How Trump’s Assertion of “Power to Pardon” Tramples the American Sacred
…fense of American civil religion, American Covenant, expands beyond simply freedom to include equality, “national solidarity (‘We, the People, in order to form a more perfect union’), the common good (or ‘general welfare’) and active citizenship,” suggesting that “civic inclusion and recognition should perhaps be added to our national creed as well.” Tyranny isn’t merely the opposite of individual freedom—though it is always that for some citizens…
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