What the Court does in the firing case needs to be read together with what the Court has already done in West Virginia v EPA, where the Court invented something called “the major question doctrine” which bars government agencies from making major decisions without direct Congressional direction.

There's really quite a substantial difference between "tribal people who venerate a god that makes them feel hot when they do some violence" (problematic but fundamentally reconciliable with human societies; genuinely not even that hard) and "the invading army of literal Satan"

the city of the Men of Númenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise."

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend:

And of course there is Faramir's "I love not the sword" speech, which is easily the most important thing in the entire legendarium

Númenor's fall is precipitated by claiming dominion over all the earth, which, notably, only Actual Satan is also doing at the same time

Not just that, but everything. Gondor's geopolitical dilemmas are the consequence of dominating and antagonising the Haradrim and the Easterlings and considering themselves superior to all other men. Hell I mean in a very literal way Sauron and Morgoth are very literal and temporal imperialists

I mean part of Paramount’s pitch is that corruption will make it easier for them, lol.

True enough - but when they're both gone we'll only miss one of them.

Tony Judt was right.