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Retired after 33 years in DOJ's Environment & Natural Resources Division (ENRD), which was a great place to work--home to many of the nation's most knowledgeable environmental, public lands, and tribal law practitioners. PS NO DM, PORN, SOLICITATION!
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Or Metabolics (10)
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Metabolic (9)
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Veteran trial judges and appellate judges (even those living in a world of airy abstractions) alike agree that Sammy Alito is a wannabe policymaker with a chip on his shoulder.
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Judge Young doesn't put up with any shit. And the Administration has nothing but shit to offer.
There must be a bunch of DOJ Civil Division lawyers who are shitting their pants.
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What the fuck?
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Do they get in car crashes in pursuit of sexual gratification too?
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Sorry Marty, I still cling to the hope that the rule of law will prevail. If you've given up hope, find another hopeless soul with whom to whine.
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The question is not what Marty thinks--it's whether Congress is willing to assert itself, rather than abdicate its constitutional role. Sometimes even a clot of spineless maggots is willing to stand its ground.
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“War in the constitutional sense” has been understood to include the following: force is directed at a large nation (which has threatened all-out war); exposure of U.S. forces in the region to attack; and the potential that the use of force would not be limited.
That fits the Iran scenario!
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Without an AUMF, "the President may use force to protect an important national interest, but only so long as the force used does not amount to war 'in the constitutional sense.'"
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I have a bunch of hypotheses why, including:
1) Debt ceiling will be hit in July (the known deadline)
2) Trump expects Very Bad economic news
3) Iran strike will make GOP rebel
4) Trump needs to make Congress expendable sooner
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"Since the beginning of the administration, due to tariffs...Americans effectively have seen one of the most significant tax increases in more than a generation. Even factoring in the pause..., tariffs are up to an average of about 10%, from about 2.3% at the end of the Biden administration."
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Mesopelagic (11) (but in about 180 seconds).
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#VERMONT:
Projected to lose coverage entirely:
Medicaid expansion: ~15,000
ACA exchange: ~3,400
Paperwork Hell and/or MASSIVE Rate Hikes:
Medicaid expansion: ~49,000
ACA exchange plans: ~29,000