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Ukraine & Friends: We Have Some Issues Of Our Own To Work Through Right Now

arkady2025-04-21Culture Politics

It must be really frustrating to see the U.S. switching sides in the middle of a war for your country’s survival. I realize this doesn’t help, but it’s frustrating for us too. The best y’all can do now is to…

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The Partial Veto: Wisconsin Hits The Bottom Of A Slippery Slope

arkady2025-04-18Law Politics

The partial, or line-item, veto idea was one of those inexplicably popular fads that you see everywhere for a while then never hear about again till the nostalgia sets in and it gets another day in the sun. It’s come…

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High Crimes And Misdemeanors: Everything He Does Is Illegal, So Is He Really President?

arkady2025-04-15Culture Law Politics

At what point, as you shut down all the legally-mandated parts of a State and replace them with illegal actions, does that State cease to be and a new one has arisen? It’s a political science version of the Ship…

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No Appeal: When The Supreme Court Goes Bad

arkady2025-04-14Law Politics

“The peace, the prosperity, and the very existence of the Union are vested in the hands of the justices of the Supreme Court.” -Alexis de Tocqueville Which was probably a mistake, but an understandable one. When the Constitution was written,…

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No Confidence: The Vote Of Last Resort

arkady2025-04-10Law Politics

Confidence can be useful, but “no confidence” is necessary. When it comes to voting, that is. In the U.S., voters are only given the option of choosing yes or no on some question or choosing one option from a list.…

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Weak Sauce: Due Process Is No Guarantee

arkady2025-04-08Law Politics

So, the administration and Supreme Court seem to be of the opinion that it’s OK for the State to grab [people] off the street and [do stuff] to them without a court being involved. Or even being able to intervene.…

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No Sign: The Militia Movement Is Missing Their Moment Again

arkady2025-04-07Law Politics

This has been an ongoing annoyance for me, for pretty much as long as I’ve been paying attention to U.S. politics. The U.S. militia movement is never around when they might actually be useful. Seriously, this is an active political…

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Legal Bribery: Big Law Pays Protection

arkady2025-04-04Law Politics

This particular story is getting some press, but no one’s mentioning the bribery aspect. And it’s definitely bribery. Even under the Supreme Court’s corrupt “it’s only bribery if you explicitly say so in advance” standard this is bribery. And abuse…

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Libation Day: Pouring One Out For The Economy

arkady2025-04-03Politics Technology

Well, that was a thing. A very, very stupid thing. So, the new Trump tariff announcement happened. Set aside the fact that tariffs are a tax paid by purchasers of imported goods, and not (as Trump and his enablers inexplicably…

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Change Is Hard: Designing A Path For Change Is Harder

arkady2025-04-01Culture Politics

Even if you ignore the “convincing everyone else to go along with it” part. Which is frankly the hardest bit. The easy part is identifying something you don’t like about the world as it is. And it’s not really that…

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