revolutionarykoolaid:

2018 is one gigantic dumpster fire. On the heels of several gutting Supreme Court decisions, Justice Kennedy is retiring from the court. While far from being an ally or friend, Kennedy was a reliable swing vote who wrote the majority opinion on several important civil rights cases, namely marriage equality. We should look very critically at his less than stellar legacy, but the real story is that Agent Orange now has been given a critical nomination to the Supreme Court that will swing it to the hard right for possibly decades to come. That means any hopes you had of some sanity in the judiciary can be kissed goodbye. So long access to abortions. So long to affirmative action. So long to environmental protections. So long to any hopes of reversing citizens united. So long to ending the death penalty. So long to more than I can comprehend in this moment. So long for any protections for immigrants/refugees that the court might have upheld. I can’t undersell the significance of this moment.