I think it actual proves Lincoln correct:
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
See, even a liberal like me, can agree with a Republican; some of the time.
As a practical matter, the Supremes are less a factor in our daily lives than the lower courts. The Supremes might hear about 80 of the 7500 or so cases, brought to them per term, while the appellate courts will deal with about 58,000 per year, and the Supremes, in the vast majority of these cases, actual affirm the lower courts decisions, or allow them to stand by refusing to hear them.
Life is no joke but funny things happen
jon