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Holly Brewer

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The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.

by Holly Brewer via The New Republic
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on July 1, 2024
Founding-Era History Doesn’t Support Trump’s Immunity Claim

Historians Rosemarie Zagarri and Holly Brewer explain the anti-monarchical origins of the Constitution and the presidency.

by Rosemarie Zagarri, Holly Brewer via Brennan Center For Justice on February 21, 2024
Race and Enlightenment: The Story of a Slander

A rebuttal to Ibram X. Kendi's assertion that modern racism had its origins in the 1690 writings of John Locke.

by Holly Brewer via Liberties Journal
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on October 5, 2021
Does Locke’s Entanglement With Slavery Undermine His Philosophy?

John Locke took part in administering the slave-owning colonies. Does that make him, and liberalism itself, hypocritical?

by Holly Brewer via Aeon on December 12, 2017

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Dropouts Built America

When the going gets tough, the tough start something better.

by Jesse Walker via Reason on December 29, 2018

Harvard University "veritas" seal displayed on flags on its campus.

Harvard Stood Up to Trump. Too Bad the School Wasn’t Always So Brave.

The university’s last “finest hour” was more than 200 years ago.

by Timothy Noah via The New Republic on April 16, 2025

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