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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A vast majority in American society remain confident in so-called First Amendment values. (more…)
Detail from Constantino Brumidi, The Apotheosis of Washington (1865), in the US Capitol Dome. Image courtesy of Flickr.
Detail from Constantino Brumidi, The Apotheosis of Washington (1865), in the US Capitol Dome. Image courtesy of Flickr.
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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)
Who belongs to the nation
Many countries explicitly define who the members of the nation are. This is, in fact, quite normal. The United States did so, in a way — “ourselves and our posterity,” as the Preamble of the Constitution says. This meant the founding population and their descendants, of course. (more…)
Jason Lee Van Dyke
Jason Lee Van Dyke
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Texas attorney Jason Lee Van Dyke (Twitter) was Greg Johnson and David Zsutty‘s guest on the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, where they discussed the challenges of representing the dissident Right in the legal process and answered listener questions. It is now available for download and online listening. (more…)
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The United States Supreme Court dealt a blow on Monday to ongoing attempts by the state of Texas to defend its border with Mexico from the droves of foreigners that constantly pour across. The Texas National Guard has been constructing wire barriers along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, a common entry point for migrants crossing into the state illegally. (more…)
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Paul W. Callahan
When Democracy Fell: The Subjugation of Maryland During the U.S. Civil War
Pennsauken, N.J.: BookBaby, 2023
The impulse behind the colony of Maryland came from George Calvert, Lord Baltimore — a convert to Roman Catholicism. The Royal Charter for it was granted to his son Cecil in 1632. The colony’s purpose was to provide a refuge for English Catholics, and for a time Catholics dominated its government, although it was religiously tolerant toward Protestants. (more…)
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Richard Hanania’s The Origins of Woke is Christopher Caldwell’s excellent book, The Age of Entitlement, but in a less sober and more opinionated tone, and with more speculation on what’s to be done about the predicament. While both books get the point across, Hanania’s trying to get several other points across that distract from the central thesis: Our legal system contains a civil rights ratcheting mechanism that requires all corporations and organizations to promote a “Leftist” (anti-Christian, anti-white, anti-male, anti-straight) political agenda. (more…)
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. — Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
And different statistics for violent crime.
Almost a quarter of the twenty-first century is “history” and, given how badly it’s been going, perhaps it’s time to pause and ask the question: Who’s to blame? (more…)
AIPAC is one example of a lobby that has outsized influence over US elections.
AIPAC is one example of a lobby that has outsized influence over US elections.
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Part 2 of 4 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here)
“The dollar votes more times than the man,” goes the century-old political proverb. Before voters enter the equation, political parties need donors to finance their campaign. This means that political parties will not necessarily adopt the preferences of voters, because “no party can afford to take up the median position that represents the views of the vast majority if investors disagree.” (more…)
From left, lawyers George E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit, Jr. at the Supreme Court following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling on May 17, 1954.
From left, lawyers George E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit, Jr. at the Supreme Court following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling on May 17, 1954.
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Jesse Merriam
How We Got Our Antiracist Constitution: Canonizing Brown v. Board of Education in Courts and Minds
Claremont Provocations Monograph Series, 2023
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . .” — First Amendment of the United States Constitution, 1791
“Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American democracy, and our diversity is one of our country’s greatest strengths… It is therefore the policy of my Administration that the Federal Government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality. (more…)
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Aside from forecasting the future in terms of how college admissions will work, the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action — Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, which can be read here — provides us an opportunity to analyze the current state of United States law and to pierce the undeserved mystique surrounding the legal profession. Your reading of this essay alone will demonstrate in itself that lawyering is not alchemy. (more…)
The National Guard imposes racial integration at gunpoint in Arkansas, 1957.
The National Guard imposes racial integration at gunpoint in Arkansas, 1957.
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Part 7 of 9 (Chapter 1 here, Chapter 5 Part 1 here, Chapter 6 Part 1 here)
The other most recent example of the progressive top-down technocratic elite transformation of society is the LGBT agenda. As the LGBT scholar Gary Mucciaroni explains, “sexual politics” in America is “a narrative about a heterosexist majority that has used religion and ideology to maintain its cultural and legal privileges.” The literature of the LGBT movement has always self-consciously identified itself as an elite, minoritarian revolution against this heterosexual majority. (more…)
A white student being harassed by a black student at a New York City school bus stop.
A white student being harassed by a black student at a New York City school bus stop.
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Part 3 of 4 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 4 here)
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Subsequent case law
Several education-related Supreme Court cases would follow over the years after Brown, coming from the Warren and then the Burger courts. Most people are not aware of the continued litigation that went on for decades in the post-Brown era. (more…)
Desegregation at gunpoint on the orders of the US Supreme Court.
Desegregation at gunpoint on the orders of the US Supreme Court.
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Part 2 of 4 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here)
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The legal regime
A handful of laws and Supreme Court cases have truly shaped and continue to shape the day-to-day lives of Americans and their children. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) is one of those cases. Its consequences have been an unmitigated disaster for white children. (more…)