The paradox of a country governed by lawyers is that an obsession with procedure can become a weakness when confronted by authoritarianism. Whether the threat comes from corporations, the state, or an unofficial dictatorship, legalism alone is a poor defense. The United States, for all its self-congratulatory mythology about having “the best constitution in the world,” increasingly looks like a case study in democratic erosion. At times, even countries like Hungary or Turkey have shown greater institutional resilience.