{"id":8487,"date":"2015-06-16T17:20:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T21:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=8487"},"modified":"2015-06-17T08:52:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:52:59","slug":"mp3-of-magna-carta-turkey-shoot-on-scott-horton-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/16\/mp3-of-magna-carta-turkey-shoot-on-scott-horton-show\/","title":{"rendered":"MP3 of Magna Carta Turkey Shoot on Scott Horton Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotthorton.org\">Scott Horton<\/a> and I had a rowdy chat on the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta on his <a href=\"http:\/\/scotthorton.org\/interviews\/2015\/06\/15\/61515-james-bovard\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Scotthortonshow+%28Scott+Horton%27s+Interviews%29\">radio show<\/a>.\u00a0 Everyone seems to have forgotten how King <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/king-john-butchered-authors-of-magna-charta\/\">John tried to slaughter the barons <\/a>after he promised to limit his power.\u00a0\u00a0Following is the nub of my comments in this interview:<\/p>\n<p>From the mid-1200s onwards, English kings were compelled to pledge that they would obey the Great Charter. 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