Republican Senator Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts signals new support for conservative values. A fairly conservative Republican being elected in the most liberal of states is no small feat, and it is indicative of how the American people are reacting to the Democrats’ drive toward socialism. Yet America’s sense of right and wrong has still not been sufficiently numbed by the progressive movement’s programs and philosophies.

But the gradual tendency toward socialism and liberalism is still in tact as long as Americans remain ignorant and our educational system keeps the status quo.  Voters must realize that the public institutions and the culture of our nation have been under attack for over 100 years. At this point, simply electing Republicans is not going to save us–it will only slow down our decline. But the problem isn’t the Republicans.

Voters are the problem. Most Americans are generally ignorant of the true history of their nation, the Constitution and how the progressive movement has worked to subvert the Constitution and society. Americans expect far less than we should from the leaders they support and elect. The reality is that even some of the things that conservatives tend to support are blatantly unconstitutional, even though they may sound good.

For example, consider the line-item veto which would give President Barack Obama the ability to slice and dice a piece of legislation passed by Congress– essentially giving him legislative powers. It was part of the Republican’s 1994 Contract with America. It sounds good if the Congress is out of control and the president believes the way we do at any given time, but this weakens Congress considerably. Congress is supposed to be the most powerful branch because it is the most accessible by the people.

Unfortunately, even conservatives have mostly gone through the same public education system which has long been the primary tool of progressive ideologues. Americans need to re-evaluate everything they believe about government and society in concrete, absolute terms. They need to read the country’s founding documents.  When they do, they will discover that much of what they were led to believe is not true.

Take Roe v. Wade, for example. The Constitution does not give the judiciary the power to legislate. Yet, most politicians and pundits will say that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land, even Republicans. But in fact, the judiciary was never intended to have the power it does today. Roe v. Wade does not need to be overturned; Congress has the power to reign in the courts and to end the travesty of abortion. That’s what the Constitution says.  But if we don’t know that, then we can’t hold the Congress accountable to it. Pro-life advocates: forget Roe v. Wade, focus on Congress.

Harvard is the oldest college in America. Its original motto was, “Truth for Christ and the Church,” and the school reflected those values. In the late 1800s, a progressive secular humanist named Charles Eliot became President of Harvard, and through his “reforms,” Harvard became a major catalyst for the secularization of American culture, law, and even religion. In the School of Divinity, he promoted the concept that religion should not be about absolute truth or the authority of the Bible or of the reality of God, but that it was to be about the common good of mankind. Basically, he saw it as an instrument of manipulation to be used by the Progressive movement.  (John Dewey, the “Father of Modern Education” would later see it the same way that the churches should be subordinate to the State and the goals of the State.)

Eliot appointed a man named Christopher Columbus Langdell to preside over Harvard’s school of law. Langdell replaced the traditional study of law with his new case study system. Rather than studying the principles of the law, law students would learn through the study of past cases. This ultimately led to the transformation of American jurisprudence as we know it today, complete with judicial activism and a legal system devoid of justice or honor.

All of this began with the transformation of Harvard, once a college devoted to truth and godliness, located in Boston, Massachusetts–now considered the most liberal of states in America. Don’t forget that Massachusetts is also the home of John Adams and Samuel Adams, men of great character who believed in God and in the rule of law.

So while Americans must do the best they can with electing the most conservative people possible, there is a deeper and more foundational work of restoration needed which can turn things around, even in Massachusetts. The answer doesn’t lie in new ideas or solutions, but in the history and the timeless principles upon which our nation was built.