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The Old Dog Needs Some New Tricks: Learning From The Laboratories Of Democracy

arkady2025-06-26Culture Law Politics

Every democracy that changes its rules is an experiment; each democracy that differs from the others is an experiment. All democracies are the laboratories of democracy. And the United States has failed to learn from them. Mostly, that’s just age:…

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Mission Creeps: The California National Guard Is Working For The DEA Now

arkady2025-06-25Law Politics

So, apparently the regime has found another use for a federalized California National Guard, other than jackbooting around Los Angeles with their rifles hanging out. So, now they’re off to Coachella. Valley, that is. Working for the DEA. Who, as…

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Authoritarians United: The Military Is Socialized To Obey

arkady2025-06-23Law Politics

Back in March, when the serious coup-ing kicked off, I wrote two of these short posts to point out that the police and the courts were unreliable opponents of a coup: Those have both gone pretty much as expected. Now,…

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Dropping The Ball: The Mighty 9th Circuit Has Struck Out

arkady2025-06-20Law Politics

The panel of the 9th Circuit that’s dealing with the illegal takeover of the California National Guard whiffed it yesterday. In two very significant ways. First, and probably most significantly, they held that Trump is “likely to prevail” on the…

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Consistency In Law: Tattoos, Cosmetic Surgery, Circumcision and Puberty Blockers

arkady2025-06-19Law Politics

Let’s leave aside all the arguments about any of these as medical treatments, since that’s actually not necessary to make the point here. What matters here is personal choice, consent and consistency. So let’s look at these four issues. Are…

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Emergency Powers: Not Just For Emergencies Anymore?

arkady2025-06-18Law

The United States has a proud history of limiting the government’s powers. This is a good thing. And necessary, really, if you want your State to be a democracy. After all, a State with no effective limits on legislative or…

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For Reals: The U.S. Should Have A Shadow Cabinet

arkady2025-06-17Law Politics

How to properly oversee the executive branch has been something of an … obsession … here since the beginning of the blog. And I think the calls for the Democrats to form an unofficial “shadow cabinet” can contribute to that.…

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This Is America: We Don’t Do Kings

arkady2025-06-16Culture Law Politics

There really aren’t a lot of things you can get 5 million people to agree on in the United States these days. Not even what to watch on TV. 5 million would be a pretty good viewership for a popular…

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No More Kings: Not Here, Not Ever

arkady2025-06-13Culture Law Politics

I pointed this out back in February: This is America; we don’t do royalty. It’s really very basic civics. You literally cannot get more un-American than caring about the King or Queen of England. But trying to be a King…

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You Should Read This: Will Trump Force America to Break Up?

arkady2025-06-11Culture Law Politics

Bill McKibben at Mother Jones dipped his toe in the water yesterday with a piece titled “Will Trump Force America to Break Up?“. It’s pretty good. The closing paragraph does a decent job of summing up the current situation: Maybe…

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