Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness

American politics grows embittered because it is increasingly torn between two rival constitutions, two opposed cultures and ways of life. American conservatives rally around the founders’ Constitution, as amended and as grounded in the natural and divine rights and duties of the Declaration of Independence. American liberals herald their “living Constitution,” a term that implies that the original is dead or superseded, and that the fundamental political imperative is constant change or tr...