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Benjamin
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The piece is fine (though I'm not sure NYT readers had any doubts about where the editorial board stands w/r/t Trump), but this portion will come as a surprise to anyone who paid attention to the paper's coverage of HW, McCain, and Romney
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(TBC I don't know Joe from Adam and have no idea if this critique applies specifically to him, but it sure as shit applies to nearly everyone I see who makes his argument.)
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I'd have more patience for arguments like Joe's if the people making them demonstrated minimal understanding/curiosity about what those principles mean, why they're impt. But they don't. They've always viewed principles as cover for partisanship so it's pointless to arg w/ them on those grounds.
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Right, I get that the new thing would be designed to be easier to approve/change. I’m just skeptical u could convince enough ppl that the new easier to change constitution is better than the only one they’ve ever known. Status quo bias is strong, even when (most) everyone agrees change is necessary.
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You think you’d need less buy-in to create a completely new thing that enough people would accept than to amend the constitution?
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I’d prefer a Constitutional amendment
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Thanks!
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Not having lived in a state where this is a thing, I've always been curious: what's the tipping culture for people who pump your gas? is it always expected or only for attendants who go above and beyond (not sure what that even looks like, but maybe a windshield wash)?
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Again, you seem to be ignoring the fact that the conduct you claim to be legalized after this opinion is, in fact, a crime under other statutes
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If a court said the govt couldn’t charge someone for manslaughter under a statue that criminalized first-degree murder, by your logic, that would mean the court legalized manslaughter (& didn’t like laws prohibiting manslaughter). That’s utter crap.
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Neither I nor anyone on the Supreme Court believes that. All I (and they) are saying is transactions like those can be charged as crimes, just not under this one statute that addresses different transactions.
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Again, you're just making up what the opinion does. If by "regurgitating the reasoning" in the opinion, you mean I took the time to understand what it says instead of making something up, I and most others would see that as making a stronger, better argument.
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To be clear, you're saying an opinion that recognizes gratuities and briberies are punishable under separate statutes "legalizes bribery"? It's fine to disagree with the reasoning but your description is not an honest one.
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two days ago*
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He's talking about yesterday's opinion in Snyder v. U.S., and he's lying about it.
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Can't help but notice the first quote appears in the Chevron decision but the second one is wholly made up. That's a signal to exercise a great deal of skepticism about the panic this is trying to foment.