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Monday, July 1, 2024

The Counter-Revolutionary Court

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in favour of a president’s “absolute immunity” for official acts up-ends the Magna Carta and, along with it, the entire Western political tradition.  Here are the words I had written and posted to my blog last night (please see my previous posts), prior to the announcement:

Today I see a return to the Middle Ages – to dynasties, to Chieftains, and to the Divine Right of Kings, which Trump so clearly incarnates. 

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