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Just a dude

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@HedgeDirty There is a reason why we recruit our kickers from the soccer team. It is a fairly specialized skill. Some people compare it to baseball but I think it's more similar to tennis. Athleticism and skill both matter.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@HedgeDirty General athleticism matters most at primarily one position: Goalie. This is why the US has consistently churned out elite goalies while field players have been more middling. Because it's a mix of balance and touch, probably by age 13 you would only want to play soccer.

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@bauhiniacapital It was also a very poorly thought out venture. They showed up expecting to find a bunch of gold they could trade for food, basically none of them knew how to farm or any basic survival skills.

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@davidhughes_phd @mungowitz And even more concerning, the entire donor ecosystem is influencing the candidates we get in the first place.

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@davidhughes_phd @mungowitz I don't think anyone cares about how expensive the campaigns are. They care about how rich donors can influence the decisions of politicians by dangling campaign money.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@bennpeifert Yeah it's more like 60-70%, higher for online gambling companies.

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@lord_fed Recession in 2028 coming. Marking my calendar.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@Patterico Check the first footnote. But basically, this question isn't before us, but we are going to decide it's severable if it does come before us because Congress would have preferred a regulatory agency, with removable heads, to no agency at all.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@mungowitz Here is the literal language: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. --------I think its pretty clear to me.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@mungowitz The case against BRC is a fringe theory started by John Eastman (yes that John Eastman) twenty years ago, which gained steam in recent years in the federalist society sect of the legal world. It is concerning that 4 justices are willing to bite on this.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@mungowitz As an actual lawyer, you are wrong on 1. The 14th amendment is fairly clear. The exceptions to BRC are all based on the language "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" which was clear at the time, an exception for children of diplomats and tribal members.

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@SeanTrende Also you have Thomas here saying this was a clause solely meant to remediate racial discrimination against African-Americans while gutting the same Amendment a few months ago, saying that it's colorblind and cannot be used to remediate racial discrimination.

[Observer @SignalofNoise]

@SeanTrende I think it's quite sad we now have 4 justices willing to bite on a fringe citizenship theory developed by John Eastman twenty years ago. Unlike other clauses, the originalist meaning of "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is quite clear.

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@SeanTrende They are just splitting the difference to get their preferred outcome and it's why this version of the Roberts court will be regarded as Hot Trash.

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@SeanTrende Yes, this would be massively disruptive. But it is the logical outcome of an originalist interpretation along with properly addressing the question is termination for cause a truly severable issue.

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@GeorgeSelgin I don't understand why the post wartime undermines the argument that it helped end the depression.

Post-war was fueled by excess savings that could be spent during the war. A lot of those savings were the the result of direct govt spending.

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@MattGlassman312 I suppose the extreme analogy is if someone showed up at your house and started shitting on the floor, but then stopped bc they realized that shitting on the floor is a bad idea, should we focus on the fact that they stopped? Or that they shit on the floor?