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Joinfortmill

(21,916 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 09:20 AM 4 hrs ago

'This Must We Do If America Is To Long Endure: Judge J. Michael Luttig - SUBSTACK June 22 At 6:41 PM'

'At this point, five and a half years since January 6, 2021, the 47th President of the United States has all but wrought the complete inversion of our nation’s positive law -- the Constitution and laws of the United States – our moral law that has been passed down to us through the ages, and even our biblical law as found in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, including The Ten Commandments.'...

"But where, say some, is the King of America? I’ll tell you, friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Great Britain . . . Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the Crown at the conclusion of the ceremony be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is. Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)."

My words: I encourage you to read his entire post.

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'This Must We Do If America Is To Long Endure: Judge J. Michael Luttig - SUBSTACK June 22 At 6:41 PM' (Original Post) Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago OP
Link? rurallib 4 hrs ago #1
Link: sop 4 hrs ago #2
Judge Luttig, gotta respect every word he says bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #3

bucolic_frolic

(56,317 posts)
3. Judge Luttig, gotta respect every word he says
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 09:36 AM
4 hrs ago

but he thought SCOTUS would hold, courts would assert themselves ... it's been a mixed bag ... we need a new era quickly ....

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