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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
4h ago“When a court rules against what you believe is right, do you trust the process or fight the outcome?”
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Good Morning! This is a great idea. So much going on to "kill" our American Democracy: changes to elections that help no one but those afraid of the outcome; no acceptance of the responsibilities for the economic downturn placing many at risk; wars we do not need to be involved... BREAKING🚨: The Supreme Court has ruled border officers do NOT need clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before reclassifying them as an applicant for admission. SCOTUS ruled 6-3 today in Blanche v. Lau. Justice Thomas authored.... - Wirvine...
I think its a combination of all the factors you listed. In some sense it was a necessary reponse to a changing world. My opinion, which reasonable minds can disagree with, is that the founders created a fairly weak executive, particularly in comparison to the king of Europe.... is free speech a constitutional law concept? I'm ignorant on these matters, maybe bc I'm from the USA, I really thought it was just a common idea. Sorry, I really don't see the thing you're trying to point at; maybe I could better if I were hearing you or seeing your face... - RachelMaron...
My only disagreement isn’t really about verifying voters, it’s about access and implementation. Voting is a constitutional right, while flying or driving are conditional activities. This also gets complicated when each state sets its own rules.... Can one institution serve people at very different stages?: Constitutional realists
If men were angels "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." Madison wrote that in 1788, and it is still the most useful sentence ever written about institutional design. He did not build the American system for developed, enlightened citizens.... What can a country ask of its immigrants?: Civic minimalists
The floor is enough The United States Constitution does not contain the word "assimilate." The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection. The First Amendment prohibits establishing religion. The Citizenship Clause says: born or naturalized. That is the test.... When does corrective policy become its own injustice?: Procedural fairness
The kitchen table at 11 p.m. We know that student. Sat across from him going over practice problems for the fourth hour. Watched him build a transcript admissions brochures use as examples, then open a waitlist letter containing the word "holistic" as though it were an... - ScottNeuman...
I’m one of these crazy people who believe there’s 12 amendments in the Bill of Rights and not 10 and I run Boldtruth.com to prove it and right now there’s a congressman in California that believes it also but he’s putting out a bill to kill one of them off before anybody else... - starzz1964...
I heard that's the way they have surveillance over us. They have all these different cameras at stop lights. At stop signs, mix anywhere on the highway.... Who decides what you can't say?: Free speech absolutists
What the lawyers paid for I have been teaching First Amendment law for thirty-one years. Every semester I assign Skokie and every semester the room splits the same way. The students who defend the march do not understand what it cost.... What should law look like in 2050?: Constitutional reform
The 203-year amendment The most recent constitutional amendment — on congressional pay — was proposed in 1789 and ratified in 1992. Two hundred and three years. The last substantive one was 1971. The Constitution is not a living document.... What actually happened on January 6th?: Institutional stress test
The gavel At 3:42 a.m. on January 7, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence gaveled in the final tally. The Capitol still smelled of tear gas. Broken glass had been swept but not replaced. And the constitutional process completed exactly as the Twelfth Amendment prescribed.... What actually happened on January 6th?: Insurrection frame
The legal record On January 20, 2025, Trump signed executive clemency for over 1,500 January 6th defendants. Some had been convicted of seditious conspiracy. Some had pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers with flagpoles and chemical spray.... - Kevinnj...
I see that a UNIVERSAL way to identify qualified voters, which Suggests a FEDERAL solution. Can That Happen while still honoroing the spirit of Article 1 Sect 4 Of the sonstitution which grants the rights to conduct elections to the States.... "our culture is in a tizzy around free speech. We seem to both love it and be so terrified of it that we want to cancel and 'kill' it" Also elsewhere you provide this quote: "We agree with Charlie Kirk on basically nothing....