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25 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read
To be at liberty is the intended design for mankind, at least as comprehended in #Jefferson's fundamental statement of #politicalphilosophy, the #DeclarationofIndependence.

archives.gov/founding-docs/…
Remember, America's political philosophy is that we are created with rights ... to life, to liberty, and to the pursuit of happiness ... that are inalienable.
In the nature of things, these are #politicalrights, that is, they continue to exist and they continue to be affects of our intended design.
So, when folks start treating these rights as emblements of a selfish society ... when those folks try to shame those that prize their rights deeply ... then offense is committed against our American political philosophy.
This is more than semantics.
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22 Jan
Trying to sort through how we catalog #lies and #brokenpromises from @JoeBiden, our demented and lamentable @POTUS46.
When he promised not to ban fracking, and that was repeated by EVERY LAPDANCE MEDIA outlet -- @MSNBC, @CNN, @FoxNews , @CNBC, @FoxBusiness, @washingtonpost, @nytimes, @AP -- is that just one lie?

Or is each separate instance of that lie being repeated its own separate lie?
I mean, we all think some lies are okay, the sort of social lubrications we drop like dander:

The dinner was delicious
Chartreuse suits you so well
Biden's accomplishment-laden life.

But serious lies are different and dangerous. And, I think, fully justify being overcounted.
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16 Jan
For two months we've been feted with snarky Jabs noting #typographical and #othererrors in #electionchallenge lawsuits.

You know, #mistakes?
What wasn't a mistake?

It wasn't a #mistake when @TheJusticeDept told a federal court that there were plans to capture and kill members of Congress during the incident at Capitol Hill.
That wasn't a "spacebar" instead of a "comma."

That was a process:

examine evidence
review charging standards
frame thought
formulate words
enter words on keyboard.

This was a whole freaking sentence filled with words; words filled with meaning; meaning expressing intent.
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31 Dec 20
Is there any clause of the Constitution that is insignificant? Meaningless? Without purpose?
Studying for the bar exam, it is a well-regarded saw that, on the multi-state bar exam, whenever one of the multiple-choice answers given is "The Republican Form of Government Clause" that choice is always ***wrong***.
Yes, there are tricks and tips for simplifying the task of passing the bar's multiple-choice component. One trick or tip is just that: "The Republican Form of Government Clause is never a correct answer."
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17 Dec 20
BREAKING NEWS: Sidney Powell's Michigan Case Now on #SCOTUS docket.

UMMMMMMM, Not Really Breaking News.

Every year, between 7 and 10 thousand petitions seeking review by the Justices of the Supreme Court are filed. The vast bulk of those petitions are prisoner cases.
About 3 thousand, "private paid" cases are filed by attorneys working for paying clients.

Out of the nearly 10,000 requests each year, #SCOTUS usually takes between 70 and 90 cases for full briefing and argument, or fewer than 5-6% of requests.
So, what makes a case more likely to garner the interest of enough justices to earn a grant, full briefing, and argument?
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11 Oct 20
#Gaslighting alert:
You may come across bot-amplified activists pitching the idea that #Republicans have been packing the Courts for years, and therefore, hypocritically object to Democratic Party machinations to inflict #courtpacking on America if Kamala Harris and her running mate are elected.
So, is it true, have "Republicans been packing" the Courts for decades?

Well, let's start by agreeing that this, or any, conversation is pointless unless we share a common language. If you think so, then ...
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11 Oct 20
There's #gaslighting afoot, and it's the #torchsong of Sad Sack @DanRather:
#Dan, you're nearly old enough to remember actual #courtpacking, the #FDR proposal to add justices to the court, increasing the total number of justices on a formula related to justices turning 70.
For those who prefer to learn facts of what actually was proposed as #courtpacking, just @Google, @Bing, or @DuckDuckGo the term.

Here's a hint: #Dan is caught in another lie of his own manufacture.
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