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beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Claims Sweeping <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Nullify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nullify</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laws</span></a>, Letters on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ban</span></a> Show. In purporting to license otherwise <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> conduct by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> firms, Trump set a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> expanding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/executivepower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>executivepower</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> experts warned. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AG</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a> told <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> the could lawfully <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/statute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statute</span></a> barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on sweeping claim that President Trump has the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> power to set aside <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a>, newly disclosed documents show. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/politics/trump-bondi-tiktok-executive-power.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-bondi-tiktok-executive-power.html</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> : going before; anterior</p><p>- French: précédent</p><p>- German: der Präzedenzfall</p><p>- Portuguese: precedente</p><p>- Spanish: precedente</p><p>------------</p><p>Report an incorrect translation @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordofthehour.org/r/translatio</span><span class="invisible">ns</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76968/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Mignon McLaughlin</b></a></p><blockquote>The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances.</blockquote><p><b>Mignon McLaughlin</b> (1913-1983) American journalist and author<br><i>The Neurotic’s Notebook</i>, ch. 10 (1963)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76968/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=details" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>details</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=difference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>difference</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=exception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exception</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experience</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=extrapolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extrapolation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lessons</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=present" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>present</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=uniqueness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uniqueness</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/taleb-nassim-nicholas/76959/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b></a></p><blockquote>The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death. Both conclusions rely on the exact same data.</blockquote><p><b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b> (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist<br><i>The Black Swan</i>, Part 2, ch. 11 “How to Look for Bird Poop” (2007)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/taleb-nassim-nicholas/76959/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/taleb-nassim-nichola…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=blackswan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackswan</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conclusion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deduction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=proof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proof</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=surmise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surmise</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/37732/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Nicolas Chamfort</b></a></p><blockquote>The most absurd customs and the most ridiculous ceremonies are everywhere excused by an appeal to the phrase, <i>but that’s the tradition</i>. This is exactly what the Hottentots say when Europeans ask them why they eat grasshoppers and devour their body lice. <i>That’s the tradition</i>, they explain.<br>&nbsp;<br><i>[Les coutumes les plus absurdes, les étiquettes les plus ridicules, sont en France et ailleurs sous la protection de ce mot:</i> c’est l’usage. <i>C’est précisément ce même mot que répondent les Hottentots, quand les Européens leur demandent pourquoi ils mangent des sauterelles, pourquoi ils dévorent la vermine dont ils sont couverts. Ils disent aussi:</i> c’est l’usage.]</blockquote><p><b>Nicolas Chamfort</b> (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)<br><i>Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée],</i> Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts <i>[Maximes et Pensées],”</i> ch. 3, ¶ 249 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/37732/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/377…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=absurdity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>absurdity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ceremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceremony</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=convention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convention</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=custom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>custom</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=protocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protocol</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ridiculousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ridiculousness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ritual</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statusquo</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=strangeness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strangeness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tradition</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…[A] close friend, echoing how Casey "wasn't a surprise," especially given "David's respect for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a>," stressed that people did not appreciate how "David's a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> conservative, NOT a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> conservative.”…</p><p>Neither the 1992-93 or 1993-94 terms would prove as significant as 1991-92. The most striking statistic of 1991-92, as Casey exemplified, was the degree to which Anthony Kennedy had shifted away from Rehnquist &amp; toward <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Souter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Souter</span></a> &amp; O'Connor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSouter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>[another noteworthy section is on Souter’s confirmation hearings]</p><p>When the Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte hearing began…Senators &amp; reporters quickly realized that Souter was an impressively erudite nominee.…Amid all the concepts &amp; issues he was asked to address, 2…stand out as most revealing: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberty</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a>. …Specifically, Souter stressed that in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> clause language of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5thAmendment</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/14thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>14thAmendment</span></a>, "the concept of liberty IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC SUBJECTS.