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Ronny Jackson: “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2025
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.
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Ronny Jackson
Republican · Texas
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msnbc.com

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Jackson asserted the importance of free expression against government orthodoxy.

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