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300 dpi color illustration of map of United States with opening words of the U.S. Constitution superimposed. Baltimore Sun 2010

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By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, June 28, 2022

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.

There is great deal of emphasis right now on expanding the pro-life fight in America into the various states. This is even more necessary now that the US Supreme Court has decided there really is no Constitutional right to abortion (even under the heading of privacy). Of course, I have always found it somewhat bizarre that our system looks to a written Constitution to figure out such fundamental moral issues.

I admit that nations have to latch onto standard ways of doing things to have any internal peace at all, and for the United States the standard way runs through Constitutional Law. But it is important to remember that the majority of political entities through the ages have not had constitutions. England (the “mother country” of the United States) lacks a constitution to this day.  …

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