Post AYryZb0MQGYtF5lF0C by woolie@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AYnGVmF9WTc4KBD0oS by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
2023-08-16T16:19:35Z
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@CptSuperlative maybe, but one of these dudes was asked to consult on a biden panel about how best to enact judicial reform, and took SIXTEEN PAGES to basically say, "Don't." This is the first swing he's taken at trump, in a forum that's taken as damn-near precedential by the law community, so you know what? I'll take it, AND crow about it.
(DIR) Post #AYnJyITXZtkWGGEIk4 by gnu_lorien@ourislandgeorgia.net
2023-08-16T16:58:20Z
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@Wolven On "constitutional originalism."The other night I was reminded that I've spent more time studying literature than is the default for techie people. One of the most useful classes I ever took was one that focused on literary critiques from different frameworks of thinking. There were two important things it taught me that seem to be lost on chunks of the world:1] Frameworks can give interesting insight into a work2] Frameworks can do this even when being entirely unsound, bunk, made-up garbageIn particular, I look at things like "constitutional originalism" and it seems like some people think, "There is a large body of work around this that leads to conclusions, therefor it must be sound and reasonable." That last part simply does not follow from the first part.The concept does exist in mathematics too around an argument that can be valid, but isn't sound. For some reason that basic building block of logic goes missing here a bunch of the time too. "If the Framers believed that you should jump off a bridge, then you should jump off of a bridge." Is a valid, but obviously unsound logical statement. For some reason though when "originalists" toss some academic and legal sounding words in there a certain sort of person gets up and starts applauding the amazing conclusion that was drawn.
(DIR) Post #AYnj8nz1mjgfjO45j6 by susankayequinn@wandering.shop
2023-08-16T21:40:37Z
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@Wolven This has been vexing me.Why? Why now? What are they planning? And... then this penny dropped — they're clearing the path for No Labels
(DIR) Post #AYnrDRzdlpbObx4s76 by wendinoakland@mastodon.social
2023-08-16T23:11:05Z
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@Wolven I’m not religious, so I don’t pray, but, please, please, please…
(DIR) Post #AYnrK0NQqTs4zJKbZ2 by InternetEh@dads.cool
2023-08-16T23:09:38Z
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@Wolven wake me up when they turn on Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Roberts, Scalia, Barrett, et. al.As far as the Federalist Society is concerned, Trump is an empty candy bar wrapper. They already got what they wanted out of him.
(DIR) Post #AYnrd8gaB3tGG9Pe4W by wendinoakland@mastodon.social
2023-08-16T23:15:47Z
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@Wolven @hannu_ikonen https://mstdn.science/@MarcAbrahams/110901749185314361
(DIR) Post #AYnspRNOc0wRekrsHI by tasket@mastodon.social
2023-08-16T23:29:12Z
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@Wolven Yep, so now its the pitchforks & their politicians vs. all intellectuals and and everyone else
(DIR) Post #AYo30zSvD1Ai6obB6e by dasparky@spore.social
2023-08-17T01:23:19Z
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@Wolven May it be so!
(DIR) Post #AYp9GK5fbNBzIqNRhY by lpdahl2@sfba.social
2023-08-17T14:08:00Z
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@Wolven It was a symbiotic relationship...till it wasn't.
(DIR) Post #AYryZb0MQGYtF5lF0C by woolie@mastodon.social
2023-08-18T22:52:22Z
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@Wolven @avirr if the federalist society is saying stuff that isn’t batshit insane, then there must be something nefarious afoot.