Wayne Batchis

Just War Theory very clearly says you can launch a war if you're pretty sure your opponent intends to maybe do something bad someday

FWIW, this is sec. 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution:

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You know what’s scary?

Car dependency.

#UrbanTruth

I refuse to get used to our government murdering people on the high seas. If they can do it to these people, they can do it to you.

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.

Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri

a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her . ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .

Oh I LOVE that Georgetown Law just issued a gigantic fuck-you to the forces of fascism by naming Liz Magill as their new dean.

YouTube video by Shifter A glimpse into what life after cars actually looks like (with @TheWarOnCars)

So cool to be given a glimpse into life after cars with @thewaroncars.bsky.social in their own neighbourhood!
youtu.be/K9qYiCYGwiE

Democracies are so strong that they allow people to criticize democracy. In fact, the ability to do so is an essential quality of democracy. Authoritarians are so weak they don't allow people to criticize authoritarians. Silencing dissent is an essential quality of authoritarian regimes.

"'This is killing for sport, it's killing for theater and it's utterly lawless,' said Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. 'We need a court of law to rein in this administration and provide some accountability to the families.'"

Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.

Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.

Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.

American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.

What Are You Going To Do? You know, as soon as I started reading this Paul Campos post about "respectable" conservatives who, in the event that Trump does ( as he ha...

I don't know how hard Donald Trump will try to cancel the 2026 elections, but I do know that whatever steps he takes, Josh Blackman will find a way to rationalize it.

The situation for free speech in Europe is even worse than I thought A look at censorship in the EU and the UK, and why the U.S. must not do the same

@glukianoff: "If the forces arrayed on the left have their way, we will look a lot more like the UK. And if the forces on the right have their way, we will look a lot more like Hungary. Either way, we won’t be recognizably American." eternallyradicalidea.com/p/the-situat...

They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.

Terrorizing American citizens.
Threatening American allies.
Covering up for American sex criminals.

Welcome to the Trump administration, 2026!

Pretty sure I'm one of the folks Mark's subtweeting. While I don’t feel compelled to respond, this actually provides a beautiful lesson for how academics and other serious observers might think about engaging with the Court and law. (thread)

That's why the accusation that people like me are "spineless" is so rich. It's far easier to be one of the high school cool kids snickering with your friends about the nerds. It's way harder to talk to people who disagree with you!

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

This is such a great speech. Cities are wonderful and its great to see someone truly believing in that finally in charge here again

The U.S. has again invaded a sovereign nation and kidnapped a brutal dictator, endangering civilian life as it decides at its whim which brutal regime survives and which does not.

#Venezuela

Trump (well Miller) thinks he can revoke even the citizenship of naturalized individuals who don't show sufficient appreciation of the American flag?

The most anti free speech presidency of our lifetimes.

Maybe if we publicize enough that this is Trump's argument, we can at least get some polarization on it: get Democrats who oppose Trump to think, huh, maybe this argument for protecting home values by not building housing is actually a bad, let's-make-the-rich-richer sort of argument...?

Congestion price the Schulykill and send SEPTA the revenue

Perfect candidate for a road diet. Shrink to one lane on each side and add a protected bike lane! Would likely result in a big boost to CHW and CHE ridership.

Maybe this is why I'm not a Beltway journalist, but I think the fact the United States is about to invade Venezuela to take their oil is an 100X bigger story than Trump's chief of staff going on the record with Captain Obvious characterizations of their dysfunctional regime

Some reading given the Court’s docket

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....