A Farewell to the Constitution?

The editorial pages of the Times increasingly feel like an obituary section where the departed is the United States Constitution.

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'Foundation of the American Government,' by John Henry Hintermeister. Via Wikimedia Commons

The editorial pages of the Times increasingly feel like an obituary section where the departed is the United States Constitution. One mourner is Linda Greenhouse, who offers a “requiem” for the Supreme Court after the justices realized that the Constitution doesn’t, in fact, ordain a right to abortion. She addresses Their Honors directly, saying, “What you have finished off is the legitimacy of the court on which you are privileged to spend the rest of your lives.”

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