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June 15, 2015 | Klaus Marre

Tags: America, democracy, history, incarceration, jail, Magna Carta, prison, prison state, prisoners, threats against democracy, US

Magna Carta Celebrates 800th Birthday—How Far Has Liberty Come?

Reading Time: 4 minutes On the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, a bipartisan group of worried senators serve as a reminder that no president is above the law.

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