Recent content by superrific

What statement would have been made in 1980 that wasn't because of the boycott? Maybe the boycott was the right thing to do or maybe not, but it's got nothing to do with Jesse Owens.

It's all of a piece. You can't fix #4 without fixing #1, for instance. SCOTUS has already shown a willingness to mangle the most important voting rights statute in American history and arguably world history. I guess #5 (Second Amendment) is its own separate issue. But most of the others...

It's just Trump who is helping Ghislaine Maxwell, you flatfish. It's just Trump whose administration promised to release the files and then didn't when they saw how incriminating they were for Trump and only Trump. It's just Trump who employed Virginia Giuffre, just Trump who got angry because...

I suspect it's more a function of a few things: 1. District court judges who often have huge caseloads. 2. July. I don't know the clerking schedule for the district courts but at the appellate courts, the clerkships end in July or early August. The clerks are so ready to be done. In fact...

Maybe because "the USA" has never been about calling the leaders of our allies to kiss any rings. You're the one who isn't pulling for the USA. You're pulling for something, but it ain't America.

It very much depends on the judge. IIRC you interned for Sotomayor. Well, she's a very serious judge (obviously) and wouldn't let anyone get away with that. By contrast, Judge Sack on the Second Circuit was famous for letting his clerks do most of the work, with him just sort of sanity...

I disagree. If this shit lingers for a long time, then sure. But if we get control in 2028 -- which looks increasingly likely given how much MAGA is shitting the bed -- then a lot of it can get fixed with a few changes. They will be need to be big and bold changes, but if there's a will...

Be careful what you wish for.

But we're so respected now, thanks to Trump! Nobody is laughing at us now!

I think they were trying to nudge him in that direction. "Look, you are a man of peace! You're not a warmonger. You can't start wars if you've won the peace prize." I think also there weren't any great candidates that year, and the Peace Prize committee was also seeking to broaden the scope...

I hope every time Trump initiates a revenge investigation, ten years get added to purgatory for Roberts, Alito, ACB, Kav, Thomas and Gorsuch.

Yeah, the Hatch Act that Trump has been so careful to follow. What a fucking joke.

As I've said before, Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was equal parts lobbying and wishcasting. He didn't deserve it, and he said as much. However, he deserves it far more than Trump, who is actually a menace. He's anti-peace. You can't get a Nobel Peace Prize if you're sucking the dick of (or even...

Well you kind of blew the anonymity now.

I've not boycotted before, but I'm boycotting Israel now. Probably forever.