I don't understand. This is literally what people voted for, isn't it?
How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
You say that now. Every system designed to protect the constitution has been captured by him. America has 4 years to set things right, it had better make it count.
Supreme Court Judges have careers that outlive Presidents. I think people consistently misinterpret the overturning of Roe (a calculated, focused effort that took decades and overturned specific judicial precedent that basically had created a right-to-privacy from whole cloth) with "Trump has SCOTUS in his pocket." He doesn't. The GOP got the two things they wanted from tilting the SCOTUS in their direction; there's…
For me, it was the assertion of presidential immunity that lost my trust.
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#163It's all pretty cooked. It's honestly stunning to see how these cult-like followers have allowed themselves to be completely oblivious to what's going on.
From an outsiders perspective, it's wild. But at the same time, there were many warnings.
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#164Trump had allegedly fired people responsible for FOIA but at the same time we are finally seeing documents that the DOJ and FBI have been slow walking for almost 8 years or longer. Some examples, file metadata for Seth Rich's laptop, and obviously files related to the JFK assassination.
On top of that, violating public records laws by using signal chat for official communications with disappearing messages turned on.
Are there settings you can apply to Signal that make them compatible with record retention laws?
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#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The people fawning and the people rejecting the Founders' intentions are two separate groups of people. The same people supporting Trump, from national thought leaders like Heritage and the Federalist society, to Murdoch publications (Fos, WSJ), to everyday people on social media have long pushed hard for expanded Second Amendment rights, expended freedom of religion which outweighs all other considerations and rig…
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But why use AI? Why not just write your own response?
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I honestly don’t know what you mean and others probably don’t either?
Pick any thread that features discussion of moderation on Twitter or Facebook and peruse at your leisure. To summarize: HN has a very vocal cohort that cosplay Thurgood Marshal whenever content moderation on major social media platforms comes up for discussion. The dual irony that these are entirely privately owned non-public spaces and that moderation isn't being performed by government agents is generally lost on these champions of the First Amendment.
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#167I thought this country was founded on the principles of enlightenment. And the same principles made it a world leader. Now that enlightenment values are actively being dismantled what next can we expect?
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Re: How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack
#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
You say that now. Every system designed to protect the constitution has been captured by him. America has 4 years to set things right, it had better make it count.
Supreme Court Judges have careers that outlive Presidents. I think people consistently misinterpret the overturning of Roe (a calculated, focused effort that took decades and overturned specific judicial precedent that basically had created a right-to-privacy from whole cloth) with "Trump has SCOTUS in his pocket." He doesn't. The GOP got the two things they wanted from tilting the SCOTUS in their direction; there's…
He was ineligible this time based on the 14th amendment, but SCOTUS told Colorado they couldn't keep him off the ballot.
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
He can't run again.
On paper he can't do a lot of things but the amount of gutting and cutting that's happened in the last two(!) months makes one realize the laws aren't worth the paper they're written on without a proactive congress interested in keeping the executive in check. Suspending birthright citizenship as established in the 14th amendment is a big one that "he can't do." Challenges to E.O. 14160 are going through the courts r…
Thankfully elections in the US are not run by the federal government, they're run separately in every state. Trump may be able to illegally get on the ballot in some states with the support of friendly state governments but he definitely won't get on all of them.
Even seemingly-friendly southern states may have state governments that will take a dim view of Trump attempting to get on the ballot. Kentucky, for example, has a Democrat as governor who is very popular. Kentucky has also had its bourbon industry devastated by Trump's senseless trade war. I would be shocked if Trump managed to illegally get on the ballot in Kentucky in 2028.
Re: How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack
#170What Brian and a lot of the commenters here need to realize is that online outrage does not help progressive causes in the slightest. While the examples in his article are valid & concerning, especially as talks of a third Trump term have started, I truly can't see anyone changing their mind because the response to it has been completely ineffective and tone-deaf: Instead of a solid, modern, coherent plan to keep the…
I didn't see any "online outrage" from Brian here, just a sadly sober listing of all the direct attacks on the first amendment, with sources and explanation.
Heck, it's not even political despite the screeching to the contrary.
You're right that action must be taken too, but action does require an understanding of the battlefield one is entering.