rlheppner.bsky.social
Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. Posts too infrequently to have a brand. he/him
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Does that mean they only have to do it in 1% of districts / polling places to make a difference? (Probably not. But it does seem like something less than the total swarming of voting places you describe would sill be sufficient to sway an election.)
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No, he does not admit to being undocumented. And I'd be surprised if he currently is.
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Isn’t the concern it just federal LE but the National Guard and even the military?
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Gonna need a catchy title.
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Except…
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I don't get why the founding-era Banks don't count as history and tradition for independent agencies writ large. There are clearly many areas where a degree of independence is desirable. The "monetary policy" distinction seems like a retcon, drawing the line where they would like it to be.
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Thanks. That’s really helpful information. It can be hard, from the outside, to understand the scale we’re discussing. But that really helps.
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Really useful perspective. I’m curious: What (roughly) is the break-even level for a book from a UP like yours, where it’s not being subsidized by other sales? Would a few seminars a year buying the book be enough?
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Part of the overall, deeply disappointing the-nerds-became-assholes-as-soon-as-they-got-power phenomenon.
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How is Zotero at legal case citations? Or are you using JurisM?
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And, on the other hand, it seems like the second task (verifying the presidential validity of a legal concept) is the much more mechanistic task where automation might actually be helpful.
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The idea that AI should do the more creative, conceptual exploration and analogizing is just maddening. That’s exactly what AI can’t do. It can throw out some stuff that looks like a cross-context analogy, but that doesn’t mean it is.
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This seems like something @kottke.org would feature.
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LOL - no filter at all, just blurring the quiet part out loud.
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That’s your example of “necessities?”
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Just copy that law firm motion to amend to add basically every federal agency.
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I mean, it’s also supposed to happen BEFORE the removal, so…
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Even if 24 hours would’ve been sufficient in the first place, I’m not sure “narrow tailoring” means the remedy for violating due process is just an order to do that minimum now.
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Pfft. Yeah, okay.
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Imp of the Perverse, baby!
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How hard is it to say “Biden and the Dems did the right thing when he stepped aside for Kamala.” (Refusing to engage on gotcha stuff like should they have sooner.) “The Republicans didn’t do the right thing, and now we have [insert latest crazy Trump thing].”?
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It’s a classic “when did you stop beating your wife” type question. There’s no good answer that accepts the question’s premise.
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It’s laughable to think that any Democrat’s biggest issue with the party is how it treated Biden rather than how it treats Trump.
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“Ambassador Stanis will help to build and sustain a new era of cooperation between the United States and Hungary. And let's please all remember that cutting capital gains taxes is a bad idea."
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“Nothing is more important than teaching our children well, grounding them in the basics. And while we're at it, we should teach them that the Republican tax plan is a job killer..."
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Again, just so, so tacky.
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Part of the problem is that Dems are already pretty moderate—and not just in a “in Europe they’d be center-right” way. Dems’ actual positions are basically in the middle of the US electorate. They just get painted as wacky-left by their opponents and the media.
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So, the longer you don’t play, the less fun it is to return? Sounds like a wild disincentive to picking up the game again.
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