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSouter</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“But whatever the premises of opposition may be, only the most convincing justification under accepted standards of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> could suffice to demonstrate that a later decision overruling the first was anything but a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> pressure, &amp; an unjustified repudiation of the principle on which the Court staked its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a>….So to overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason to re-examine a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watershed</span></a> decision would subvert the Court's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legitimacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legitimacy</span></a>…”<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSouter</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The most eloquent section of the opinion was the discussion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Roe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roe</span></a> &amp; the principle of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StareDecisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StareDecisis</span></a> — Latin for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> respect of existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> — that had been crafted principally by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSouter</span></a>. Souter's words in Casey spoke not only for the Court, but also for the essence of America's judicial heritage &amp; for the very core of Souter's own judicial background.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76306/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Ambrose Bierce</b></a></p><blockquote>PRECEDENT, <i>n.</i> In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire.</blockquote><p><b>Ambrose Bierce</b> (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist<br>“Precedent,” <i>The Devil’s Dictionary</i> (1911)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76306/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76306…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cherrypicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cherrypicking</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=justicesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justicesystem</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=legalsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalsystem</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=legalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=staredecisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staredecisis</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1992963/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1992963/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Oil Majors Could Soon Face a Litany of Environmental Lawsuits <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoastalParishes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalParishes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDamage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Precedent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The cases before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Relation Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>, which oversees laws protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>’ rights, &amp; Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a>, which protects federal govt workers from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partisan</span></a> practices — as well as a 90-year-old court <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is seeking to overturn.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WatchdogAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WatchdogAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is aiming to get these cases to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, where it’s betting that enough of the right-wing justices will agree to overturn the high court’s own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agencies — encapsulated primarily in a 1936 case called Humphrey’s Executor — &amp; axe the removal protections that keep leadership at such entities as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSPB</span></a> insulated from political will or vindictiveness.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Cartoon by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AnnTelnaes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnTelnaes</span></a> titled <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attack</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> : going before; anterior</p><p>- French: précédent</p><p>- German: der Präzedenzfall</p><p>- Portuguese: precedente</p><p>- Spanish: precedente</p><p>------------</p><p>Report an incorrect translation @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordofthehour.org/r/translatio</span><span class="invisible">ns</span></a></p>
Theodoros Mpahoumas V World<p>PRECEDENT classic vintage tool connectible with turntable and cassette audio tape</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/turntable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turntable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/turntables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turntables</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiotapeplayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiotapeplayer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiotapeplayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiotapeplayers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/precedentfurniture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedentfurniture</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> </p><p>Edit: seems I fell for some bad information. The pardoning mentioned by George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter are errors: they did not pardon family (despite some articles from otherwise typically reputable sources saying so, like Esquire). I apologize and commit to being more careful about checking things before I share them. I’m sorry about this.</p>
Nonilex<p>In the lower <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> can serve for life. So the more a president appoints, the more he or she can shape the country. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> hears only about 80 cases per year, meaning that lower courts are often the final arbiter on many issues. They set <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> proceedings, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> disputes &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> enforcement, &amp; on whether federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> &amp; rules are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During the rollout, each president would approve justices in the first &amp; third year of their terms.<br>
The bill would also require a ruling by ⅔ of the high court &amp; the circuit courts of appeals, rather than a simple majority, to overturn a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> passed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wyden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wyden</span></a> said the current court has been too quick to discard <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> &amp; curtail <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> by narrow majorities.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUSreform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Who’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KaitlynJoshua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KaitlynJoshua</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> who <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spoke</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticNationalConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticNationalConvention</span></a>? </p><p>The DNC heard the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a> of three <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> Monday night who <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/struggled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>struggled</span></a> to obtain <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reproductive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproductive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> after the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corrupt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/overruled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overruled</span></a> the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> in 2022. </p><p><a href="https://lailluminator.com/2024/08/19/kaitlyn-joshua/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lailluminator.com/2024/08/19/k</span><span class="invisible">aitlyn-joshua/</span></a></p>