Christian conservative perceptions of national crisis rose to a crescendo the year Obergefell v. Hodges was decided. But the prevailing attitude about how to respond to the crisis changed over the next several years. Not surprisingly, Christian conservative lament and anger over the Supreme Court motivated them to use the levers of constitutional power to fight back against the forces that they perceived to be ruining America. But the mode of the battle shifted dramatically over time from a “defensive crouch” strategy to a strategy of “constitutional hardball.”