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| | | | | Hamburg, NY (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - Carl Schmitt wrote in Political Theology (1922) "sovereign is he who decides on the state of the exception." What Schmitt meant in using the word "exception" is that in a specific historical timeframe a sovereign can suspend law in the context of a declared state of emergency. In so doing, he possesses absolute power over the judicial order and can decide what needs to be done, by ruling by decree. On April 25, 2024, the United States Supreme Court con... | |
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| | | | | I have some charts for you today. Let's start with this one I snagged from Newsweek -- Sorry the print is so small. But if you can read it, the column on the left lists Supreme Court justices going back twenty years. Some of them are retired and/or deceased. I understand this chart gives the number of gifts received by... | |
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| | | | | A Manhattan judge is poised to decide whether to uphold Donald Trump's hush money verdict or dismiss it on presidential immunity grounds. Judge Juan M. Merchan has said he will rule Tuesday on the president-elect's request to toss his conviction because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave presidents broad protection from prosecution. | |
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| | | Supporters of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are sharply divided by, among other things, the sources they rely on to get their news. | ||