I didn’t see links to techdirt around much until … all this. They’ve been around since 1997, though. They describe themselves as “a group blogging effort”, focusing on “insight into news stories about changes in government policy, technology and legal…
No Power To People: Systems Make Better States Than People Do
If Trump, damn his name‘s presidencies should have taught the American public anything, it’s that States based on systems (laws, structures of counter-balanced powers, etc.) just plain work better than States based on an individual ruler do. It’s a good…
Credit Where It’s Due: The Democrats Haven’t Caved On ICE Yet
So the Congressional Democrats have found a line the fascist coup has crossed that will get them to do more than send another fundraising email. And that line is ICE and CBP murdering Minnesotans. If you want to get all…
Alt.Secession: WIRED Has Entered The Chat
Ryan D. Griffiths, who according to his bio is a professor of political science at Syracuse University, has a short essay on WIRED‘s site on the topic of U.S. secession discourse. It is not complementary. The title starts it right…
Getting Judgy With It: One Court Is Waking Up, Will Others?
Judge Quraishi of the U.S. District Court in New Jersey may just be starting to get it. Better late than never. The transcript of his hearing last week shows that he’s … finally … starting to realize what the courts…
Is The State Fixable?: Authoritarians In General Are The Problem
I’m not feeling optimistic today, and I’m trying to avoid all the Chuck Norris foolishness that’s taken over my corner of the Internet today, so I’m not gonna write about the first judge to actually start doing something about the…
You Should Read This: ‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’.
You should read “‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog” in The Guardian. Although it’s incorrect in the title. Trump, damn his name is not “aiming” for dictatorship; he thinks he already…
Just Maybe: We Should Probably Get Rid Of Pardons
I’m not 100% convinced on this yet. But, really, we should probably get rid of the executive pardon power. It can be a good thing, certainly. Presidents and governors have used it to, retroactively, right wrongs caused by other parts…
Droning On: Ukraine Should Not Help The U.S. In Iran
First, Ukraine has more than enough problems of its own to deal with. Obviously. Ukraine needs all the drones and drone-warfare experts it has just to keep Russia’s troops occupied. And yes, the U.S did help Ukraine with that invasion,…
You Should Read This: You don’t have to if you don’t want to.
I’ve mentioned Rusty Foster’s Today in Tabs newsletter here before. It’s quite good. In yesterday’s post there, Rusty linked to a piece called “You don’t have to if you don’t want to.” by Scott Smitelli. You should read that. It’s…