Where people moving to Montana are from

The evolution in America of rationales for the cascading growth of presidential power, which began in earnest in the post-war world and followed a trajectory through the expression of the Imperial Presidency before reaching new heights in President Donald Trump’s authoritarian pretensions, has long found traction in the misappropriation and misuse of Justice Robert H. Jackson’s famous aphorism, “the Constitution is not a suicide pact.”

Bill was 67. He spent 40 years building a business with his name on the door. The business was where he spent early mornings and late nights, where he stressed about making payroll, weathered recessions, and celebrated finally having room to breathe. The company paid for Little League uniforms, college tuitions, and mortgages. It was part of the community and more of Bill’s identity than he cared to admit.

Every week we encounter people, young and old, who believe Social Security will be gone when they need it. This myth has been cultivated for decades by partisans determined to degrade America’s most effective economic lifeline.