In this long read from me at TPM, I argued:

The future composition of the Supreme Court is the most important civil rights cause of our time. It is more important than racial justice, marriage equality, voting rights, money in politics, abortion rights, gun rights, or managing climate change. It matters more because the ability to move forward in these other civil rights struggles depends first and foremost upon control of the Court. And control for the next generation is about to be up for grabs, likely in the next presidential election, a point many on the right but few on the left seem to have recognized.

I got a fair amount of pushback from those on the left saying that the issue is very much on the agenda, but that’s not my sense.  Here’s Richard Wolf at USA Today:

In recent years and during the current presidential primary campaigns, Republicans and conservatives act as if they have the most at stake, while Democrats and liberals appear more sanguine — even though the court remains largely conservative. There are several reasons…

And here’s Senator (and presidential candidate) Ted Cruz:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says the U.S. of today will become unrecognizable if “one more liberal justice” is appointed to the Supreme Court.

“One more liberal justice and our right to keep and bear arms is taken away from us by an activist court,” Cruz said at a campaign rally in Iowa on Friday, according to the Des Moines Register.

“One more liberal justice and they begin sandblasting and bulldozing veterans memorials throughout this country,” he added.

“One more liberal justice and we lose our sovereignty to the United Nations and the World Court.”