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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 recordApril 21, 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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Justice Jackson emphasized the importance of free expression and opposition to enforced orthodoxy.

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