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John L. Snyder

John L. Snyder

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Posted onMay 24, 2020June 17, 2020Christianity

First Amendment Under Threat

by John L. Snyder

HOW DO GOVERNORS HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO LIMIT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS LIKE OUR FREEDOM TO EXERCISE RELIGION? Indulge me for a moment. Allow me to set…

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Posted onMay 23, 2020June 17, 2020Christianity

Open the Churches. Defy the Executive Orders.

by John L. Snyder

I write this as a kind of confession that I have allowed my legal training to distract me from the deeper and more sinister aspects…

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Posted onMay 17, 2020June 17, 2020Christianity

On Blackstone and Demons

by John L. Snyder

I was not deeply perusing, but I was revisiting his thought. William Blackstone is regarded as one of the key intellectual influences on the America…

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Posted onMay 15, 2020June 17, 2020Christianity

Lawlessness and Civil Disobedience

by John L. Snyder

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS CANNOT BE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY Remember the arguments during the Guantanamo Cases a decade ago? And the Civil War Mulligan case? Fundamental Rights CAN…

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Posted onSeptember 17, 2019June 17, 2020Christianity

Constitution Day and the Battle of Antietam

by John L. Snyder

I’ve been out running chores all day so I don’t have much time to write. But I wanted to remind all my friends that today…

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Posted onApril 25, 2019June 17, 2020Christianity

A Poem for my Christian Friends

by John L. Snyder

Here is a poem for my Christian friends I wrote several years ago. I am tired of the fretful steps of little men,Tired of the…

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Posted onApril 21, 2019June 17, 2020Christianity

Reflections on Easter and What it Means

by John L. Snyder

…for those who are not Christians or are ambivalent about the whole Christian thing. Let me start by saying, if you are not a Christian,…

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Posted onMarch 9, 2016June 17, 2020Christianity

Why are So Many Evangelicals Voting for Trump?

by John L. Snyder

Numerous exit polls indicate that large numbers, perhaps as many as half, of self-described evangelicals are voting for “The Donald.” YouTube videos show well-known evangelical…

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I am a historian and I see the present through the lens of the past. There is nothing new under the sun.

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