Hayes Brown

@hayesbrown.bsky.social

idk it just seems to me that laws, like tech, should be created with the question "what would the worst person i know be able to do with this power" in mind and it's truly incredible how much this opinion fails at that basic task

Jul 03, 2024 at 14:14 UTC

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@anonymoustroll.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:44 UTC

What if (and hear me out) that is exactly what Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, Barrett & Gorsuch thought about, and they are eager for it. rebulicans are a minority party with no policies to sell beyond hate, fear & lies. They openly model their political strategy on that of Victor Orban.

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People Person @zenosocks.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:24 UTC

That's a fantastic test and, unfortunately, a lot of recent tech fails it spectacularly too.

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Onno Benschop @owh.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:34 UTC

Having set up an association and having written its constitution with exactly that in mind, how could this be abused, I learnt two things. 1) As devious as you might envisage, there's no substitute for actual malicious intent. 2) The rules only work for people who respect them.

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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:26 UTC

I think they asked that question and were happy with the answer

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JustinSmithArt @justinsmithart.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

Y’know, it’s almost as if John Roberts is a foul human being who WANTS the worst people in the world to succeed at the worst possible goals.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:28 UTC

Oh I think he was thinking about that He just likes it

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サージャントヒッピー @sgthippie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

I ask myself, “What could I do with this power…” which is basically the same thing, right?

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Lew Morton @lewmorton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

His idea of the worst person is just very very different from ours

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@hortnon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

well then they'd have to look at themselves if they asked that question

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Off The Chain Atheist @otcatheist.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

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Kai @kailb.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

And this case was specifically about that person also!

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Doug Merrill @bagatsen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:08 UTC

This Lex Trump is designed for use by one person only. It's an Enabling Act ("Ermächtigungsgesetz" for the history buffs out there) in the American idiom.

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Mash @fragment.city
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

This sort of "systems thinking" is a critical skill in government and the law. The idea that 3 justices have it and the other 6 don't is almost impossible to believe. This leaves open the very real and heartbreaking possibility that the majority knows exactly what they're dancing around.

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@dmgerstein.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:48 UTC

When the worst person you know holds the key to the kingdom of god you have planned to install your entire anxiety free life and when you are the law…….

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Timothy A Wiseman @timwiseman.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:32 UTC

The Supreme Court's opinion is disturbing.

Your concept slightly more formalized is sometimes called the "veil of ignorance". ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/vei...

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Roxanne Darling 🌿 @roxannedarling.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:39 UTC

ABSO should be required!

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CJ @arsonfly.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:30 UTC

Generally they carry on with the tech regardless, don't they?

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Daddeh @daddeh.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:47 UTC

Jim Jeffries summed it up nicely when talking about how you might be able to drive fine after a few drinks, but Dave sure as hell can't. So no drunk driving.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

The argument is probably that the founders made this suicide pact, not John Roberts, so they are obliged to carry it out.

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@jenniferholton7.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:40 UTC

What if John Roberts is actually just "the worst person"?

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@susandathome.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:30 UTC

I have asked myself lately - is our democracy so good that we can actually vote ourselves into a dictatorship? Are there no guardrails to the type of person we can elect? (I know there was a lot of interference from Russia etc the first time but Americans apparently are ready to let him in again

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Another Friggin Dave @anotherfriggindave.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Not like anything matters anymore but,

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Unscheduled Offworld Activation @nerdsherpa.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:40 UTC

Okay but you have to remember who you’re dealing with here. Amy Coney Barrett definitely saw that bullshit kitty litter for school kids who identify as cats story and thought it was true, and a personal attack on her very soul that must be answered with as much institutional violence as possible.

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Chris Parker @crs1.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

is there reason to believe Roberts Court doesn't fix the evidence to the case, to take a familiar and salient meme?

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McIrwin @mcirwin47.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:16 UTC

But he specifically wants the worst person to wield the power granted to achieve shared goals. This decision is specifically tailored to that end. I don’t think there’s another plausible way to read it.

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@flatline42.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:30 UTC

Exactly all my politics are informed by first asking the question "how can this be abused?"

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Will Rosecrans @wrosecrans.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:51 UTC

I've complained for years about Congress's lack of "Red Team." There should be standing committees dedicated to figuring out the worst possible results from the Blue Team legislative committees draft texts. Do hearings about how to exploit it all ahead of time, not just years later.

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Lighting Rod [Bluesky Older] @yendorcire.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:37 UTC

That's who it's designed for

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Rick does Math and Stuff @mathandstuff.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:30 UTC

This "opinion" is literally "what do we have to write to keep Trump out of prison." - some language about immunity - some language blocking evidence already been used to prove guilt - dismissal of any criticism as hysterical - mystical path to actual prosecution, vaguely delineated

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:16 UTC

They don't even need to imagine! The individual literally named in the case is one of the worst people on the planet. He's got a track record of doing or attempting some of the worst shit imaginable. This isn't some distant hypothetical!

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TaoOfTweet (and I'm sticking to it) @starfisher.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:25 UTC

The fundamental problem Is that the court has arrogated to itself the power to make law. There is nothing in the Constitution that grants the court that power.

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@napoleon-the-pig.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

Robert's knows exactly what the "what ifs" are under that decision. He is, and always has been, a corrupt thug of the right in a nice suit with a fancy degree on the wall. He figures the right, like Trump, will make "good use" of what they can get away with under it

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Trey Bushart @treybushart.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:57 UTC

"oh, but the worst people would be prevented from having such power?" - Ok then, how? What actual checks are in place to keep that from happening. And what if a majority of people want them to exercise that power in such a manner? Tell me that your honor.

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Patent Buddy @patentbuddy.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

This has always been my guiding principle for practicing law and engineering.

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sherri 11/07 @17x2lizards.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:12 UTC

If you take a step back and look at the landscape of John Roberts' decisions, he knows the 'what ifs', then, you realize this is exactly the map he laid out a GPS, one dimensional route. He weakened VRA, he concurred the architect of Citizens United, and he raped the Constitution Monday, 7/1/24

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@roudy1.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:49 UTC

laws in the past were created to judge criminality today in america laws are created to protect criminals seems like a real change in laws or is it those who interpret or make the laws as most are criminals maby we just need to clean house of all criminals removal of them

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