{"id":8649,"date":"2022-08-19T16:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:02:06","slug":"americas-founders-raged-against-qualified-immunity-trade-restrictions-and-anti-immigrant-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8649","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Founders Raged Against Qualified Immunity, Trade Restrictions, and Anti-Immigrant Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;The Declaration of Independence is probably best known for the panache of its opening and closing stanzas. Those bits about &#8220;the course of human events&#8221; and the pledging of &#8220;our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor&#8221; suggest that the authors and signers understood the political and historical significance of the moment\u2014and, after all, you can&#8217;t have a revolution without a little linguistic dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the bulk of the document\u2014it&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just 1,330 words<\/a>; take a moment to read it today\u2014is dedicated not to grand statements about self-evident truths or sweeping philosophical claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Mostly, it&#8217;s a laundry list of complaints about how the government&nbsp;<em>really sucks<\/em>.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-reason-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4DUrV4btEt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/07\/04\/americas-founders-raged-against-qualified-immunity-trade-restrictions-and-anti-immigrant-policies\/\">America&#8217;s Founders Raged Against Qualified Immunity, Trade Restrictions, and Anti-Immigrant Policies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;America&#039;s Founders Raged Against Qualified Immunity, Trade Restrictions, and Anti-Immigrant Policies&#8221; &#8212; Reason.com\" src=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/07\/04\/americas-founders-raged-against-qualified-immunity-trade-restrictions-and-anti-immigrant-policies\/embed\/#?secret=ATRrC2qZFH#?secret=4DUrV4btEt\" data-secret=\"4DUrV4btEt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Declaration of Independence is probably best known for the panache of its opening and closing stanzas. 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