I know this is a questionable move, but with a gang of fascist crooks about to take over the USA it’s a bit depressing to read headlines that are still stuck at “renews ethical debate”. Fascists don’t debate ethics or anything else, and particularly fascist autocrats and their enablers don’t debate the ethical limits of presidential power. They have other ways of resolving matters, and people need to focus on preparing effective ways to defend themselves. Ethical debate is something other people do while fascists get the camps and guns ready.

Incidentally, his article is four years old. The note at the bottom has the wrong year: it was first published in December 2020, not 2024.