Still, I wondered if, in our reliance on the courts to vindicate not only our rights but also our values, progressives had lost too much faith in democracy.

• 尽管如此，我感到好奇，我们之所以对法院信赖，是否因为我们相信，法院不只是伸张我们的权利的场所，我们还能指望它来维护我们的价值观，进步人士已经对民主政体失去了太多的信心。