Gunning for Gorsuch — liberals' new normal

The protest sign was perfect.

Against a red background in capital letters was "#STOP," hashtag and all. In a white space beneath was the name "GORSUCH," scrawled in blue marker. The holder of the sign had known for some time that he would protest President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. He just didn't know whom would receive his jeers and outrage until the president made his pick. Protest was a constant in all this, a given. Only the specific awfulness of the person to be protested was for a time uncertain.

The sign embodied precisely the canned meaninglessness behind the protest movement that marches, tweets and self-aggrandizes under the melodramatic mantra, "#Resist."

Resist what, exactly? Don't worry if you don't know yet, you can fill in the blank later.

These protesters pretend they're resisting the unique flaws and threats presented by Trump. But even though Trump displays oddities of temperament and a wobbly respect for the rule of law, the #Resisters lack all credibility. They threw it away during the election campaign.