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Mary’s Moral Militia, Part 5: Mike Lindell’s Cellphone

It now seems that there will be more than (the promised) five parts in this series on the moral militia. Today I will detour from the main road to look at the current event of the FBI grabbing the cellphone of the Pillow Guy, Mike Lindell.

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Mary’s Moral Militia, Part 4: Legal Workarounds

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To recap: Part 1 pointed to the two constitutional ways for Congress — but never the president — to call up the militia. Part 2, on Instincts, showed that it’s easy, like Aleister Crowley said, to “go evil.” (You just imbue your dastardly deeds with moral justification!).

Mary’s Moral Militia Part 3: Vieira’s Constitutional Militia

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In 2019, at Camp Constitution’s unique bookshop, Hal Shurtleff guided me to make three priceless purchases: Frederic Bastiat’s The Law (1850-ish), John McManus’ Changing Commands, 1995 (about the CFR), and Daniel McGonigle’s editing of Edwin Vieira’s “Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic, 2013.

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Mary’s Moral Militia, Part 2: Instincts

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My first career was as a sociobiologist (See my book The Sociobiological Imagination, SUNY Press, 1990). The late EO Wilson was my mentor. By 2000, I moved into Law, but I’ve never stopped looking at how law exists in relation to our evolved instincts.

Mary’s Moral Militia, Part 1

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The other day I was reading George Washington’s 6th State of the Union Address (typical beach reading when you are running for office) and was surprised to see this bit: