SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elections have consequences. That's a cliché, but clichés are born of truths. And this is a truth: If a Democrat had been elected president in 2016, we wouldn't have a right-wing Supreme Court.
If Donald Trump hadn't beaten Hillary Clinton, gun control laws and national abortion rights would not have been quashed by the Supreme Court last week.
The Supreme Court today would not have a 6-3 conservative majority. It would be 6-3 moderate-to-liberal. Parts of American life wouldn't have been turned upside down.