Relational

Jury nullification and religious liberty protection both sound good until you remember that they also protect what you oppose. The United States has until now been categorized as having a universalist, as opposed to particularist, culture. It does seem as though standards of conduct, or even standards for accepting evidence as factual, are no longer universally applied. Cultural change usually is slow, but cultural distortion can be sudden. It's possible the confluence of a lot of factors put strain on our consensus until something like an earthquake shattered it. If that's true, maybe it's possible to rebuild.