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As the confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment commences we are girding ourselves to be inundated with plenty of mewling and complaining from Democrats and the press. There will be constant complaints about the inappropriateness of the process, about how unethical the voting will be, and why it is wrong to make an appointment in an election year. Most of this will be delivered without much in the way of historical context. The first objection we heard regarded how close to an election Ruth Bader Ginsberg had passed away. Many were saying that President Trump should not nominate an...