The Door of the Magistrate at the Bridge

Declared advocacy, not analysis

This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.

He called the order holy. The child was still inside her.

Editorial cartoon by Hector Rentier: The Door of the Magistrate at the Bridge

This cartoon ran with The Door of the Magistrate at the Bridge.

Column metadata
Published
Pen name
Hector Rentier
Primary entities
Supreme Court, Trump administration, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Otro Lado, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Themes
immigration, asylum, U.S.-Mexico border, Supreme Court decisions, executive power
Floor values engaged
Accountability of power, Truthfulness, human_life_and_dignity