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The New York Times Wonders if the Constitution Is ‘Dangerous’

Have you ever noticed that the radical left simultaneously hates the Constitution while also claiming to defend it? New York Times book critic Jennifer Szalai epitomizes this in the headline of her latest piece, “The Constitution is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?”

ShebeginsherlengthyarticleaccusingTrumpofbeingathreattotheConstitution,andthenarguesthattheConstitutionitselfisdangerousbecause“TrumpoweshispoliticalascenttotheConstitution,makinghimabeneficiaryofadocumentthatisessentiallyantidemocraticand,inthisdayandage,increasinglydysfunctional.” Afterall,Trumpbecamepresidentin2016afterlosingthepopularvotebutwinningtheElectoralCollege(ArticleII).HeappointedthreejusticestotheSupremeCourt(ArticleIII),twoofwhomwereconfirmedbysenatorsrepresentingjust44percentofthepopulation(ArticleI).ThosethreejusticeshelpedoverturnRoev.Wade,areversalwithwhichmostAmericansdisagreed.TheeminentlegalscholarErwinChemerinsky,worriedaboutopinionpollsshowing“adramaticlossoffaithindemocracy,”writesinhisnewbook,“NoDemocracyL