In this Republic’s Conscience edition of The Whitepaper, Nicolin Decker presents The Doctrine of Moral Closure in Artificial Systems, introducing The Continuity Paradox: a constitutional, legal, and diplomatic framework explaining why artificial intelligence becomes a governance risk not because it is intelligent—but because it accelerates continuity beyond human judgment.

This episode is addressed to Members of Congress, Article III courts, treaty negotiators, national-security leadership, and institutional designers confronting a foundational question increasingly obscured by technical debate:

Everyone is discussing what artificial intelligence can optimize — but almost no one is asking whether authority can survive uninterrupted execution.

🔹Core Thesis

The Do ...