Judge Michael Luttig’s July 4th Essay in Telos
In honor of the Fourth of July, Board Member J. Michael Luttig authored an exclusive piece for Telos outlining twenty-seven truths — an homage to the original 27 grievances the colonists presented to the British Crown — about the freedoms, rights, and liberties we all enjoy as Americans.
From the article:
When the tyrannical reign of King George III became destructive of the ends of government by law under which all persons are equal and endowed with certain unalienable rights, the American Colonists declared their independence from the British King, chronicling 27 grievances of self-evident truths about tyranny as reasons for their declaration of independence.
On this July 4, 2025, the eve of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of America’s declaration of independence and the founding of this Nation, ‘We the People’ hold to be self-evident these 27 truths about freedom—and about tyranny.