"Harvard’s role in the movement was in many ways not surprising."

A powerful theme in contemporary constitutional law is the idea of progress. Catholic legal theory both cautions and confounds when one considers what counts as progress in our constitutional order.

Here's one measure of how far we've progressed. A toxic brew of ideas about race, immigration, and crime once held by upper-class Harvard types is now standard fare served up by the presently leading candidate for the Republican nomination. (HT: How Appealing)