What Opponents of Sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Get Wrong
Neither useless nor counterproductive.
April 10, 2019
A nation under God.
In a 1998 speech on Marine Corps radio, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the American tradition “has consistently affirmed a national belief in God—but not a national belief in a particular religion.” In this light, he lamented the trend in American jurisprudence since the 1960s that has sought to enforce government neutrality toward religion in general. Scalia invoked George Washington as the “best of exemplar” of the traditional view:
Neither useless nor counterproductive.
Emphasize its “red lines” and avoid unilateral withdrawals.
A nation under God.
Mizraḥi Jewry and the history of Israel’s southern frontier.
Abraham and Jehuda Cresques.
In a 1998 speech on Marine Corps radio, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the American tradition “has consistently affirmed a national belief in God—but not a national belief in a particular religion.” In this light, he lamented the trend in American jurisprudence since the 1960s that has sought to enforce government neutrality toward religion in general. Scalia invoked George Washington as the “best of exemplar” of the traditional view:
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