ homes to intimidate them and their families.A would-be assassin showed up at Kavanaugh’s home —and revealed after his arrest that he’d plotted additional attacks on conservative justices to let then-President Joe Biden replace them with liberals.It was the logical conclusion of Schumer’s call for revenge and the left’s threat to forcibly remake the court itself.The Democrats’ years-long effort to delegitimize an essential American institution makes a mockery of their self-professed commitment to decency and democracy.Yet now some on the right have adopted those very talking points.Just look at the widespread outcry last week after a 7-2 majority paused the immediate deportation of some of those targeted by Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act against alleged gang members.Stephen Miller, the powerful deputy White House chief of staff, raged on social media, accusing the court of “sabotaging democracy” and accommodating “foreign terrorists.”Mike Davis of the influential Article III Project suggested that Trump should susp...