Chris Jackson @BigModernism Roe is dead because Donald Trump won in 2016 and then appointed three justices. That is the real world. That is the timeline. Everything else you wrote is garnish designed to soothe one psychological itch, the need to say “Actually, I hate Trump, so please don’t associate this victory with him.” You can name Thomas and Alito until your keyboard melts. You can canonize Mitch McConnell. You can recite the entire history of the pro life movement like it’s the Martyrology. None of it changes the counterfactual that matters. If Hillary wins, she fills Scalia’s seat. If Hillary wins, she replaces Kennedy if he retires, and she replaces RBG when she dies. You do not get Dobbs. You get Roe fortified. You get Planned Parenthood gloating with the Supreme Court as its private security force. That is what you and every other “principled” NeverTrump scold were willing to risk so you could keep your moral manicure pristine. Biden won and gave us an affirmative action pi...