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There is an inviolate British convention whereby the royal family remains above and apart from the fray of domestic politics. But Prince Harry has breached that convention again and again, write Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth. He doesn't seem to understand the "damage his words have caused — and are causing — to the United Kingdom." |
Harry, the Duke of Sussex and King Charles III's second son, has condemned his father's government, aired his family's dirty laundry in a best-selling memoir and, with his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, implied that a member of the Royal Family was racist. All of this plays into the hands of the UK's enemies, including China and Russia, write the authors, and contribute to what amounts to a constitutional crisis in the UK. "By breaking royal protocol and attacking his own father's elected government, Harry is undermining the sacrosanct equivalent of a U.S. separation of powers, wherein the royal family does not involve itself in the workings of His Majesty's government." At a time of record low ratings for the monarchy, the authors write, "Harry's hurricane-force shenanigans risk badly destabilizing the constitutional monarchy if not jeopardizing its very survival." "It is high time Harry recognizes that he can no longer keep placing his father, and by extension the United Kingdom and the U.S., in the eye of his storm. The hurricane-like damage to national security is becoming too great and potentially irreparable." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, June 16. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Dennis Aftergut, former federal prosecutor |
The silence from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about Donald Trump's historic federal indictment is deafening. It's based on fear and longing — McConnell's singular focus on regaining the power of being Senate majority leader via a GOP Senate in 2024. |
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By Douglas MacKinnon, political consultant |
Other than Trump and that surreal, totally unpredictable energy behind him, there is no one in the Republican Party who has the "it factor" of DeSantis. No one. If he gets out of the race now, most of that will transfer to 2028. If he does not and loses to Trump, all will most likely be gone. |
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By Clay Calvert, professor emeritus at the University of Florida |
Deceptive political advertisements are nothing new But, as one news organization recently reported, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is launching "a new era where it could become even harder for voters to discern truth from lies." |
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By Alan Derschowitz, professor emeritus for Harvard Law School |
Justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done. And the more people see it, the more justice there will be. So let's do whatever it takes, whether through judicial opinions or legislation, to open our courthouses — especially the one in the Southern District of Florida, which will become the focus of the world when Trump goes on trial. |
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