O ye of little faith!

No need to despair, cautions The Village Voice. For those liberals (and, by extension, their counterparts in the right wing) protesting the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, Chisun Lee has a better idea:

Why not take that energy and begin to mobilize a long-term, popular movement? Build toward 2008. Try to assemble, despite gerrymandering, a more accountable Congress next year. Not just with slogans, but with real change—easier and sounder voting processes, minority-supportive districting, inclusive leadership rather than cults of personality. That could bring more power to people most vulnerable to shifts in criminal, property, and civil rights laws—people who are currently shut out of the process

The great social movements of the last century -- woman's suffrage, civil rights, legal abortions -- counted on popular support to sway the court. May it be so again.