Thread by @bgmasters

Republicans are always celebrating small, often narrow legal wins as "MASSIVE VICTORIES."

Too much defense, not enough offense. This mentality ensures that, over time, the left wins.

Take yesterday's SCOTUS decision upholding AZ's ban on ballot harvesting. 100% the right result. It's good the AZ law was defended.

But it's purely defensive. If we lose a few state leg seats and get a Dem governor, boom: ballot harvesting is legal again in AZ.

This happens a lot with religious liberty cases.

Take the Bladensburg cross case, in 2019. Does a 40-foot WWI memorial cross on state land violate the 1st Amendment? No, SCOTUS said, 7-2, because... the cross is old and has a secular meaning. What? With victories like these...

Or the recent Fulton case. SCOTUS said 9-0 that Philly can't force a Catholic foster care org to place foster kids with gay couples.

Correct result, but: if you win a such a case 9-0 with Sotomayor on your side, it was argued super narrowly and its precedent is near worthless.

Masterpiece Cakeshop is another one. The baker won, SCOTUS said he can't be forced to write pro-gay things on the cake he was otherwise happy to bake.

Now the baker is being sued again, for not doing a pro-trans cake. This will continue forever. The process is the punishment.

Yes, we should take every win we can get. But we need to aim higher. Ballot harvesting remains illegal in AZ - great. The law also goes basically unenforced, there is plenty more to tighten up, and voters will demand that we not rest on our laurels. Onward!