On Wednesday Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he would be retiring from the SCOTUS at the end of July. Given that Kennedy has typically been a key swing vote on the highest court in the land, it was unsurprising that the Left immediately flew into an unconsolable frenzy.

For your viewing enjoyment, here is a curation of some of the hottest takes and the saltiest tears.

Nazi uniform or death camps…boy, that’s a real Sophie’s Choice! I don’t look great in brown but I do like camping.

https://twitter.com/mattiek17/status/1012050245042176000

This is the fight of our lives! Well, at least of our lives this year! Or our lives this month…well, it’s at least the fight of our day. What immigrant children?

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement means that women’s health, equal marriage, and civil rights are all at risk. This is the fight of our lives. pic.twitter.com/MQ8tWIrwYQ

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 27, 2018

No, baby girl…YOU are racing to find out about collusion with Russia. The rest of us are watching Trump’s agenda fall into place piece-by-piece while you obsess about an imaginary scandal.

It feels like the end of a Tom Clancy novel: We’re racing to find out if there was collusion between POTUS & Putin before the leaders meet for negotiations that could alter key alliances. Some in Congress try to undercut the investigation, then, plot twist, a SCOTUS Resignation.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 28, 2018

Uh…the vote happened. This is what was on the line and the American public voted for Trump to have this privilege. Say it with me…ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/1012101517552189440

Literally everything, you guys. EVERYTHING! LITERALLY!

https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1012043689865035777

Yes, the United States legal system is the Southwest Airlines of democracy. Don’t sit in the window seat!

Justice Anthony Kennedy jumped out the emergency exit mid-flight. No care for the rest of us stuck on this disintegrating plane.

— Baratunde (@baratunde) June 28, 2018

And now, here is a reasoned and thought-provoking analysis of the Kennedy retirement from Ian Millhiser.

https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1012033875466506253

And another intriguing, enlightening commentary…

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) June 27, 2018

So far there’s no proof that this person’s wish isn’t already true.

I think immortality should be granted to only one person ever and that person is Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) June 27, 2018

I don’t understand. Do we want RBG to serve forever or do we want a cap on SCOTUS terms? Or maybe we just want a cap on SCOTUS terms when a Republican is president. Personally, I prefer a SCOTUS Hunger Games. Also, this person is an idiot…and I mean that in a bad way.

What we need is the law recommended by @FixtheCourt, which caps service on SCOTUS at 18 years and gives every president the right to two picks per four year term. If that law is deemed unconstitutional, we need a constitutional amendment. In the meantime: war. 8/13

— David Faris (@davidmfaris) June 28, 2018

NRA…DRINK! Also, I don’t know what it means to vote Orange…is that like some kind of terror-alert code?

The @nra is falling all over itself demanding that the senate quickly confirm Justice Kennedy’s replacement. Why?

The NRA is afraid.

They are afraid of how many of us will #VoteOrange. They know that the next congress will have fewer of their puppets. #NoRA #SCOTUS

— #NoRA (@NoRA4USA) June 28, 2018

I actually agree.

You know shit’s really fucked when people are sad over losing Justice Kennedy

— Slade (@Slade) June 27, 2018

*sigh*

Suggested course of action: Get an IUD. Register. Vote.

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 27, 2018

Here’s Comedy Central being funny, in that desperate, suicidal kinda way.

Thanks, Justice Kennedy. pic.twitter.com/2w8EjRwVtU

— comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) June 27, 2018

Of course, nothing is really settled until the celebrity class weighs in. Also, I hear Trump’s sister is pretty cool. Couldn’t hurt to add her to the list!

Aren't we all pretty sure #Trump will nominate whoever the #HeritageFoundation or #TheFederalistSociety pays him the most for?? Or maybe he'll shake down #RupertMurdoch…oh hell, he'll probably nominate his sister!

— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) June 28, 2018

2 for 1 at Costco!

Stock up on abortions now. Roe v. Wade is gone.

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) June 27, 2018

Caps are the key to making any salient point.

TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A LIFETIME APPOINTEE WHILE HE IS UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. FULL STOP.

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 28, 2018

Handmaid’s Tale…DRINK!

https://twitter.com/WhitneyCummings/status/1012054966356213760

More caps…must be serious.

U MUST CALL UR SENATORS & CONGRESS & TELL THEM 2 FIGHT TOOTH & NAIL‼️DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS &SENATE SHOULD HAVE”NO MEETINGS”WITH trump’s NOMINEES,SHOULDNT SHOW UP 4 ANY HEARINGS,”DEMS MUST FIGHT LIKE GOP DID”.THEY HELD A SEAT OPEN FOR 1YR.MADE IT SO OBAMA DID NOT GET A JUDGE‼️

— Cher (@cher) June 27, 2018

And then there was this hilarious moment, when the DNC got the news right in the middle of a committee meeting. This is what it sounds like when doves cry.

How it sounded inside a DNC committee meeting the moment Justice Kennedy’s retirement was announced pic.twitter.com/6S9uO2JGzQ

— David Siders (@davidsiders) June 27, 2018

And finally, many thanks to HuffPo for putting together some clips of the late night talk show circuit.

Despite the potential to entrench conservatism in America for a generation, the late-night hosts still managed to get laughs out of the news that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/zHBAy4UVYS

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 28, 2018

Perhaps if the Left didn’t willingly give so much power over their day-to-day lives to the government they wouldn’t have to work themselves into an exhaustive frenzy every time the judiciary shifted.