only way to deal with the fact that trump, mcconnell and the republican party have given LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS to thirty-something right-wing legal hacks
I wrote about this recently. There’s a perfectly nonpartisan and pragmatic case for overhauling the entire federal judiciary and expanding it to keep pace with a growing population and correspondingly large case loads. nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opi…
the larger point is that across the american political system republicans are relying on stasis to maintain their power. a static house, a static senate, a static judiciary, a static number of states. there’s no reason to let them have that stasis.
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i bought myself one of those fuji x100 cameras for a) taking pictures of my kid and b) snapshots around town while i’m on my bike. i normally post a lot of this stuff to instagram but i figure it’s worth sharing on here too.
here’s a hot air balloon somewhat closer to the ground than usual
this is just the northside library, which i find very aesthetically pleasing in the morning light
americans have long recognized a right to ones labor, the populist movement claimed a right to democratic input into the nature of the economy, the works progress administration during the depression was arguably rooted in this sense of a right to decent employment.
ones relationship to labor (their own or others) is a critical area of political contestation in american political thought, and the idea that one has a right to a decent living is very much a part of that discourse.
1. collect and organize research in a designated note in apple notes
2. write first draft by hand in a notebook
3. type up draft on ipad and print out for a second pass.
4. transfer final edits to ipad.
5. convert to a .docx & send to editor.
i find it much easier to get words and thoughts out by hand, and the process of typing it up further helps me structure and revise what i am trying to say. printing helps me see things i may have missed.
given that the constitution was effectively rewritten by the reconstruction amendments, it would be great to see a supreme court nominee say something like “I will interpret the Constitution as it was understood in 1870.”
let’s resurrect the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th amendment baby
the authors of the 13th amendment sought to eliminate the “badges of slavery” and the second section gives Congress the power to “enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” let’s take it for a spin!