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Douglas Treilhard's avatar

The "judicial strike" idea is misconceived. The solution is not for judges to abandon their office. Instead, once a finding of contempt is made against the executive, the courts should refuse to hear from the executive in any case to which the executive is a party until the contempt is purged (i.e. the executive would not be permitted to initiate new proceedings or take any step in existing proceedings). The ability of other litigants to prosecute or defend their cases would not be affected.

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Brent Orrell's avatar

Of course, we've discussed before on your podcast so this won't be new ground. However, it's a mistake to undersell the impact of Christianity in leavening the classical understanding of the idea of the West. The classical understanding left much to be desired in terms of its tolerance of a host of abusive practices toward the human person. This is where the Judeo-Christian understanding of the innate dignity of the individual comes in and "finishes" the theoretical underpinnings of the West. The church extended that work - imperfectly - across the actual geographic West. The Christian nationalist movement bears almost no resemblance to the Judeo-Christian infused West we're talking about here. In fact, it seems to have mostly abandoned the idea of innate human dignity unless we're talking about unborn children. In day-to-day practice, holding other people in contempt seems de rigeur which bears a lot in common with the pre-Christian understanding of the West.

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