Northwestern law professor John McGinnis has written an excellent essay by that title for Law & Liberty.
He begins with the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion in Dobbs and extends his analysis to the crumbling of other institutions, such as limited government under the Constitution and the way our universities are abandoning academic traditions in favor of the “progressive” agenda.
Can anything be done? McGinnis suggests that better education would help, writing, “Civic education in schools is also key. One problem on both sides of the political spectrum is that American history is often presented as a story of heroes, even if the constellation of heroes differs depending on political viewpoint. What is needed, however, is a greater focus on institutions and on the social norms that make for a democratic republic. That focus also has the virtues of getting students to think more abstractly — beyond the causes they espouse or politicians they like.”
Read the whole thing.