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Here, the People Govern, But Who Are They?

Here, the People Govern, But Who Are They?
President Donald Trump holds a law enforcement roundtable on sanctuary cities with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (L) and Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images
Clifford Humphrey
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Last week, another federal judge decided against a perfectly constitutional and common sense act by the Trump administration to protect the interests of U.S. citizens. Though seemingly a disagreement about the best way to collect demographic information in the upcoming 2020 census, this particular dispute involves the most fundamental political question: Who rules?

Clifford Humphrey
Clifford Humphrey
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Clifford Humphrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Director of Admissions for Thales College. He holds a PhD in politics from Hillsdale College, and he resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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