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Independent writer and researcher, blogging on politics, history, and the law at The Dissonance on Substack. https://thedissonance.substack.com
By the way, I don't know what to make of my profile pic either. Self portrait from 45 yrs ago.
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Thanks!
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Oh, and dear Democratic leaders,
Please get your sorry asses up off the canvas and throw a punch. For real, tho. (I don’t care how long you can hold your piss).
Property destruction due to climate change is one of the biggest openings you will ever have.
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How about start a campaign for jury nullification
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Wrote this related piece a while ago, hoping against hope the Democrats would reshape the climate change battle to feature how it has become an engine of destruction of American wealth.
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This is the right direction to be sure.
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Agree with the sentiment, but cu is built on court precedents going back to the 1970s. And influence buying by the wealthy and corps goes back to post civil war days. One approach is a const amendment like one already proposed: open.substack.com/pub/thedisso...
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I agree with the sentiment, but “we” are not going to overturn CU, nor is the Court likely to in any relevant timeframe. An alternative is to build a mass movement to amend the constitution. That will require cooperation among populists on both left and right. open.substack.com/pub/thedisso...
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Agree with the sentiment. The best option may be a constitutional amendment. Various have been proposed, but getting it done will take a mass movement, and that will require a merger of populists from both left and right. Some thoughts on this: open.substack.com/pub/thedisso...
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Agree with the sentiments and also the comments. Sadly, since CU is a Supreme Court decision, it can’t be repealed by Congress. A future Supreme Court will need to overturn it, or we will need a constitutional amendment. Some thots on that: open.substack.com/pub/thedisso...
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Let me add forty more words.
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bravo! I think that is an important part.
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Happy to hear it. Bezos is another one who needs to be sent a message. Cancel your Prime subscription and buy from a local store.
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For anyone interested in a book on the struggle for control over the judiciary, just in its most recent phase, Senator Whitehouse’s recent book, The Scheme, is very readable.
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Proud she’s my Rep.
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Do you mind if I copy your question into the comments on substack? It is really pertinent.
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Of course, the working constitution is being amended more or less all of the time by the Supreme Court. And as wealth interests can count on 6 votes, they actually have little need for a formal amendment process. A good book on this, btw, is Sheldon whitehouse’s The Scheme.
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Thx for the comment and repost. I have lots of questions too! On this specific concern, maybe the best way to discourage oligarchs and corps from trying to rewrite the Const thru the formal amendment process is to build a citizens movement ready to amend it in the other direction.
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Amazing photo! Never seen it before.
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good article, btw
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The idea that influence buying would not erode faith in democracy was just a rationalization. The ideological *rationale* was that political power should be commensurate with wealth. Influence buying by corps and oligarchs goes back at least 150 years. thedissonance.substack.com/p/mating-rit...
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The connection is clear. And CU is connected to an ideology that has a very deep place in American political philosophy: political power should be commensurate with wealth. Influence buying by corps and oligarchs has been with us for about 150 years. thedissonance.substack.com/p/mating-rit...