The Pendulum Swings…

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My mother used to tell me that society works like a pendulum, undulating back and forth between liberalism and conservativism. During those swings, progress is often made, although it may not seem to happen quickly enough for those who seek it.

For the past half-century, progress has been made on the liberal front in the form of landmark cases such as Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, Brown v. Board of Education, and the…