The Ruler Isn't Omnipotent

For John, BLUF:  I find it interesting that President Trump would sign a declaration honoring Saint Thomas à Becket.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Trump Honors Catholic Martyr St. Thomas Becket for Defense of Religious Liberty

From The Daily Signal (the Heritage Foundation), Ms Mary Margaret Olohan, 29 December 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

President Donald Trump declared Dec. 29 the anniversary of the Roman Catholic martyr St. Thomas Becket, honoring the 12th-century English bishop as “a lion of religious liberty.”

“Thomas Becket’s death serves as a powerful and timeless reminder to every American that our freedom from religious persecution is not a mere luxury or accident of history, but rather an essential element of our liberty,” the president’s proclamation said.  “It is our priceless treasure and inheritance. And it was bought with the blood of martyrs.”

The president highlighted Archbishop Becket’s martyrdom in a proclamation issued Monday, describing how knights of King Henry II of England murdered the Catholic saint in his own church after he refused to acknowledge the king as his supreme ruler.

“His last words on this earth were these,” the proclamation said, “‘For the name of Jesus and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death.’  Dressed in holy robes, Thomas was cut down where he stood inside the walls of his own church.”

That President Trump would honor this Saint suggests that he does have some inkling about the separation of powers within our Federal Government and the idea that the Tenth Amendment exists.

Regards  —  Cliff