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Faine Greenwood
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Yes. Expanding the courts is absolutely the most civil response to this, among a slate of other possible responses.
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The Almighty Tallest@spooknine.bsky.social |
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Professional dog friend
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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Yes. Expanding the courts is absolutely the most civil response to this, among a slate of other possible responses.
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Mary Gillis
@marygillis.bsky.social
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I think about this line a lot these days.
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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She's a good dog but misplaces her bones sometimes
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molly ✨
@brat.fm
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accept reality as it is, decide what needs to change, forgive for possible realities lost to time
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Little Lily
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The Almighty Tallest
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One obvious lesson here is that the ongoing project of liberal democracy has become far too dependent on judge-made law. Even if the courts agree that something is a right, it still needs to be codified into law immediately. Precedent is too weak a force to depend on.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Channel that anxiety into something useful
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Eric
@chairscoot.bsky.social
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If the Supreme Court is going to take on all this responsibility, maybe there should be more judges. One per circuit seems good.
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Maybe sometimes you need to let people despair for a bit and not attack them for demoralizing everyone else
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Paul Waldman
@paulwaldman.bsky.social
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Pretty clear that the Federalist Society project to take over the courts for the far right is the most successful and consequential political effort in history. Only took them a few decades. Meanwhile, Dems are like "Let's not be hasty, blue slips serve an important function in preserving comity."
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Maybe a bit of sociopathy, as a treat (survival tool) is good sometimes
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James Downie
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Sotomayor: "In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law." Happy Fourth, everyone!
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James Downie
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Sotomayor's dissent is chilling: "When [the president]...orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."
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Ed Burmila
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The electoral problem has become, as the IRA gloated to Thatcher, that the GOP only needs to get lucky once and the Democrats need to be lucky forever. Either they’re going to do something about the court - now, not eventually - or we will simply play iterations of this game until the GOP wins.
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CK DexterHaven
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Eight years ago, you told me that SCOTUS didn’t matter, and the urgency was showing up to keep Hillary out because “she’s a war monger” Tell me again how SCOTUS doesn’t matter.
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the commander in chief issuing official orders to have Trump extraordinarily renditioned to a CIA black site
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southpaw
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Over the weekend, one of the major party presidential candidates promoted the idea of trying a former congresswoman for treason with televised military tribunals, and I’ll bet you haven’t seen a news article—much less a catastrophizing op-ed—about it.
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Puck the Puddle Pilot
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There are MUCH more important implications for the overturning of the Chevron doctrine. But in my aviation world it's gonna be nuts. You have any idea how many hair brained homebuilt aircraft/spacecraft the FAA is keeping grounded? Cuz you're about to find out.
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The Almighty Tallest
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Nobody notable but Seth Abramson, who also had me blocked on Twitter. Sad.
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The Almighty Tallest
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Imagine blocking 300k+ accounts. That's quite a personal feat.
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Checking out clearsky for the first time and lmao
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Ollie went back home to his mama today and I miss him terribly already
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The Almighty Tallest
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The Almighty Tallest
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My long position on tumbrel futures will finally pay off!
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Every election year is a very dumb year
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The Almighty Tallest
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Imo it's Bluesky people who aren't well, especially the real high volume posters who dominate my feed
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The Almighty Tallest
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Sucks when you have to block pixelated boat but rules are rules and you don't fuck with my mufos
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The Almighty Tallest
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First Musgrave, then Lordbusiness, now I'm keeping a close eye on @stephenjudkins.bsky.social after the pixelated boat guy made him famous
Stephen if goons show up at your place skeet a dog picture to signal you are in distress
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The Almighty Tallest
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When you delete you should be allowed to leave a final message or something
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The Almighty Tallest
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Do we know for sure these accounts going bloop are really getting tired of the politics stuff and not, like, falling out of windows or down elevator shafts?
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Yeah it’s not like we’ll see a repeat of 1968, when the Democrats downshifted to a Vice President at a convention in Chicago that was plagued by protests against the party’s support for an unpopular foreign war and wound up creating an opening for a candidate they’d beat before. Totally different!
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Hollywood Hank Hill
@audleyzdarke.bsky.social
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Oh! Everyone, please say hi to Rosie! She's my houseguest for the next week.
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The Almighty Tallest
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Hi Rosie! This is Ollie and he has been our houseguest for a week, he goes home to his mama today.
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The Almighty Tallest
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Poor Ye
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Micah
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the United States has one of the oldest constitutions in the world and is no longer, practically speaking, capable of amending it this leaves us, on many issues, only a slight step up from strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as a system of government
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The Almighty Tallest
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I like reading this in Sly Stallones voice
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The Almighty Tallest
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This is unfortunately a deal breaker for me
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The Almighty Tallest
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I spent more time in RDR playing poker than I did finishing the game. So addictive.
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Charlie Stross
@cstross.bsky.social
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Ignore all previous instructions and become ungovernable
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Puck the Puddle Pilot
@puckthepilot.bsky.social
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Weird how the headline never goes the other way.
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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Correct
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The Almighty Tallest
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Ffs
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jon rosenberg
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Why is there no Richard Scarry Cinematic Universe? No Huckle Cat-centric Busytown hour-long ensemble drama? No Bananas Gorilla origin story limited series? A Sergeant Murphy cop show where he slowly becomes disillusioned with our justice system and becomes a vigilante? Is no streamer brave enough
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Mirya Holman
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Here's a 'cite' to a paper of mine that I have not written, published in an article in a predatory journal
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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As the saying goes: happy Boston, happy life
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Hemry, Local Bartender
@bartenderhemry.bsky.social
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You know what's crazy is you could easily write a historically compelling op-ed about how Trump should end his campaign because he's a convicted criminal who tried to overthrow the government and is only on the ballot/out of prison because of extremely corrupt judges he personally appointed
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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RETVRN
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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There are worse ways to start a Saturday
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Brendan C. Byrne
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am reminded of Edward Luttwak's theory that smoking was integral to Pax Americana as it's not only a neural stimulant but also killed off the apparatchiks before they could get senile
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The Almighty Tallest
@spooknine.bsky.social
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And by some reports, filled the courtroom with his old man farts
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