naive right now but it is not more naive than notion that antonin scalia and robert bork and lauren silverman had when they were scholars 50 years ago, that we could have originalist judges dominating the judiciary, strategic naivete is actually crucial to successful reform work. you have to be a little bit naive about what you love the most you're not a cold eyed realist about spouse or your friends, and you should be just a little naive about our country, too, and about its prospects. not so naive as to be optimistic don't do that, but just naive to be hopeful. and so to fight for our constitution and not against it. there are a lot of people now, including some on the right who are ready to give up on the constitution or dismiss it as inadequate to a society that is as divided as ours. but i think they are exactly wrong. the constitution was intended exactly to address the problem we have now the challenge of governing ourselves despite, deep divisions and in a way that might heal those divisions just a little might bring us a little closer together and help us understand ourselves better.