Friday, November 15, 2024

Will Trump's Disapproval Rate Ever Fall Bellow 50% During His 2nd Term?

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My instincts tell me that it would be impossible. All signs are that he will be an historically awful president. Yet, we have just seen a st...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Trump's Planned Use of the Alien Enemies Act

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Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump:  "On my first day back in the White House I will  . . .  invoke the Alien Enemies Act to remove...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Non-Citizen Voters and Excluded Citizen Voters

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"[ Speaker of the House]  Johnson said it is a serious problem because even if a tiny percentage of noncitizens do vote, it could deter...
Monday, August 26, 2024

Counting Pinecones: A Look at Consciousness

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It was a bumper year for pinecones on a path I walk often.   How many pinecones am I conscious of as I walk that path? As you may suspect, m...
Friday, July 12, 2024

How will Supreme Court Justices uphold mandatory school posting of the Ten Commandments?

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It seems a near certainty that there will issue from the Supreme Court an opinion that the State of Louisiana did not run afoul of the First...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

A $1000 Fine for a Billionaire’s Violation of a Judicial Gag Order?

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  I n a personal injury case, punitive damages, if awarded, are calibrated to cause pain to the defendant. Rich defendant, higher punitives....
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

If 4 weren’t even, would it be a prime number?

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This counterfactual conditional, you may think, is a little hard to evaluate. The counterfactual, you might say, is underdefined by its very...