It’s a Question of the Separation of Everything and State:

The Volokh Conspiracy and I are featured prominently in this post-election column in the Newark Star-Ledger. Money quote:

That idea [that the Federal Government should embrace “traditional values”] is anathema to those who take the Constitution seriously. It’s not simply a question of separation of church and state, said Bernstein, but “a separation of everything and state.” The conservative idea of limited government has been all but abandoned by Bush, Bernstein said.