“The Constitution is dead! Long live the—” Well, there things get more difficult. The death of the Constitution seems to be an increasingly popular rallying cry among online types. The left abandoned the Constitution long ago and practices a very different style of politics than the one the Constitution advances. Therefore, the right must abandon it too, so the argument goes. But what will take its place—Red Caesar? Empire of Our Lady of Guadalupe? Baptist Franco? Kidz-Bop Schmittianism? And whatever it is, how exactly will it lead to a better political order? That is not terribly clear.
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