Noah Mitchell

Catholic Law

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

I’ve always found people who bristle at “American exceptionalism” kind of… weird. Not because I lack self-awareness — I’ve spent my career cataloging every way this country fails to live up to its own rules. But that’s exactly why I love it so damn much. We built a system designed to be shamed by its own founding documents, and it still delivered one of the most spectacular, world-altering runs in human history. A genuine force for human flourishing.

I also found the argument against American exceptionalism to be historically illiterate. Here’s a sample of what we were first at:

• The first large-scale democratic republic in human history — not a city-state, not a monarchy with a parliament bolted on, but a bold continental experiment in self-rule, popular sovereignty, and ordered liberty.

• A written Constitution (1789) with separation of powers and checks & balances — still the oldest national constitution in force anywhere.

• The Bill of Rights (1791): the first time a nation wrote “the government cannot touch these” into supreme law and actually meant it. A dare the world copied — from later rights charters to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• Public land-grant universities and mass higher education (Morrill Act), opening college to ordinary people no aristocracy would have let near the gates. (but don’t get me started about what happened after we started. Massively federally funding it.)

• Kitty Hawk, 1903 — first controlled powered flight.

• The Moon, 1969 — still the only ones who’ve been there.

• The world’s largest economy since ~1890, powering unprecedented prosperity through grit and genius.

• The assembly line, skyscraper, transistor, personal computer, ARPANET — the backbone of the modern world.

• Telephone, phonograph, GPS — connecting and powering daily life.

• Surgical anesthesia, polio vaccine — saving and transforming millions of lives.

• Jazz, blues, rock ‘n’ roll — brand new American art forms that conquered the globe.

• Hollywood’s dreams, blue jeans, bourbon, and a culture so open a kid like me could devour sushi, burritos, stuffed cabbage, and tabouli in the same week and rightfully think of it all as American.

That’s the part that fills me with genuine love and pride: not just the power or the wins, but the appetite for freedom, creativity, and reinvention. The audacity to say “We the People” and keep trying to live up to it.

What do you love most about this truly exceptional country? 🇺🇸

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

@KySportsRadio

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

@KySportsRadio Yes to my original point it’s more nuanced than the general statement we’ve always had birthright citizenship evident by the numerous examples he gives. This isn’t a gotcha but providing the full picture.

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

@KySportsRadio I’m sure you enjoyed all 91 pages of Thomas’s dissent

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@TheOnlyDSC That decision also got leaked before hand…

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@BRamseyKSR Where does that leave Reed? The Knicks built around Brunson’s defensive shortcomings. Its all about fit

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

@patrick12383581 @SecretaryBurgum @WhiteHouse Good thing if he does that the next admin could change it. Read the Constitution instead of being angry online

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

Yeah their development plan didn’t account for the current scrutiny, and using gradual development plans and focusing on rock creek first left a desire for changes to east p now. Probably why they haven’t filed a lawsuit and trying to negotiate a new dev plan but admin set you on taking it over makes that difficult.

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

@liillatte @garrett_TFE @pqliving Indeed, but hard to say they made any substantial progress towards that since getting the lease.

[Judge Stephen Dillard @JudgeDillard]

Every American should watch every second of this video.

Thank you, @BenSasse.

[Noah Mitchell @nmitch_22]

@writeclimbrun As a law student about to go down this path, would you do it all over again?

[On3 @On3]

BREAKING: Furman transfer guard Alex Wilkins has committed to Kentucky, @JoeTipton reports😼

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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In these days of sorrow, fear, and unwavering hope in God, I feel closer than ever to the beloved people of Lebanon. The principle of humanity, inscribed in the conscience of every person and recognized in international law, entails a moral obligation to protect the civilian population from the horrific effects of war. I call on the parties in the conflict to declare a ceasefire and urgently seek a peaceful solution.