Fair thee well, America. It was nice knowing you.

Alito has been confirmed to the Supreme Court by a vote of 58-42. One Republican cast a no-vote. Four Democrats cast yes-votes.

Not that it’s any consolation, but that’s the smallest number of Senators in the opposition party to support a Supreme Court justice in modern history. Woo-fucking-hoo.

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