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Is Jan. 6 the Political Winner Democrats Think It Is? A Supreme Court ruling against the government could shift the focus to prosecutorial overreach.Perhaps for obvious reasons—see my drawing nearby—the most indelible image for me of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is the guy strolling down a hallway with an enormous Confederate battle flag over his shoulder. At one point a photographer snaps him walking past a portrait of Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a leading abolitionist. Having never been a supporter of Donald Trump, I didn’t consider the Capitol riot a tipping point. Like my colleagues at the Journal editorial page, https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-ja.