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2. "These guys have all read Carl Schmitt...There's no law, there's just power." JD Vance, NYT interview with Russ Douthat
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:55 AM
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Vance was referencing German jurist Carl Schmitt, known for his work on legal theory and his affiliation with the Nazi party, who argued that legal norms are secondary to the political power of the sovereign.

Stephen Miller, during a January 2026 interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, as justification for the Trump administration's aggressive foreign policy: ”We live in a world, in the real world, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”

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