A curious mark of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett is the willingness of Democrats and liberals in the media to actually dumb themselves down in order to say something that sounds like criticism. In reality, it’s obvious that it’s just noise for the sake of making it.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have said over and over this week how affronted they are that Barrett, who will certainly be confirmed by Republicans alone, has declined to render rulings and decisions about cases and possible issues before she even takes her seat. Among those issues were scenarios related to the election.