Vanishing Point

In Search of Our Constitutional Future

Scholars of the law frequently opine on “constitutional moments,” unprecedented occurrences when ideals clash and our governing bodies are confronted with decisions to make that will fundamentally alter the trajectory of the United States.

Is it possible that we are staring down our own moment? 

In Vanishing Point, Edwin Hagenstein interrogates our fractured times through his analysis of the oeuvres of a trio of renowned Constitutional theorists: Richard Epstein, Cass Sunstein, and Adrian Vermeule. By juxtaposing their viewpoints, Hagenstein shines a spotlight on the events that have led to our current predicament, and poses the ultimate query: where do we go next?

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ISBN: 979-8-89138-604-4
Imprint: RealClear Publishing
SKU: 18-1403-01
Categories:RealClear Publishing, Policy, Political Theory and Ideology, RealClear Publishing

“At a moment when Americans feel a deep unease about the future of their democracy, Edwin Hagenstein names the phenomenon with precision—‘constitutional jitters’—and explores it with rare balance and insight. Vanishing Point is a refreshingly even-handed examination of how we got here and where the Constitution might take us next. Hagenstein offers readers from every background a clear-eyed map through today's constitutional anxieties.”

—Diane Hessan, author of Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening to American Voters

“Meeting our current political moment with even-handed grace, Edwin Hagenstein brings a much-needed open-mindedness to the varying, complex perspectives of the Constitution. Applying a multifaceted lens to constitutional scholarship, Vanishing Point is for anyone seeking both facts and hope to face our nation's current challenges.”

—Neal Simon, author of Contract to Unite America and 2018 independent candidate for U.S. Senate

Edwin Hagenstein

Author, Editor, and Historical Scholar

www.edhagenstein.com/

Edwin C. Hagenstein is a writer and editor with long experience in publishing. He was the lead editor of American Georgics: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land (Yale University Press, 2011), and author of The Language of Liberty: A Citizen’s Vocabulary (Rootstock Publishing, 2020), winner of an Independent Publishers Book Award (gold medal). He has also published essays, generally on government, in online publications such as RealClear Public Affairs, The Front Porch Republic, and Minding the Campus. With an interest in woodworking, Hagenstein also wrote Craft in Common: 30 Years at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (Crow Hill Press, 2023). He lives in northern New Mexico with the artist Helen Byers.

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