Of all the hypocrisy, absurdity and nonsense on display during the hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the lie of “originalism” is the worst.

Biden has quieted the impulses of the majority to seek peace with Republicans. It hasn’t worked. Now, if he wants to save democracy, he has to unleash the power of his coalition and remind the opposition what happens when you tamper with “we, the people.”