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Federal #immigration agents illegally arrested Dr. #BadarKhanSuri on Mar 17 in retaliation for his constitutionally-protected #speech in support of #Palestinian rights & his family’s ties to #Gaza, & then secretly transported him to #Louisiana & then #Texas in an effort to prevent him from accessing courts.

Since then, the #Trump admin has detained Dr. Khan Suri in an #ICE facility 1,500 miles away from his family, despite the fact that he is a lawful #visa holder married to a #UScitizen.

A quotation from The Bible

What goes into the mouth does not make anyone unclean; it is what comes out of the mouth that makes someone unclean.
 
[οὐ τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦτο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Matthew 15: 11 (Jesus) [NJB (1985)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/bible-nt/4576/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #jesus #cleanliness #religiouslaw #sin #speech, #words

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But the Founders did not foresee the extent to which their system could be compromised by an Executive arrogating power through lies, threats, and intimidation. (To be fair, the system usually worked OK [with several notable exceptions] for nearly 250 years.)

The Germans, however, have seen this movie before. And with that experience, they have elected, in some cases, to restrict #speech #rights for precisely the purpose of never facing that nightmare again. They made this determination as a #democracy in order to preserve democracy.

Freedom of speech was so important to the Founders that it is included in the very First Amendment to the #Constitution. But it wasn't until the 20th century that courts began to create the First Amendment jurisprudence we have today.

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The reich-wing administration has criticized #Germany's decision to ban #afd the far-right party, after a deep review of their activities.

According to columnist Heather Cox Richardson, Germany's Foreign Office responded thusly:

This is #democracy. The decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our #Constitution & the #ruleoflaw. It is independent #courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that #rightwing #extremism needs to be stopped.

[Hashtags added by me.]

Our Founders believed in freedom of #speech, but were alert to the threat of #populism. Some of their attempts to mitigate that threat through representation government worked out reasonably well — separation of powers, the House of Representatives — while others — the Senate, the Electoral College — developed largely as sops to smaller states or slave states, have not.

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