Thomas Zimmer

And I think that is how they make sense of their own trajectory and how they would tell you this is not just hypocrisy or it's not just there is no tension. It's just a reaction to the fact that the leftist revolution has succeeded. And so now they have adapted to that.

And I think that is how they make sense of their own trajectory and how they would tell you this is not just hypocrisy or it's not just there is no tension. It's just a reaction to the fact that the leftist revolution has succeeded. And so now they have adapted to that.

And it's not just the Democratic establishment, it's the Republican establishment as well. And it's even like, Volt will tell you that he thinks what the Federalist Society is doing is completely misleading, and that's just not good enough. Because they also, that type of originalism...

And it's not just the Democratic establishment, it's the Republican establishment as well. And it's even like, Volt will tell you that he thinks what the Federalist Society is doing is completely misleading, and that's just not good enough. Because they also, that type of originalism...

And it's not just the Democratic establishment, it's the Republican establishment as well. And it's even like, Volt will tell you that he thinks what the Federalist Society is doing is completely misleading, and that's just not good enough. Because they also, that type of originalism...

It's also not good enough because it pretends we still have a constitutional order that you can preserve, but you can't. I think it's really important. He constantly says we're in a post-constitutional regime now. He doesn't just mean a kind of formalistic view of how, say, the different constitutional actors relate to each other.

It's also not good enough because it pretends we still have a constitutional order that you can preserve, but you can't. I think it's really important. He constantly says we're in a post-constitutional regime now. He doesn't just mean a kind of formalistic view of how, say, the different constitutional actors relate to each other.

It's also not good enough because it pretends we still have a constitutional order that you can preserve, but you can't. I think it's really important. He constantly says we're in a post-constitutional regime now. He doesn't just mean a kind of formalistic view of how, say, the different constitutional actors relate to each other.

It's this idea of a natural, quote unquote, natural order or divinely ordained order that was supposedly enshrined in the constitutional order, supposedly enshrined in the nation's founding documents. And that has been destroyed. So it's a much more fundamental, a much more, the stakes are so high, so existential for these people, right?

It's this idea of a natural, quote unquote, natural order or divinely ordained order that was supposedly enshrined in the constitutional order, supposedly enshrined in the nation's founding documents. And that has been destroyed. So it's a much more fundamental, a much more, the stakes are so high, so existential for these people, right?

It's this idea of a natural, quote unquote, natural order or divinely ordained order that was supposedly enshrined in the constitutional order, supposedly enshrined in the nation's founding documents. And that has been destroyed. So it's a much more fundamental, a much more, the stakes are so high, so existential for these people, right?

Because it's not just, oh, hey, should the administrative state do this or that? No, for them, this is just a manifestation of fundamentally, the natural order has been undermined by the radical left.

Because it's not just, oh, hey, should the administrative state do this or that? No, for them, this is just a manifestation of fundamentally, the natural order has been undermined by the radical left.

Because it's not just, oh, hey, should the administrative state do this or that? No, for them, this is just a manifestation of fundamentally, the natural order has been undermined by the radical left.

If you really believe this, if those are the stakes, if the constitutional order was the only thing that's made America good and noble and kept the evil forces of modernism and all that kind of stuff,

If you really believe this, if those are the stakes, if the constitutional order was the only thing that's made America good and noble and kept the evil forces of modernism and all that kind of stuff,

If you really believe this, if those are the stakes, if the constitutional order was the only thing that's made America good and noble and kept the evil forces of modernism and all that kind of stuff,

at bay and if that has been destroyed then yeah it totally makes sense to say we can't just sit here and do like small government conservatism we need to do something more right we need to mobilize the coercive powers of the state against you know this unnatural leftist enemy and that's where this guy has sort of arrived.

at bay and if that has been destroyed then yeah it totally makes sense to say we can't just sit here and do like small government conservatism we need to do something more right we need to mobilize the coercive powers of the state against you know this unnatural leftist enemy and that's where this guy has sort of arrived.

at bay and if that has been destroyed then yeah it totally makes sense to say we can't just sit here and do like small government conservatism we need to do something more right we need to mobilize the coercive powers of the state against you know this unnatural leftist enemy and that's where this guy has sort of arrived.