The Deep Causes of The Shallow State By Michael E Herz on February 16, 2026 Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn Ganesh Sitaraman, The Secular Decline of the American State, 100 NYU L. Rev. 2197 (2025). Michael E Herz A year into the second Trump administration, the 47th president has done a pretty darn impressive job of destroying state capacity.