Legal scholars often speak of “constitutional moments,” flash points when irreconcilable ideals collide and the government faces choices that could reshape the country for generations. Are we facing our own moment now? In Vanishing Point , author Edwin Hagenstein explores our troubled political scene by analyzing the work of three prominent Constitutional thinkers: Richard Epstein, Cass Sunstein, and Adrian Vermeule. By contrasting their perspectives, Hagenstein clarifies the path which led to our present impasse and raises the question: how do we proceed from here? “At a moment when Americans feel a deep unease about the future of their democracy, Edwin Hagenstein names the phenomenon with precision—‘constitutional jitters’—and explores it with rare balance and insight. Vanishing Point is a refreshingly even-handed examination of how we got here and where the Constitution might take us next. Hagenstein offers readers from every background a clear-eyed map through today's constitutional anxieties.” —Diane Hessan, author of Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening to American Voters “Meeting our current political moment with even-handed grace, Edwin Hagenstein brings a much-needed open-mindedness to the varying, complex perspectives of the Constitution. Applying a multifaceted lens to constitutional scholarship, Vanishing Point is for anyone seeking both facts and hope to face our nation's current challenges.”— Neal Simon , author of Contract to Unite America and 2018 independent candidate for U.S. Senate Edwin C. Hagenstein is a writer and editor with long experiences in publishing. He was the lead editor of American Georgics: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land (Yale University Press, 2011), and author of The Language of Liberty: A Citizen’s Vocabulary (Rootstock Publishing, 2020), winner of an Independent Publishers Book Award. He has also published essays, generally on government, in online publications such as RealClear Public Affairs, The Front Porch Republic , and Minding the Campus . With an interest in woodworking, Hagenstein also wrote Craft in Common: 30 Years at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (Crow Hill Press, 2023). He lives in northern New Mexico with the artist Helen Byers.