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Is our government legitimate?
Although we rarely ask that question quite so bluntly, it actually lies at the bottom of many of our deepest disputes. Those disagreements that really cut to the core of our politics tend to be less about the direction of public policy in one arena or another than about who should have power in our government, by what right, in what way, through what means, and to what ends.
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of National Affairs. He is the author of several books, including American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again.
