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M. Tyler Gillett

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M. Tyler Gillett holds graduate degrees in religious studies, with a specialization in early Christian literature, and has a bachelor's in English/creative writing. His first novella, The Testament of Judas, was inspired by reading Matthew 27:52-53,* not as a promise of eternal salvation, but as a zombie apocalypse brought about by Jesus' ritual self-sacrifice on the cross.

* "The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many." ...more

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In constitutional law class today* I argued against granting the president emergency powers at all, generally because emergency powers are too broad, too subject to abuse – as Justice Jackson said, “emergency powers . . . tend to kindle emergencies.” This was part of a discussion that rose out of the Youngstown Sheet & Tubecase, in which Truman tried to seize control of a st Read more of this blog post »

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