gperrone.bsky.social
Professor of U.S. History. Slavery & Abolition. Legal History. Civil War & Reconstruction. Author. Teacher.
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I’ve moved to supporting the guardian, AP, and Reuters. I don’t know of any major US paper still worth a subscription.
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6/ As a legal historian of the Civil War Era, this will all be an excellent example to use when I teach the ways that while there have always been questions about the scope of federal power, state's rights rhetoric is almost always opportunistic and disingenuous.
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5/ This should invite the critique of right wing supporters who actually DO care about state's rights and do not ever support the imposition of federal forces on states.
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4/ Miller's also suggesting that federal law is always supreme over state's rights and can be used at will of the President, even though POTUS does not have the power to determine law's legitimate use.
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3/ The issue here though is that states are not saying the law justifying federal action is unconstitutional (Title 10 U.S Code). They're saying it's being misused in a way that renders the action itself unconstitutional. That distinction matters.
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2/ They were written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in opposition to the Alien & Sedition Acts, which included none the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This is the law the Trump administration has invoked to justify arresting, detaining, and deporting immigrants, without solid legal authority.
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2/ They were written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in opposition to the Alien & Sedition Acts, which included none the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This is the law the Trump administration has invoked to justify arresting, detaining, and deporting immigrants, without solid legal authority.
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Yeah, helping the enemy is never ideal, but getting the rank and file to question their orders is good strategy. Also, I was thinking particularly of this image. It's so very beautiful! bsky.app/profile/ib2r...
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Yeah, helping the enemy is never ideal, but getting the rank and file to question their orders is good strategy. Also, I was thinking particularly of this image. It's so very beautiful! bsky.app/profile/ib2r...
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You are of course correct. I jest to draw attention to the absurdity of the government's claims, and to emphasize what I know to be true of the people of my hometown. They're warm, kind, and generous - in spirit and culinary delights. Perhaps it was the wrong approach.
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GIVE ME YOUR DODGER DOGS, YOUR ASADA, AND YOUR GUACAMOLE, TO FEED THESE HUDDLED MASSES.
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It would be an absolute trip if the protesting Angelinos started feeding the Marines. Bring the taco trucks, hot dog carts, and the horchata vendors to underscore federal failure. Let the people know what a real avocado is supposed to taste like.
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This reminds me of the conversations around the Fugitive Slave Acts (1793 and 1850) and the 1842 SCOTUS ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania. Time for CA to pass some "personal liberty laws" that protect public officials/employees who refuse to comply with federal forces.
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LAPD denies assistance to ICE to leave area. Sheriff also denies assistance to ICE. ICE is trapped by the people of Paramount.
Live streamer : “They’re gonna have to call their daddies to come get them”
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Yes and it is important to distinguish that those antislavey views evolved for a range of reasons and did not necessarily translate into a belief in Black equality. It’s the evolution in thought that I always find the most remarkable and the most humanizing of an otherwise mythologized man.
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That was brutal.
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Do you think we could save the world by returning the internet to its original purpose of showcasing the wholesome glory of our pets?
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I may not know you, but I know your sorrow. We are better because of our creatures.
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This might just as well be a story about why the current administration is attacking higher education.
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But maybe only for 49 days?
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As a historian who teaches this particular period, I wonder whether he's aware of the crippling depression that defined the decade... Or whether that's the point.