How Trump’s Assertion of “Power to Pardon” Tramples the American Sacred
…understood as multiple, layered, a matter of negotiation. Look at the star-shaped constellation on our nation’s Great Seal, signifying both America’s place in the firmament of international sovereigns and the distinctive American sovereignty formed by a union of sovereign states and sovereign citizens. So much sovereignty is messy, loud, characterized by contestation and, often, gridlock. It’s the opposite of Carl Schmitt’s Nazi dream. But, since…
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