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Comment on Star Wars, Science Fiction and the Constitution by Lordyam

Lordyam — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:29:04 +0000

Lucas does have paternalistic ideas but saying that Leia is in charge of the rebels is a bit…..simplistic. It’s a coalition from what we can tell. Moreover, Lucas also acknowledges that power corrupts so when looked at in full it’s “It would be nice if one person could handle all that power without being corrupted but that’s wishful thinking.” He has also spoken positively about democracy in 2012

Comment on The War on Drugs as a Constitutional Failure by The Fatal Contradiction at the Heart of Socialist Prison Abolition – Smart Investment Today

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:04:21 +0000

[…] Nozick famously called them) that socialists want to ban. This problem is an additional reason to get rid of the War on Drugs, which accounts for much of our current mass incarceration. About 43% of federal prison inmates and […]

Comment on The War on Drugs as a Constitutional Failure by Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism – iftttwall

Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism – iftttwall — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:27:02 +0000

[…] called them) that socialists want to ban. I would add that this problem is an additional reason to get rid of the War on Drugs, which accounts for much our current mass incarceration. About 43% of federal prison inmates and […]

Comment on Federalism, Originalism, and Immigration by My New Jotwell Review of Anna Law’s Book “Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship” – iftttwall

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:01:32 +0000

[…] the Jotwell website (to which I am a regular contributor) published my review of Anna Law’s important new book Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African […]

Comment on Criminal Fines and the New Debt Peonage for Poor Fathers by Steve Landreth

Steve Landreth — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:49:09 +0000

The whole “Child Support” system is rigged in the name of children. The question is … who’s children.
Our 13 th amendment was thrown out the window. Where does all these fines go ? Inevitability, in the pockets of local
“Authorities” , judges and lawyers. There are no watch dogs guarding the hen house. Like they told me .. “we can do whatever we want.”

Comment on Doctrine by the Numbers by ‘Doctrine by the Numbers’ | Private Law Theory - Obligations, Property, Legal Theory

Sat, 23 May 2026 06:35:17 +0000

[…] Lewis Graham, ‘Interpreting the Interpretive Obligation: Empirical Insights into the Use of Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (14 March 2026). It is not difficult to think of constitutional rules that are criticized, defended, or often both, on normative grounds that are more or less fact-free – not for what they actually are, but for what their critics or defenders believe they are or ought to be. In the United States, the Citizens United decision comes to mind. In the United Kingdom, Lewis Graham argues, a similar fate has befallen section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (‘HRA’), which provides that ‘[s]o far as it is possible to do so, primary legislation and subordinate legislation must be read and given effect in a way which is compatible with the … rights’ protected by the European Convention on Human Rights … (more) […]

Comment on Robby The Robot vs. The Little Platoons by Pat Gudridge

Pat Gudridge — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:20:25 +0000

This is a test. Are all your writers as wonderfully smart as Paul H? Do you treat him as the treasure he is?

Is it possible to search across the universe of jots, across all jots on all topics? Your accumulation is a corpus of sorts that might be sorted in revealing and thoughtful ways. If you are worried about the larger world doing whatever it might want with your conjunctions you could restrict access to editors, authors, and UM folks however defined.

Comment on Congressional Power to Guarantee State Democracy by Is the U.S. a Republic? What the Constitution Says and What It Implies - Michael Carbonara for U.S. Congress – Florida’s 25th District

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:45:07 +0000

[…] For readers who want to read the primary materials used in this article, start with the Constitution transcript at the National Archives, read Federalist No. 39 for the framers’ perspective, and consult the Constitution Annotated for modern doctrinal context. Those sources are the most direct way to verify text and institutional analysis. For policy discussion and synthetic legal perspectives, established legal analysis centers provide survey material and commentary Federalist No. 39 at The Avalon Project. For scholarly discussion of congressional power to guarantee state democracy, see this Jotwell piece Congressional Power to Guarantee State Democracy. […]

Comment on Criminal Fines and the New Debt Peonage for Poor Fathers by Gerardo Gomez

Gerardo Gomez — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:12:59 +0000

In reply to Thomas Robert Malthus.

I have paid child support 17 years 525 then after school went to 800 then 6 monhater 1400 while still support my previous lids total 2 for 500. Child support makes no sense. Total violation rights.

Comment on Federalism and Collective Action by Elmer Fudd

Elmer Fudd — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:11:55 +0000

Collective control, membership, and registration was given up by the union child company in the UNITED STATES, in Congress, the Unions’ workers, and registered agents. November 27th, 1963, regarding a perpetual Final Judgment. Considered a statute of the District of Columbia, 42 U.SC. sec. 1983. Making a particular, united confederation, not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” above.

Who are Free and Independent of the business of Insurance and Taxation, incorporated into the UNITED STATES. See Paul vs. Virginia, and South Eastern Underwrites Association (S.E.U.A.) decision 1944. Insurance is Communism, becomes commerce. Please refer to Maryland Law Review Insurance as Commerce 5 years under the S.E.U.A. decision. It is directly related to why Independents separated from the Corporate Crown of Insurance in the British Isles 1601-1602 and its UNION JACK Flag under the Colonies! Who offices and officers were eating out the substance of the People. Beneficiary perpetual 63 Civ. 3106 (S.D.N.Y.) article IV and VI.