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Of the Commonwealth. Part time non-rhotic.

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The Underpants Gnomes theory of nomination. Really a perfect metaphor for the “ditch Biden” camp and their droves of camp followers in the media.

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The “history and tradition” test is not originalism. It’s just “other old sources when *original* texts are inconvenient”.

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Point of order. Bruen was about Alito & Thomas’s cockamamy “history and tradition” test. Not originalism. Originalism devoid of any intellectual rigor. Not original, just old.

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It’s never mis-reading, it’s always bad faith.

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Bullshit.

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We’re sorry. All current properties are set in either the pre-Empire Republic, or the post-Empire Restoration. You should seek help for this fetish with galactic fascism.

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“Be like Obama and Reagan, who stayed in after bad debates.” (A take I hate because FKING REAGAN, but here we are.)

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The fact that Biden has delivered on left-wing policy far better than any president in generations but is widely despised by left-wing voters reflects more poorly on left-wing institutions and voters than on Biden. This is not a movement showing political maturity, and I say that as a left-winger

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Any argument that stigmatizes a *medical* mask-wearer is harmful.

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Nobody’s ever claimed masks are the magic, be-all prophylactic. But masks hurt nobody. Mask bans do. Masks are not the exclusive purview of the forum. At-risk individuals may need them *in those high-risk, low-enforcement forums*.

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Remind us how the Times Trump interview went.

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Nice shout out to Douthat. The boy does grind, for no thanks at all.

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It’s on. Times Ed board vs. SCOTUS (men) “WE KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR AMERICA!” (America, not AmeriCANS. Fuck them.)

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Comey used Weiner as an excuse to blow it up.

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Biden drops out - Trump will win. Biden stays and loses, you relish the “I told you so!” Hand-wringing does nothing to support a Biden victory. You’re seeking pre-emptive excuses for the disaster your fear.

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So fking what? What an astonishing gift for irrelevant examples.

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The outcome you seem most to desire is to say “I told you so!”

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That’s true of every nominee ever. So what?

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What, no Reagan 1984? Yeah nobody’s discussing that today. Cuts hard both ways.

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Humphrey was a stronger candidate than Harris would be. (Each is a wonderful American who would be a very good president. But ya gotta win.) Game set match.

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People who think Biden can step aside smoothly need to read up on game theoretic coordination problems, divisive primaries, and the 1968 elections just as a starter pack.

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Everyone who has a practical, specific, strategic Plan B, stand the fuck up. Otherwise you’re just fapping for a Green Lantern.

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“They can’t possibly do that”, said the last citizen of every republic ever.

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Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it

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I’m sure RFKjr will call it poison and a conspiracy.

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Where’d you get your law degree? Trick question any answer supports my point.

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// So we can read the news about SCOTUS decisions as informed Citizens.

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Hi, straw man! What on earth are you saying? Again - AGAIN - I’m not saying that legal “intepretation” is elementary. Because I make no claims about judicial review as a task for amateurs. Only ONLY that we can or should all be able to grasp the Constitution itself.//

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I’m not “groping” at anything, eff you very much.

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Surrendering our citizenship - to experts, to cynicism, to The Jefe - is all surrender. We’re better.

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The Constitution was not a bequest to experts. It’s ours. All of us.

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You choose to complicate it. Just because this or that Justice chooses to inject complexity doesn’t make it so. And to repeat - those complexities exist in *judicial review*, not in the very understandable language of the Constitution.

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I’m not proposing anything. I’m opposing the proposal that our Constitution is beyond the average citizen’s unterstanding. Not only is that false, but it is any citizen’s duty - and privilege - to understand it.

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Wrong. Common law (English common law) preceded our Constitution. You’re describing but mislabeling Constitutional judicial review. See how much “complex law” a motivated, informed citizen grasps?

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Each other. That’s what they’re writing about. It’s a cat fight.

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Surrender our common citizenship to “Constitutional” experts who know better than we mere plebes. FUCK THAT. It’s a simple document. And it’s OURS.

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