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The United States was founded on allegiance to laws, not leaders. The Jan 6 rioters turned that on its head

  • Written by Jared Mondschein, Senior Research Fellow, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney

When colonial Americans declared their independence on July 4 1776, they rejected more than British rule. They explicitly denounced the British form of government and the unlegislated norms, traditions and conventions a royal head of government entailed.

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