Hypocrisy (or is it Political Advantage?) and Conservative Attacks on the Courts

Just today, the Supreme Court finally handed out its opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the gun control case.  Unsurprisingly, in a 5-4 decision, the Court reversed the Seventh Circuit and remanded the case for further consideration.  Per Justice Alito, the Court concluded that the Second Amendment is in fact incorporated into the 14th and applicable to states and local governments.

This case comes on the heels of the Kagan hearings, and rumblings from Republican senators about their likely course of action on the Kagan nomination.  Their response at the hearings will certainly include attacks on liberal activist judging and might go as far as to filibuster the nomination.

This is when your head starts to spin and you wonder whether people are as stupid as Republicans presume them to be.