We're right to be worried about Alito -- and they should be, too.

The lead editorial in the New York Times today spells it out:

The debate over Judge Alito is generally presented as one between Republicans and Democrats. But his testimony should trouble moderate Republicans, especially those who favor abortion rights or are concerned about presidential excesses. The hearings may be short on fireworks, but they have produced, through Judge Alito's words, an array of reasons to be concerned about this nomination.

There is, suggests the Times, plenty evidence of extremism, a clear risk of over-turning Roe, a clear preference for unlimited presidential powers, elitism, disdain, and insensitivy -- and dishonesty. 

Imagine being an historian fifty, hundred years from now.  Which are the acts of the past five years most likely to bring down the Republican Party?