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Nosre posted:Saw this this morning; I'd never heard of this particularly awful part of our prison-industrial complex, but apparently there was another good result in Johnson v. United States: http://www.occupydemocrats.com/supreme-court-strikes-down-key-portions-of-federal-3-strikes-sentencing-laws/ I'd have to look into this more but I think that this article suffers from a basic problem: the ACCA is a federal law and people sentenced under it would go to federal prison, not state prison. The for-profit prisons with minimums are state prisons.
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Franco Potente posted:They have 24 seats to defend, but most of them are pretty easily defensible. There are some weak spots (PA, OH, WI, IL, and, I would argue, NH), but outside of those and a couple other possible places (NC and FL), the seats belong to states no longer friendly to the Democrats. Short of another major Democratic wave, I imagine their net gain is anywhere between 3-5. Fortunately for the Ds, the only weak seats they need to defend are CO and NV, and those are looking much better than they were a few months ago. The Democrats recruited a good candidate in MO (the current Secretary of State), so I'd rate that higher than NC at the moment where they have nobody and their biggest prospects have declined. They're trying to pull Heath Schuler out of retirement. Both states are long shots.
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As a practical matter, all the Democrats need to do is get to 50 (assuming a Clinton win) because the only thing that will really matter is the ability to get nominees confirmed. The more the better, obviously, but they badly need to be able to avoid a nomination blockade.
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Jun 29, 2015 12:11
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Quote of the morning, "I would probably comb my hair back. Why? Because this thing is too hard to comb. I wouldn't have time, because if I were in the White House, I'd be working my rear end off." ~ Donald Trump.
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Jun 29, 2015 13:26
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So, the next time the pendulum swings back to Conservatives having lovely victories, I know what I'll be chugging for solace.
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Jun 29, 2015 13:35
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Joementum posted:Quote of the morning, "I would probably comb my hair back. Why? Because this thing is too hard to comb. I wouldn't have time, because if I were in the White House, I'd be working my rear end off." ~ Donald Trump. If he worked his rear end off, what would be left of him?
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Jun 29, 2015 14:49
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AsInHowe posted:If he worked his rear end off, what would be left of him? His mouth and his hairpiece.
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Jun 29, 2015 14:56
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SCOTUS has agreed to again hear that bullshit Texas affirmative action case. Kagan has recused herself Reminder that Fisher was a really lovely student who honestly wouldn't have made the cut at most public universities
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Jun 29, 2015 15:08
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5-4 the drug can still be used in death penalty. Ginsberg and Breyer would reconsider constitutionality of death penalty
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Jun 29, 2015 15:10
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Holy poo poo this death penalty opinion is ridiculous. Not on the decision rendered, but Scalia's ranting. Since this isn't being "drawn and quartered" then it's clearly ok. What the hell? And then angry antonin starts declaring Breyer is rejecting the Enlightenment because Breyer was willing to consider whether it was cruel and unusual rather than letting democracy decide. What the hell?
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Jun 29, 2015 15:17
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Scalia is just a bad person it's seems to really be that simple. Like if he hadn't gone into law he'd be the guy at the end of the street with the overgrown yard that everyone knows is torturing animals in his basement.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:20
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Joementum posted:Quote of the morning, "I would probably comb my hair back. Why? Because this thing is too hard to comb. I wouldn't have time, because if I were in the White House, I'd be working my rear end off." ~ Donald Trump. It might be worth voting for Trump just to see this.
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Fried Chicken posted:Holy poo poo this death penalty opinion is ridiculous. Not on the decision rendered, but Scalia's ranting. Since this isn't being "drawn and quartered" then it's clearly ok. What the hell? And then angry antonin starts declaring Breyer is rejecting the Enlightenment because Breyer was willing to consider whether it was cruel and unusual rather than letting democracy decide. It's not just that: as the SCOTUS thread notes, it basically legalizes the death penalty for another generation because a method of punishment can only be "cruel and unusual" relative to other death penalty punishments. Since they didn't show any other less cruel way to be killed they just have to suck it up and be killed painfully I guess! Also for all you game/software devs out there: Wine is now officially illegal in the U.S. since SCOTUS refused to take Oracle v. Google
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Jun 29, 2015 15:27
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Sotomayor compared lethal injection to being burned alive in hers, and now Scalia is reading a concurrence to rebut Breyer's reading of his (Breyer's) dissent Seems like emotions got real hot in this one
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Jun 29, 2015 15:28
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But it sounds like Arizona comes out of today as a surprise win: RBG writing a 5-4.
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quote:CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, with whom JUSTICE SCALIA, Wow the conservatives are pissy this term.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:33
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ComradeCosmobot posted:But it sounds like Arizona comes out of today as a surprise win: RBG writing a 5-4.  I would have put money in that not only going against re districting commissions, but almost unanimous against it. It seems like a slam dunk
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Fried Chicken posted:Sotomayor compared lethal injection to being burned alive in hers, and now Scalia is reading a concurrence to rebut Breyer's reading of his (Breyer's) dissent The conservatives on the bench are ultra pissy this term
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Fried Chicken posted:Holy poo poo this death penalty opinion is ridiculous. Not on the decision rendered, but Scalia's ranting. Since this isn't being "drawn and quartered" then it's clearly ok. What the hell? And then angry antonin starts declaring Breyer is rejecting the Enlightenment because Breyer was willing to consider whether it was cruel and unusual rather than letting democracy decide.
