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Does Trump’s Would-Be Assassin Justify Border Controls?

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
– Russell Baker

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
September 17, 2024
Does Trump’s Would-Be Assassin Justify Border Controls?
Donald Trump’s alleged would-be assassin, Ryan Routh, is an American citizen. Presumably he was born in the United States. He obviously traveled across state lines to get to Florida. That raises an important question: Should the U.S. Constitution be amended to enable each state to establish border controls around the state to protect the citizenry from violent people from other states? In other …
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