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** THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2024
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It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it [would be] in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defense of those very rights; the principal of which ... are life, liberty, and property. If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.
– Samuel Adams
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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December 5, 2024
Trump's "National Emergency" and Yoon Suk Yeol's Martial Law ([link removed])
There is an important thing to note about South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s recent declaration of martial law: It’s really no different in principle from President-elect Trump’s plans to declare a “national emergency.” The only difference is the extent of power. Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial-law declaration, much like Hitler’s Enabling Act, enabled him to ignore the nation’s constitution and the South Korean ...
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