The yearslong effort to vanquish Donald Trump in court was a dismal failure.
To oppose Mr. Trump in his second term, liberals must learn the lesson of this defeat, which is that there is no alternative to persuading our fellow citizens of our beliefs.
Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon’s four Supreme Court appointments — Mr. Trump got only three — shoved the court right and consigned liberals to damage control.
In this election, legalistic tactics contributed to Mr. Trump’s victory, helping to produce the popular majority he had never boasted before.
For all of Mr. Trump’s misdeeds, prosecuting them was not worth the cost of restoring him to power.
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