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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3 days
New, from me: the last week of decisions by the Roberts court present us with a dispiriting vision of American governance: strongman, weak state. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/strongman-...
Strongman, Weak Statedonmoynihan.substack.com The dispiriting vision of American governance offered by the Roberts Court
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3 days
The NY Times is stealing my bit: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...
Legal Conservatives’ Long Game: Amp Up Presidential Power but Kneecap Federal Agencieswww.nytimes.com Blockbuster decisions by the Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed supermajority — expanding one kind of executive branch authority while undercutting another — were no contradiction.
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Ken Mayer @uwkenmayer.bsky.social · 3 days
In a just world, they'd give you a regular column.
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Pro-Democracy @pro-democracy.bsky.social · 3 days
FDR spoke of such people before. So did John Adams.
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🦉 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 3 days
Oh you mean every central south american government in the 19th and (most of the) 20th century. How did that work out for them?
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No, like Chaucer @wooble.geoffreyspear.com · 3 days
Book pitch: fascism failing because Trump has unlimited power, but can't delegate it to agencies and he's too busy golfing and watching TV to do anything himself.