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Conservative Hatred of Civil Liberties

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025
[E]very good and excellent thing stands moment by moment on the razor edge of danger and must be fought for….
– Thornton Wilder

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
April 24, 2025
Conservative Hatred of Civil Liberties
Ever since the 1960s, when conservatives became convinced that the procedural protections in the Bill of Rights were nothing more than constitutional “technicalities” designed to let guilty people go free, conservatives have shown a deep hatred for civil liberties. The conservative antipathy toward civil liberties is now manifesting itself in President Trump’s war on illegal immigration. One of the best examples of this …
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