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Henry [VIII], for reasons of state, made himself Supreme Head of the Church, and made it a capital offense to say that he was not. Then, finding it inconvenient that [St. Thomas] More should live, Henry had him put to death by perjury. We may hold that such a judicial murder is contrary to Divine and Natural Law; or we may hold that it was merely a matter of taste and policy how the all-competent state disposed of the lives and bodies of inconvenient persons. But we must decide for one or the other.
– Raymond Wilson Chambers,
The Place of St. Thomas More in English Literature and History ([link removed]) [1937]
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March 19, 2025
President Trump's Well-Deserved Chastisement by Chief Justice Roberts ([link removed])
Good for John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States, for chastising President Trump and lecturing him on the principles of our constitutional judicial system. After federal judge James Boasberg issued a restraining order prohibiting federal officials from sending Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, Trump and his minions went on the attack against Boasberg. Trump called the judge a “troublemaker and agitator” and ...
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FREE SPEECH
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“Very dangerous”: Japanese Americans Warn of Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act ([link removed])
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FREE TRADE
The 1960s “Chicken Tax” Shows the Lasting Impact of Tariffs ([link removed])
by Stephen Wilmot
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FREE SOCIETY
The New Age Militarists ([link removed])
by William D. Hartung
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CONSTITUTION
Chief Justice Roberts Rejects GOP Calls to Impeach Judges ([link removed])
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Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional ([link removed])
by Jamelle Bouie
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/opinion/trump-musk-constitutional-unconstitutional.html
FOREIGN POLICY
Why Are We Still at War in Syria? ([link removed])
by Gideon Pardo
Responsible Statecrafthttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-military-in-syria-2671275724/
Yemen: US Airstrikes Kill 53, Including Women and Children ([link removed])
by Dave DeCamp
Scheer Posthttps://scheerpost.com/2025/03/17/yemen-us-airstrikes-kill-53-including-women-and-children/
JFK
Congressional Task Force Ignores “Lone Gunman” Advocate on JFK ([link removed])
by Chad Nagle
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