Summary of Richard W. Painter's American Nero

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#1 The Rule of Law is a political phrase that refers to the idea that laws are stable, limited in scope, and apply to everyone, including the legislators who make them.

#2 The country was being run by a narcissistic oligarch with enormous financial conflicts of interest and extremely bad judgment, who obstructs justice and constantly lies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822539938

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

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Insights from Chapter 5

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Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Rule of Law is a political phrase that refers to the idea that laws are stable, limited in scope, and apply to everyone, including the legislators who make them.

#2

The country was being run by a narcissistic oligarch with enormous financial conflicts of interest and extremely bad judgment, who obstructs justice and constantly lies.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Iroquois League of Nations was a powerful Native American tribe that had no private ownership of land or property. The women with seniority in an Iroquois village named the men to represent them at village and tribal councils. The three principles of the Great Law of Peace were righteousness, health, and power.

#2

The American immigration story is four hundred years old, and it involves those who arrived without permission: immigrants who wanted a new life or believed that God called them here.

#3

Religion has been a central part of almost every civilization since the dawn of time. It has been a source of strife, oppression, and warfare.

#4

The United States has a long history of religious discrimination by individuals against each other, but the First Amendment guarantees that the government cannot restrict or penalize people for their religion.

#5

Religious persecution is closely linked to another antagonist to the rule of law: denial of life, liberty, or property without due process. In Europe for centuries, people were often imprisoned, had their assets confiscated, and were executed based on accusations that they did not follow the predominant religion, were disloyal to rulers, or both.

#6

The Fifth Amendment protects people from being held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless they are indicted by a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger.

#7

The Salem witch trials were the first exposure many Americans had to the damage that can be done by an essential human flaw: the tendency to form opinions and make judgments based on myths instead of demonstrable evidence.

#8

The freedom of the press in our Constitution did not come from England, but from the resentment of colonists who were restricted in what they could say about the British government.

#9

The first amendment to the US Constitution was designed to protect the freedom of the press. In 1798, the Federalists passed the Sedition Act, which allowed prosecution of those who voiced or printed remarks against the government.

#10

The founders were well aware of the risk of corruption of American officials by foreign governments, particularly the great powers of Europe. They insisted that the president be a natural-born citizen. The emoluments clause