The confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett were instructive on many levels.  Never have the governing philosophies of Republicans and D/S/Cs been so overtly apparent.  Republicans have always tended to be transparent in these beliefs; D/S/Cs have not, but this year, they’re sufficiently desperate–perhaps arrogantly over-confident?–to let the public see their real intentions.  Therein lies information necessary to voters in a few short weeks.