{"id":21587,"date":"2025-07-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/our-view-in-georges-shadow\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:44:15","slug":"our-view-in-georges-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/our-view-in-georges-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Our view: In George\u2019s shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selections from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, which listed the inimical actions of the King of Great Britain. Today, replicated by another king:<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft naviga-size-small\" data-naviga-align=\"left\" data-naviga-size=\"small\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=77dd8c29-f4d3-5be4-b89c-25300c784a77&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=77dd8c29-f4d3-5be4-b89c-25300c784a77&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=77dd8c29-f4d3-5be4-b89c-25300c784a77&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=77dd8c29-f4d3-5be4-b89c-25300c784a77&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"912\" height=\"1151\" alt=\"Tattered American Flag\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Tattered American Flag<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2013 He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-x-im-unordered-list\"><list-item>For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world.<\/list-item><list-item>For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury.<\/list-item><list-item>For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.<\/list-item><\/div>\n<p>\u2013 He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selections from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, which listed the inimical actions of the King of Great Britain. 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