Peter Berkowitz makes a good case in the Wall Street Journal that social and libertarian conservatives can make their way out of the political no-man’s land by making the constitutional order, and the concepts upon which it is founded, their primary political priority. As part of a comprehensive nine-point agenda, Berkowitz enjoins all conservatives to ”demand that public universities abolish speech codes and vigorously protect liberty of thought and discussion.”

Kudos to him for situating the battle to restore freedom of expression on campuses, so hard and long fought in the trenches by FIRE and others, in the context of a broader and quite viable plan for a conservative polititcal renaissance.