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Scott Lemieux

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9 Jul

Stephen Breyer trying to sell decisions based on pure narcissism as a commitment to some higher principle is embarrassing, especially since the "principle" in question is pretty much "the Easter Bunny and tooth fairy are real" lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/07/jehova…

"The Supreme Court is an apolitical institution" is the highbrow version of "the NCAA should remain committed to the Noble Ideals of Amateurism"

One thing Breyer's friends should try to make him understand is that if he's replaced by a Republican president he will be remembered for NOTHING else. RBG had real accomplishments that make her legacy complex; Breyer is just a replacement-level Elite Liberal Law Guy

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Scott Lemieux

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4 Jul

Can you buy nothing but IPAs these days? An empirical investigation lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/07/can-yo…

"But I've been to Seattle and you can't buy anything but IPAs!" No, sorry, this is just abject nonsense

Of course, I suspect the real issue here is that for people for whom hating IPAs is a major part of their identity a taproom with 3 non-IPA taps is preferable to a taproom that has 6 IPAs out of 25

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Scott Lemieux

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3 Jul

Friends and oysters! We’re back baby

Steak tartare with tapioca crackers

Chicory salad with anchovy dressing

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Scott Lemieux

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2 Jul

The Roberts Court’s Nullification of the Voting Rights Act lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/07/the-ro…

“We cannot enforce the statute as written because it would stop too much vote suppression and we *like* vote suppression” is almost literally the holding of Alito’s opinion

I've already excerpted EK's description of how Alito's opinion is at war with the plain text of the statute, but I also enjoyed her observation that the ad hoc bullshit Roberts used to rationalize striking down Section 4 instantly vaporized because it isn't a real legal doctrine:

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Scott Lemieux

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1 Jul

In Shelby County, Roberts defended his (indefensible) decision to strike down Section 4 by noting that Section 2 is still in effect. In a bait-and-switch anyone could see coming, the Court has now effectively made Section 2 a nullity: nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

One thing Kagan's dissent communicates very effectively is that Alito and the 5 other Republican justices are engaged in an act of nullification here. He doesn't like the choice Congress made to ban voting restrictions with a disparate impact, so he refuses to enforce the law:

While these vote suppression measures affect a relatively small number of voters, 1)elections -- including AZ's most recent presidential election! -- are often decided by small margins, and 2)there is no "must effect a significant percentage of voters" qualification in the VRA

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Scott Lemieux

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30 Jun

Can powerful men be held accountable in America? lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/06/can-po…

Essentially, the decision of one prosecutor to give Cosby a formal pass despite the strong evidence against him tied the hands of more responsible prosecutors going forward because he then testified in a civil suit, according to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

In 2014, a 500 page hagiography of Cosby was published to mostly fawning reviews. It ignored the many credible accusations of sexual assault entirely, as did many reviews. Kelefa Sanneh's 6,000 word review mentioned them once, in the 3rd-to-last graf: lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/07/the-ma…

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