How many people getting worked up about Amy Coney Barrett, pro or con, have ever given a second thought to where she stands on the Patriot Act, NDAA, torture, detention without trial, military commissions, surveillance, war powers, Fourth Amendment, kill lists, drone wars, executive orders, administrative law, or any other serious or substantive topics, as opposed to the usual laundry list of dumbass “social issues?

D.C. Bureau Chief of The Intercept, Ryan Grim, breaks down the first day of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.