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Radish posted:Scalia is just a bad person it's seems to really be that simple. Like if he hadn't gone into law he'd be the guy at the end of the street with the overgrown yard that everyone knows is torturing animals in his basement. Scalia prefers to execute criminals by flaying.
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ZenVulgarity posted:The conservatives on the bench are ultra pissy this term I think because a lot of what they have been trying to accomplish by the judicial system for the past 20 years keeps not going their way and if that's the case suddenly the only option to get their policy enacted is the legislature. That is not according to plan.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:38
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And in a 5-4 decision I hope you like drinking Mercury. And the warming of the planet because it's pretty clear the CO2 restrictions will be next under this
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Jun 29, 2015 15:39
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Fried Chicken posted:And in a 5-4 decision I hope you like drinking Mercury. And the warming of the planet because it's pretty clear the CO2 restrictions will be next under this It gave the agency the ablity to determine how to take costs into account, if I'm reading the live blog correctly.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:41
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TInglonias posted:It gave the agency the ablity to determine how to take costs into account, if I'm reading the live blog correctly. This is what I'm reading from the opinion as well Really this is a balance of business ownership and environmental impact that has been debated back and forth forever now, it just seems to be an overly cautious approach that you can't doom businesses via regulation without determining the costs
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Jun 29, 2015 15:43
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Inglonias posted:It gave the agency the ablity to determine how to take costs into account, if I'm reading the live blog correctly. To me that just screams "regulatory capture". It's hard to fake studies of "oh no this is perfectly safe", it is real easy to say "this would inconvenience our business model" But I'm in a state with infamously poor water quality that helped lead the charge on this case so...
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Jun 29, 2015 15:44
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Inglonias posted:It gave the agency the ablity to determine how to take costs into account, if I'm reading the live blog correctly. It's something that probably should be done anyway and something that won't be done if a Republican is in charge. So it's about the most tame thing you could expect out of a Scalia opinion.
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Fried Chicken posted:To me that just screams "regulatory capture". It's hard to fake studies of "oh no this is perfectly safe", it is real easy to say "this would inconvenience our business model" Do you live in that state where all those mutant frogs were originally found?
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Jun 29, 2015 15:45
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Fried Chicken posted:To me that just screams "regulatory capture". It's hard to fake studies of "oh no this is perfectly safe", it is real easy to say "this would inconvenience our business model" Was the arguments for giving the epa teeth anything other than repeating Tetraethyl lead for the entire time? Actually I wonder if Scalia can be defeated by making him breath in the fumes from burning that poo poo...
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Jun 29, 2015 15:47
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ComradeCosmobot posted:But it sounds like Arizona comes out of today as a surprise win: RBG writing a 5-4. poo poo, that's a big loving win.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:50
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The EPA ruling is unfortunate, but it isn't super outlandish from a legal perspective. Its just going to be an even more expensive and slow endeavor to reduce pollutant emissions, which need to be quickly brought under control once it is understood how detrimental they can be. The death penalty ruling is pretty awful. I'd take a guillotine over those drugs if I was to be executed.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:52
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So what's the tally of black churches burned at this point?
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Also for all you game/software devs out there: Wine is now officially illegal in the U.S. since SCOTUS refused to take Oracle v. Google No, it isn't. That's not what Oracle v. Google held, and Wine isn't illegal or even in any real danger of being held to violate copyright.
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SquadronROE posted:So what's the tally of black churches burned at this point? Five by man, two by God.
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Jun 29, 2015 15:54
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mdemone posted:Five by man, two by God. Wow, 5 is quite a few.
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Kalman posted:No, it isn't. That's not what Oracle v. Google held, and Wine isn't illegal or even in any real danger of being held to violate copyright. This thread thought that Steam was outlawed last time the Oracle v. Google decision came in, so you can't really take anything they say as being of value. 
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SquadronROE posted:Wow, 5 is quite a few. Edit forgot what thread I was in All churches matter though tbh. Clearly attacks on Christianity
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Kalman posted:No, it isn't. That's not what Oracle v. Google held, and Wine isn't illegal or even in any real danger of being held to violate copyright. The ABI part, no. But compiling against Wine instead of against Windows would be much shakier. EDIT: The structure, sequence and organization of an API is copyrightable. This means you have to rule on fair use and that's an expensive proposition for open source projects, so if nothing else it's going to have a chilling effect on these sorts of projects. ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Klaus88 posted:Do you live in that state where all those mutant frogs were originally found? I live in a state ranked #4 for worst industrial air pollution and #5 for worst mercury pollution Guess that's why Citizens Energy is hiking rates by 25%! To cover the costs of adding delicious nutritious quicksilver to our diets
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SquadronROE posted:So what's the tally of black churches burned at this point? 7, one of which looks to be electrical but that is awaiting further investigation and is still being counted as possible arson last I looked
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