It's hard to tell how bad off they really are. The Republicans seem to have no traction even when they win, and if the Democrats are deigned to have lost the last three elections, which they have (including the midterm), you'd never know it by reading the left wing papers and watching the left wing news.
They can't win legislatively, even losing on HillaryCare while X42 was in office (due to the Pubbies win in 1994), Bubba never received as much as 50% of the vote either time he won, and their losses keep mounting. So, what the Left cannot legislate, they must litigate.
A thought: with all of these "reversals" by these courts, from lower to the Supreme to the 9th Circus Court of Appeals, do you ever feel like saying "what the hell am I voting for, if that for which I vote is always overturned?" Pretty soon, the Constitution itself will be ruled unconstitutional...to whom would you appeal?
Perhaps that is what the Left wants? To so discourage conservatives/Republicans that they/we will stop voting, stop trying, just throw up their/our hands and say "(Bleep) it, it's no longer worth it to vote." Be honest; I've thought it. If we do that, then they really will win.
To quote British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "It is worth the fight; now let's get out there and do it."
"So, what the Left cannot legislate, they must litigate."
They'll get their dictatorship one way or the other. In our lifetime, we will see many atrocities.