It warms my heart to know that, in a few short years, it will no longer be difficult to explain why “Bati, bati,” was one of the funny arias in Don Giovanni, back when it was written.

Will and Douhat may be assholes, but they’re right that the GOP needs to block Trump’s nomination using the party rules available. The structures in our constitution that moderate the direct rule of the masses - the Supreme Court, the electoral college, bicameral legislature, checks and balances and all that - exist…