Definitely a lost battle under this admin, but if we do eventually return to normalcy, would really appreciate a hard requirement that every announced use of force by the state be accompanied by stating the authority under which it occured
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Definitely a lost battle under this admin, but if we do eventually return to normalcy, would really appreciate a hard requirement that every announced use of force by the state be accompanied by stating the authority under which it occured
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Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
Reminded me of an old edition of D&D which has a starting scenario of you imprisoned with a cheating thief that was meant to teach some probability. Like the thief gives you a d12, but rolls 2d6. Or gives you a d20 but rolls 2d10. Wish I could remember what box set that was.
One is curious how that fits into claims of self-defense. I predict those wedded to the unwilling/unable frame will try to assimilate this.
Again, the key divide within the Democratic party does not map onto a left/right axis: It is between those who want to fight back forcefully, like Pritzker, and those who can’t/won’t shake the impulse to accommodate, appease, and uphold “normalcy.”
everyone who fried their brains on X thinks that the election was an enabling act
If it’s under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control. That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state. And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
One of which being the minor detail that deploying them off federal property in the territory of one state under another state's authority without the permission of the government of the first state is quite literally an invasion
One wonders about the truth of the information as well as all sorts of other things about targeting. Another problem with American autarky is preposterous self-defense claims. Maybe something we're numb to is the very offensive self-defense claims that undergird this sort of action.
This guy gets it. This is the way.
Martin Luther.
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
The disconnect between these two videos is jaw-dropping. One of these guys should lead the party. The other should find a new line of work.
Live look of the apolitical military professional:
One wonders if someone's regretting the downsizing of Ft. Sheridan when considering this. Also, just how much room is there for this at Great Lakes, which is a smallish post compared to Army training bases like Benning or Leonard Wood.
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@blockclubchi.bsky.social and definitely @thetriibe.com are excellent sources of Chicago news, especially for this stuff
un-American
Interesting how that will be squared with the recent decision on NG in LA.
Having immigration law “judges” in the executive branch was bad enough, but having them be folks for whom disobeying an order of the president, or resigning from their position, could be criminal? Just absurd.
600's an insane number, especially given the totals across all components in the Army is less than ~ 10K. I read this as another example of military spackle, plugging holes/needs in other areas with mil personnel and DoD budgets, in addition to the orders and chain of command issues.
experience migration enforcement in the past and now. For more detail, see Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants, out on Oxford University Press late spring 2026. fin/
There's a procurement officer and people in accounting tearing their hair out at this use of GCCs.
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What's your Cause of Action? Under the FTCA, there's a discretion exception, but would that be a bar? Additionally, is there a route to also suing the state under 1983 as well?
So I have a question. What does this do for the following situations? @lizdye.bsky.social @andrewtorrez.bsky.social @legaleagle.tv 1) Someone is legally injured (arrested, deported, made late for work and fired, actually hurt) and a guardsman--now found to be unlawfully there--played a role?
Teaching McDonald v. City of Chicago today & noticed something very strange. In his concurrence there, Thomas argues that Cruikshank is entitled to no precedential weight bc of the context w/in which it arose -- and yet in Bruen he cites to Dred Scott *favorably* for its persuasive value. V odd.
Hey, what's it called when a group of people join together for the purpose of systemically violating criminal law?
People seem to like this headline, but I don't see why -- red or blue state, National Guard shouldn't be used for "policing." We already know how to reduce crime and it's not through more police. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Oooh. I could use a copy as alongside a copy of the Grundgesetz as I trudge through Einführung in Deutsches Recht.
HUGE: "Nevertheless, at Defendants’ orders and contrary to Congress’s explicit instruction, federal troops executed the laws. ... In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act." Working link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
True. Remember the book American Warfare State that made this argument in regards to GWOT funding and congressional districts. Also, very much a slap in the face considering Tuberville's mil promotion holds. Just schmittian rewarding of supporters all the way down.
Two things are true at the same time: - it is a sign of Brazilian democracy's strength that Bolsonaro and the generals are on trial for the coup attempt - it is a sign of Brazilian democracy's weakness that the military as institution has backed a coup-plotting president and will get away with it
The phone call is coming from inside the house! 😱
I want to read this if it ever exists. It's not a world-mover like other commodities, but deep dives into hobby things like renn faire or TTRPG mini manufacturing is something sometimes overlooked and really niche insider knowledge. It'd be nice to see that turkey leg supply chain deep dive.
Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73
Just picked that up on DVD from ½Price Books.
Ha. I think when one guy in 6th grade (?) said his favorite film was Terminator 2 (which had come out the year prior & wasn't yet out on VHS) was emblematic of that time. Also in 1992, one of the runner up films was Boyz n the Hood (which shouldve won), which was rated R as was Terminator 2. Yeah?
True, probably a better comparison might be with Demolition Man, also from 1993?
That's an awesome kitty! In conclusion, cats are awesome.
Watching Predator II (1990) and just the city under a crime wave image from the opening scene is really sticks with me as a pre-occupation with urban decay and racialized fears. It's also pre-Rodney King/LA Riots, which is an interesting comparison to a film post-riots like Falling Down (1993).
This instantly transported me back to my mid-'70s driveway (where I never did anything near this cool with my Evel Knievel rip-cord cycle...).
One also assumes that there's going to be asset searches and an extended period of figuring what is where.
this is an excellent movie. brown & williamson put pollsters outside theaters to question audience impressions so they could build a libel case
You should check out @attackerman.bsky.social 's Reign of Terror if you haven't yet.
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Oh come on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Interesting question. AZ's felony murder statute includes unlawful flight from law enforcement. The big issue is causation, and it seems too broad as an example, especially with the intervening event of pilot error. I'm curiois what crim law practioners would say.
