On the news came up and important issue for US citizens to consider regarding possible constitutional rights violations promoted by both parties as desired in an article PDF on Harvard edu site which I also will link below. The Republican contender is the Fox news article and the democrat contender is the CNN news article. Little bit of toxic humor for good measure, hope it's not too offensive ;)
Harvard professors argue that America needs a 'militant democracy' to stop Trump
Harvard professors argue that America needs a 'militant democracy' to stop Trump
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics...donald-trump-democracy-threat-intv-newday.cnn
https://scholar.harvard.edu/sites/s...latt/files/chapter_8_ziblatt_and_levitsky.pdf
In the article from harvard.edu it states:
"A second strategy for confronting authoritarians—known as militant or defensive democracy—also emerged out of the trauma of 1930s Europe. The idea is that government authority and the law can be used to exclude and aggressively prosecute antidemocratic forces. The strategy was first implemented in post–World War II West Germany. Haunted by the experience of Hitler’s rise to power, the country’s postwar constitutional designers didn’t want their democratic government to stand by helplessly in the face of authoritarian threats from within"
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The two news articles appear to emphasize different language regarding a Harvad.edu article. I'm not sure I found the same article by the same author but the one above appears to discuss and old WWII idea. On the one side of their idea is a Trump republican candidate that they say are concerned about authoritarian conduct. And on the other side a promotion of militant or defensive democracy. Neither is related to the idea of the founding fathers constitution governing freedom of the citizens from government abuses or citizen abuses against citizens.
With the recent "considered" legal and also illegal immigration I find a statistic related to foreign-born citizens:
"he foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit new record highs in March 2024 of 51.6 million and 15.6 percent of the total U.S. population. Since March 2022 the foreign-born population has increased 5.1 million, the largest two-year increase in American history."
Foreign-Born Population Grew by 5.1 Million in the Last Two Years
I certainly hope that the illegal influx of immigrants is addressed and that any persons that were brought in under the claim of "legal immigrant" has sworn the oath of citizenship and accepts the USA constitution and citizen duties as a core belief for their new life in the United States. I also hope that universities also adhere to those principles. The oath can be found here which relates to the news articles:
Chapter 2 - The Oath of Allegiance
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."
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To be honest, WWII was a traumatic and horrific war where American military and citizens lost their lives and loved ones, including my own family history. A good research on factual information related to that war and the different countries activities including war atrocities is invited. It is a massive information area that I'm not sure is fully covered for certain reasons.
The current election is an interesting one given the current state of world and US affairs. Cheers to All! ;)
Democratic !
