Samuel Moyn

A few victories made it easy for Democrats to forget that the law is just another domain of politics where their enemies enjoy power too.

It is a social form of sclerosis that will persist unless and until more power is transferred from the wrinkled to the rest.

It could well undermine our democracy by empowering a Supreme Court that liberals have rightly complained grabs too much power too routinely.

Since my new book, “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War,” came out last week, it’s had its ups and downs. But…