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Maybe it was the old peace bonds. Basically, you could go to a justice of the peace with a civil complaint (dude's threatening me & has a firearm), and the offending party would have to put down a bond to keep the peace. Maybe that's what he's thinking of; Saul Cornell described it once.
If he's not allowed to violate the Constitution and impose illegal policies, then he won't be able to use the tools he's not using to prevent global conflicts on the global conflicts he's actively making worse.
Herzliches Beileid.
Commentary: How federal officials talk about health is shifting in troubling ways. That change makes me worried for my autistic child ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/26/h...
From last year. www.justsecurity.org/92592/israel...
It’s funny what a big deal a ruling like this is and how surprised the public would be to see what standard is typically applied.
Seeing the lead strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign saying Democrats need to abolish ICE and nationalize SpaceX should be a wakeup call to Chuck Schumer. But it won't be.
Influencer and thought leader arw phrases to be cosigned to the dustbin of history.
I've also seen Phillipines touted as an example for comparative study. It or Brazil are probably better comparison objects. Hungary keeps being used as an example because it occupies minds on the right, albeit as a Disney version of some right-wing utopia that collapses upon closer inspection.
Turn on some sort of Youtube video, either comedy, a playthrough, or comedic review of football. Sometimes a podcast.
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The main things I know about Hunter Biden are (1) he likes to party (2) the worst people I know hate him and (3) he’s out here spitting fire about the consultant class of the Democratic Party
Did they break the plane?
not coincidentally, this group represents a big portion of Republican activists
Lots to say about Tr*mp’s musings about “getting into heaven.” But this for sure: all those “court evangelicals” (credit @johnfea1.bsky.social) have sure done a poor job explaining the four spiritual laws or something similar to donny.
Oh no. Sorry to hear. A wonderful dog as told in your pictures.
I haven’t been to church in a long while, and I was raised Lutheran, so I didn’t know collecting political donations got one into heaven.
Tetzel at least had a better sales pitch. "Sobald das Geld im Kasten klingt, die Seele in den Himmel springt!“
When someone proposes the repeal of the 14th amendment, the proper reaction is to stand up and walk out and/or smack them in the face. Noteworthy that no one does this, or even bats an eye, when Caldwell says the 14A should go.
I can
I saw Farin Urlaub live after he'd released his second solo album. The venue was really small and I leaned up against where the sound booth was (dealing w/ herniated disc at the time). Great concert and really the gold standard (for me) of a concert and the on-stage act interacting with the crowd.
That it's an unreviewable decision by the President is probably something to note to the degree "norms" depend on acts of grace. And more an indictment of the institution of the presidency (and congressional inaction, which could allow this by statute).
A little over a week ago, M Straße became Anton Wilhelm Amo Straße in Berlin's Mitte district. This was due to decades of grassroots activism. Ayim wrote about this street over 30 years ago. I wonder about Götz Aly, a historian of the Holocaust, and his legal fight against the renaming.
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Important to note that Christopher Caldwell is widely seen as one of the most respectable / least unserious intellectual representatives of the Right. And he really is! Which only hammers home how much of a radical consensus there is on the Right that pluralistic democracy needs to be abolished.
Yeah, dawg. What evidence could there be of Congress’s intent to preempt when it passed the Voting Rights Act?
Question: who's on that list?
I think that makes for a more interesting victim in a whodunnit.
I'd buy this book.
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
This is amazing!
The myth of a unified chain of command/national command authority has already been conclusively shattered to anyone who pays attention to those things, but when it leaks the President was out of commission (more than he usually is as a baseline) without an appropriate COG arrangement in place, welp
One would hope the growing (?) acceptability of something like D&D and the influx of new people to the hobby would help in that making the world a better place.
We're not at the stormtrooper with DoD ribbons yet (but see developments in immigration and expulsions at DHS) and that doesn't happen instaneously (despite Miller's dreams), but there is a real fear that the DoD will "sleepwalk" its way into just following orders, incident by incident.
It's also groundwork for a narrative that leans heavily into using the military as so much spackle for what ails an already decimated govt capacity and on a so-called sacrosanct budget (the DoD's (and how long that budget will be so given these uses of the military remains unaddressed).
The DC National Guard "deployment" is probably an object lesson for a lot. It's a step along the spectrum to using the military for whatever whim the president dreams as well as a waypoint for civic minded to make an exist and remove expertise & manpower.
This fight against Fed independence reminded me of a passage from S. Hays' "Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency" (1959). "The crux of the gospel of efficiency lay in the rational and scientific method of making basic technological decisions through a single, central authority." 1/3
Austauschprofessor? Juraforscher? Consultant?
I think a further thread is food for thought. There's also, as someone like @sodrock.bsky.social has written, a lot of questions and steps from "everything's hunky dorry" to & toward "Execute Order 66," each of which seems like their own red lines irrevocavly crossed. And so we don't know & argue.
Very interesting and very cool. Spatial references and use of space was always interesting.
Really interesting tidbit of history (the more things change, the more they stay the same) about cops concealing their identity. Maybe an interesting window in the strength of the courts & how they vindicate rights in that period.
Hug a librarian today. My assigned liaison at @northwesternlaw.bsky.social ’s library just used truly sinister and amazing powers to turn up the exact part of the order I needed from a 1965 injunction that the national archives had miraculously digitized.
Where'd you read the Complaint? Is it available, as CNBC apparently van't be asked to link to it.
True, but if they're making their payments, the mortgage servicers aren't going to care. That's (part of) why the mortgage fraud seems utterly pretextual.
What even more wild about the original Ernst scandal is it was propublica that broke the story; think about how many hill reporters sat on it to preserve access
Appropriations are law.