Minouche smit biography of barack obama

Divisiveness, polarization and political extremism poses a threat to democratic society, tearing at the social fabric of peaceful co-existence as it generates a volatile environment ripe for upheaval and political violence.

Ambien Brand Name Online In this environment, as the 21^st century and its socio-economic issues have gathered pace, so too has the rise of right-wing authoritarian populism[1] and the assault on democracy and the rule of law.

To be blunt, the very core of our society—our commitment to democracy—is beneath threat. It seems every day, assaults on the Constitution and the rule of law attack the legitimacy of the instruments of our law and democracy, eroding our dedication to them. … We are called on to run towards the storm. There is no more critical time to be a member of the [legal profession].

– ABA President Mary Smith[2]

And this assault has included one of language,[3] a linguistic assault that co-opts, reshapes and exploits the language of “freedom”

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