David Bernstein's "The Supreme Court oral argument that cost Democrats the presidency"

Noting how evangelical Christians and orthodox Catholics voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump because they believed religious liberty was under attack by the left, David Bernstein joins other observers who have catalogued the many ways in which the secular liberal victors in the so-called culture wars were piling-on against conservative Christians and how such episodes played a major role in the surprising victory of Trump in the presidential election.

In a post on the Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein notes a point made by President Obama's Solicitor General in a Supreme Court argument, a point that got only passing attention in the mainstream media but was highlighted as deeply concerning in media directed to conservatives and religious audiences:  "the time the solicitor general of the United States acknowledged that religious institutions that oppose as a matter of internal policy same-sex marriage may lose their tax exemptions."

The rest of the post made be found here.

As the left is now learning and the right should be reminded as it comes to power, scorched earth politics has consequences.  The side that overreaches when it gets political power and goes beyond implementing its policy agenda to attempt to destroy opponents politically and culturally frequently finds itself being removed from that political power.