Because the courts are the only thing they still have any influence over.
True, but my point is, why do they think that we will not eventually use their own tactics against them. You know, be "partisan" and "uncivil" and practice "the politics of personal destruction" the way they do.
They know they can never get support from those silly people who believe in democracy, so they get into power on lies and pack the courts with people who think like them. That way they can circumvent the entire "Of the people, by the people, and for the people" concept which they loathe so much.
Whenever a lefty starts harping on how the love democracy and the people, I always counter with "Then you have no problem letting the people decide on abortion and gay marriage" That ALWAYS shuts them up.