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Power is how you use it

Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 1, 2022
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Power is how you use it

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Edited by Sam Thielman

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe and Casey last week, I was too deep in my still-lingering COVID haze to put out a newsletter. So I characterized the court’s move on Twitter with a well-known Haitian proverb: konstitisyon se papie, bayonèt se fè — constitutions are made of paper, bayonets are made of steel.

Some nest of far-rig…

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