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a few excerpts from Richard White's new history of the Gilded Age, on how American jurisprudence of that time created a naked tyranny of business
Marbury vs. Madison was on balance a bad decision, and also (for all the Originalists in the back) *not in the Constitution anywhere*!!! John Marshall straight up invented the judicial review concept
Thomas Jefferson on judicial review landmarkcases.org/en/Page/284/Th…
the White book is called The Republic for Which It Stands
how the Nordic countries do judicial review: most have it in some form, but almost never practice it. only Norway does it frequently and that only recently constcourt.md/public/files/f…
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outrageous factual distortions on Medicare for All from @factcheckdotorg @GlennKesslerWP @PolitiFact @AP @jaketapper theweek.com/articles/79123…
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I'm as pro-union as they come but labor leadership in this country badly needs a major shakeup nytimes.com/2018/04/13/nyr…
it appears, for instance, that overstaffing really is a factor in NYC's insane construction costs nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyr…
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