But stealing from a public museum is the opposite of stealing from the rich

It is stealing from the public, usually so you can sell it to a particularly bad rich person

(Looks at my medical records)

They *definitely* want to kill me

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a net boon to the human race, and anyone who says otherwise probably wants to kill you.

It’s good that Musk and Altman won’t be able to enslave us all.

Unfortunately, that also means that we’re putting tools that can massively disrupt civilization into the hands of any schmuck with a laptop.

It’s good that Musk and Altman won’t be able to enslave us all.

Unfortunately, that also means that we’re putting tools that can massively disrupt civilization into the hands of any schmuck with a laptop.

I do think it is notable that our greatest, most effective Presidents have been openly skeptical of the Supreme Court’s authority, and the Presidents who leaned on it most were among our worst.

This may be mainly the kind of nerd that I am but IMO Congress should engage in more explicit constitutional interpretation through statutes, like literally spelling out how some clause will be understood. And openly contradicting judicial precedent where necessary

Saw a proposal from @surcomplicated.bsky.social the other day to overrule Myers, reinstate the Tenure of Office Act, and basically reduce the non-appointment and CIC powers of the President as much as possible consistent with the plain text of the Constitution.

The supply shock will not take place.

The supply shock is not really taking place.

The supply shock did not take place.

Wait I thought you were just inventing a low level obviously evil Trumpist, not talking about someone who actually believes in the existence of witchcraft

Tfw you abolish the police but decide the police function of murdering black teenagers is too essential for an anarchist society to abandon

It was quite intelligent of them if their goal is to help Republicans win

Mississippi is a rare example of “land doesn’t vote” making a state look bluer than it is, because the most sparsely populated sections of Mississippi are the heavily black and Democratic delta counties

The law provides for the senior most available associate justice to act as Chief Justice in the CJ’s absence. So long as at least one anti dictatorship justice avoids being stuck in DC, a trial can be held.

I have seen someone else in this discussion point out the issue that the Constitution makes no provision for the impeachment trial of a President when the Chief Justice is unavailable to preside, as Roberts might be either because he sides with Trump or because Trump detains him.

*14AS3 point

It seems like, if we get dueling Congresses, the path of least resistance is the rump Dem Congress impeaching and removing Trump and his acolytes, forcing an immediate legitimacy crisis. Much less Constitutionally troublesome than forcing the (correct!) 14AS3 to just say he’s *no longer* President.

Well, I mean he hasn't been the rightful president since J6 made him ineligible for the office under the 14th Amendment...

Fair. If the mutual blockade ended, would it be possible to find safe sea lanes before the mines were cleared?

IL is in a standoff with IN. Part of the reason why IN Republicans hesitated to draw out their Democrats is Pritzker’s threat to retaliate against IL Republicans.

Counterpoint: if the shooting starts back up, Iran could bomb Gulf energy infrastructure even more

If they wish to remove a potential cause of dispute as to disability, they can impeach Roberts, Thomas, and Alito, leaving Sotomayor as the most senior remaining justice.

Assuming one of the liberal (or even less insane conservative) justices sees the writing on the wall and isn’t in DC on 1/3/27, the Senate takes a majority vote to recognize all the Vichy justices as disabled by their detainment by insurrectionaries, and invites the most senior democratic justice.

28 USC S3: “Whenever the Chief Justice is unable to perform the duties of his office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve upon the associate justice next in precedence who is able to act, until such disability is removed or another [CJ] is appointed and duly qualified.”

Congress can’t override a pocket veto. An unsigned, un-vetoed bill automatically becomes law after ten business days, unless it’s at the end of a Congressional session, at which point it is automatically vetoed without appeal. Congress can only act more quickly if the President returns the bill.

One could imagine GOP Senators purporting to all side with the real Congress, thus preventing them from removing Trump while Trump continues to rule by decree. But Trump always demands maximal loyalty. If Trump convenes a fake Congress, enough Republicans will comply to make things easy for Dems.

One could imagine GOP Senators purporting to all side with the real Congress, thus preventing them from removing Trump while Trump continues to rule by decree. But Trump always demands maximal loyalty. If Trump convenes a fake Congress, enough Republicans will comply to make things easy for Dems.

If Congress splits into a valid Congress-in-exile and an invalid pretender’s Congress, Republicans literally cannot prevent the valid Senate from purporting to remove Republican officials while still maintaining the premise of a quorum in the invalid Senate.

To also have a quorum to do regular business in the fake Senate, they would need to have 50 Senators, totaling 77 Senators overall.

“Ah, but they’ll send more pretenders.” Except even if Republicans won literally every Senate seat up for election in November, they’d only have 65 Senators.

Republicans can’t even send enough Senators to the Congress-in-exile to cover their bases by making sure that the CIE, even if recognized as legitimate, can’t remove Trump. For 53 Senators to be insufficient for removal, you need at least 80 present and voting. That requires 27 Republicans there.