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Vowell decided to write about the Puritans as the idea of American exceptionalism became more prevalent in the press. Her interest was sparked particularly by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s reading of the Puritan sermon that referred to America as “a city upon the hill...
...theory, the bank has gone to court because Mr. Jones did not fulfill his requirements on his mortgage, and he's in default so they go ahead with foreclosure proceedings. Then we go out and find out that it isn't Mr. Jones who's living there. It's Mrs. Smith, who lives there with her three children. Has Mrs. Smith been served with anything...
...Nothing surprises me anymore. I'm aware this is not the normal way to proceed and I am aware that there is a legal court order, but I am more aware that we have a higher role here to make sure that justice is being served, and it is not being served, and I am not going to be party to that. If I was asking them to do crazy stuff here, I would say they have a point. But I'm not. This is your property, bank, find out who's in it please...
...banks are taken care of around-the-clock no matter who's expense. The goal here is to ensure that justice is being done. We need to get this right, and until we do, we can't just keep throwing people out on the street and hide behind a court order - "I know I just destroyed your life and your family and, oh God, that's horrible about your children crying all the time, but hey, I have a court order." Enough's enough...
...what we're really saying is, in fact, that they are persons that are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a child, a 9-month-old child that was delivered to term," he said. "That determination then, essentially, if it was accepted by a court, would forbid abortions to take place. I mean, it would essentially bar abortions, because the equal-protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an antiabortion statute...