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Wall Street Journal
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Is Putin a Nebuchadnezzar or Pharaoh?
When Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine began, he reminded me of the tyrannical Nebuchadnezzar from scripture, especially the portion of the biblical story about the attempt to force Israelite exiles to assimilate to Babylonian society. But I think Barton Swaim's Exodus comparison in 'Like Pharaoh, Putin's Heart 'Was Hardened'' (Houses of Worship, July 18) is much better. Susan Harris
Wall Street Journal
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
What's at Stake in Trump's Alien Enemies Act Scheme
Barton Swaim misses the mark by giving short shrift to necessary due-process requirements in 'Trump, the Public and the Alien Enemies Act' (op-ed, March 24). The issue isn't whether the Trump administration is being denied the authority to deport violent aliens. It is whether Congress may empower the president to deport violent aliens unilaterally, without presenting evidence even of their noncitizenship. If the answer to that question is yes, then as President Trump likes to say in his hyperbolic way, 'we don't have a country anymore.' Christopher J. Abbott
