Tocqueville warned us against binding ourselves together under the allures of soft despotisms.
Lenore T. Ealy
Politics
July 22, 2026
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Justice Gorsuch’s Warning
'Slaughter' may have rid us of the headless fourth branch of government, but it might end up leaving us with an all-powerful presidency.
Joseph Postell
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