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I wonder if had a choice between risking jail time vs admitting he’s too fat which would he choose
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I wonder if had a choice between risking jail time vs admitting he’s too fat which would he choose
This thread really got derailed for 3+ hrs because Rusty is mean to a troll and Meth is not moderating well enough?
Never change NT
Methodical Management I didn’t read any part of your most likely insulting reply. Keep it to yourself and enjoy your political party thread.
Peace.
I'll never stop arguing that Clarence Thomas never stopped being the guy he was in college.Lost in the shuffle today is a little something of potential interest to free speech enthusiasts, if the least principled among them can tear themselves away from harassing people who’ve used their own free speech to criticize the likes of Joe Rogan or Dave Chappelle:
Beyond the obvious chilling effect on media outlets (including, ironically, Fox News and anyone running Swift Boat style attack ads), there are potentially major ramifications here for social media platforms when taken in concert with conservatives’ ambition to amend Section 230 of the CDA and treat platforms as publishers.Does Justice Clarence Thomas want to overturn a landmark freedom of the press ruling? | Larry Tribe and Dennis Aftergut
On Monday, the supreme court justice issued a worrying signal about his commitment to maintaining press freedomswww.theguardian.com
Thomas dissented to denial of certiorari in Coal Ridge Ministries Media v Southern Poverty Law Center with an opinion giving us more than a hint of precisely what he has in store. Freedom of the press has a rightwing target on its back. Thomas wrote that the court should “revisit” the landmark free press case of the 20th century, New York Times v Sullivan.
“Revisit” is judicial talk for “overrule”.
Thomas asserted that “New York Times and its progeny have allowed media organizations and interest groups ‘to cast false aspersions on public figures with near impunity’.” He offered no evidence and made no argument in defense of his claim that the existing burdens on those who sue for defamation are indeed excessive, given the competing interests at stake.
Make no mistake. Overruling Times v Sullivan to make it much easier for public figures to sue their critics would strangle the media’s ability to report freely and speak critically about public figures, especially elected officials.
L B Sullivan was a city police commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama, who sued the Times and 60 eminent Americans over a full-page 1960 ad they had placed to raise money for Martin Luther King Jr’s budding civil rights movement. The ad called police actions against nonviolent protestors in Montgomery “an unprecedented wave of terror”.
The history of 20th century totalitarianism tells us that to rule absolutely, strongmen need to destroy the press to keep truth from the public. Thomas’ dissent is effectively inviting litigants like Sarah Palin, who is appealing her loss, to help him pave that road to American carnage.
Thomas’ signal is a warning. There is comfort in the fact that he signed his dissent alone and in the prospect that a people alert to dangerous signs can keep their republic if they keep up their guard.
Does the Mississippi not flow from the South to the North? Their pollution will become everybody's problem.Welp EPA power struck down. Those people living in red states enjoy your dirty water and cancer.
Does the Mississippi not flow from the South to the North? Their pollution will become everybody's problem.
This is wild, Red States sued before any rules were put in place. This is ******* ridiculousWelp EPA power struck down. Those people living in red states enjoy your dirty water and cancer.
Seriously?Does the Mississippi not flow from the South to the North? Their pollution will become everybody's problem.
This is wild, Red States sued before any rules were put in place. This is ****ing ridiculous
But population and greenhouse gases don't respect state lines, so yeah, everyone will suffer.
Things are so bleak that I am low-key happy they didn't destroy the entire Administrative State today like they could
What ever happened to Checks and Balances?
Hey, that was genuine question I learned something new todaySeriously?
Come on, you know where the Gulf of Mexico is!Hey, that was genuine question I learned something new today
I was thinking about the Nile when I asked too, without realizing that it flows into the Mediterranean Sea...Come on, you know where the Gulf of Mexico is!