David

David

@daviddotnet.bsky.social

Interests: cybersecurity, .NET programming, language/philosophy, soccer, economics bored here now and heading back to x

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David
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Surprised at the lack of news on EO 14219 this morning. Was expecting some rumors at least for a few agencies on the massive deregulation lists. Tomorrow I guess?

David
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Engaging with folks on here a bit today and it has been eye-opening. It seems almost everyone’s solution to everything now is escalation and expanding every military in every country on earth. Hope it’s just a bad streak from where I started posting and there are still cooler heads out there.

David
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I think you’ll find that when you really think about it, Europe has always been our key adversary. Please do try to keep up with the present… and the past.

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social

I worry that people are still underestimating what is happening here. They think the U.S. is abandoning Europe, where in fact it is realigning against Europe, as an adversary.

David
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It’s not a coup unless: 1) Congress impeaches and removes and he refuses to leave 2) A domestic military (or similar) interferes with the branches of government conducting their constitutional duties And #1 would be a pretty sad and pathetic coup unless a militia backs him after impeachment

David
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The argument of “it’s not enough for a President to declare an Amendment as ratified” also works doubly well for “it’s not enough for the Archivist to simply publish it” - if people want to reject a constitutional amendment they can do that on any minor technicality they choose.

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David
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However!, if they lacked authority and it is NOT severable, that’s where this gets interesting/conspiratorial. In that case, the whole action of Congress on ERA was invalid from day one back in the 1972 and all the ratifications and timelines were invalid because the whole process was improper.

David
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If Congressional actions on Amendments are invalid when tied to ratification time limits, then which other constitutional amendments would also be invalid for that same reason? Quite a dramatic way to prevent ERA and allow Trump to be President for life, with a kicker ending women’s voting rights.

David
@daviddotnet.bsky.social

The argument of “it’s not enough for a President to declare an Amendment as ratified” also works doubly well for “it’s not enough for the Archivist to simply publish it” - if people want to reject a constitutional amendment they can do that on any minor technicality they choose.

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David
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Biden ERA declaration hinges on the fact that Congress lacks authority to limit the constitutional amending process outlined in Article V. Essentially if they wanted to limit ratification timelines they would need a Constitutional Amendment to do that (also for rescinded ratifications to be valid).

David
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A SCOTUS argument to overturn Dillon v Gloss would be that the 28th is valid because the original action by congress in 1972 was invalid only in the part with ratification time limits text. If Congress lacks authority to limit Article V, and that is severable, then the 28th is the law of the land.

David
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The argument of “it’s not enough for a President to declare an Amendment as ratified” also works doubly well for “it’s not enough for the Archivist to simply publish it” - if people want to reject a constitutional amendment they can do that on any minor technicality they choose.

David
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President outranks Archivist last I checked. Some old legal memos don’t change the reality of the Constitutional Amendments process in Article V, and a Presidential declaration definitely has more authority (and at least arguably carries more weight) than a ceremonial publication.

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jamelle
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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

main thing i have to say to a lot of you is that if you truly believe that nothing matters then you should delete your account, log off, cancel your voting registration and stop paying attention to anything political at all

David
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Good news for US is that an autogolpe won’t be needed (unlike the new situation in Korea it seems). At least not after the quadfecta starts on 2025-01-20. If some or all members of the opposition party are enemies of the State, the government will have full legal authority to round them up.

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Pope Francis
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(1) It is not true that history is written by oppressors and tyrants. Though many of the evils that afflict us are the work of men deceived by the Evil One, everything is ultimately subject to the judgement of Christ, the just and merciful King. #GospelofToday (Mt 25:31-46).

David
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"No person ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and they're not the same person." Reminded very much of the early days on Twitter - an exciting flood of information. In some ways it's the same river, but the world has changed, and we all have too.

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