Attorney & RRONR Nerd. Emphasis on nerd. Cigar & Whiskey Aficionado. Geriatric Millennial. Pittsburgh native, now NoVA. All views my own, esp. the wrong ones.
I agree that MLB and baseball teams are provate entities.
Does it make a difference, though, when:
1. MLB, and through extension its teams, enjoy a congressional exemption from antitrust laws; and
2. The vast majority of stadiums are taxpayer funded?
Can we argue that baseball teams/the MLB is truly private when it receives massive public benefits not enjoyed by other business?
Personally, I think the reasonable response from players is just to decline to play for that series. If the teams threaten to withhold pay, fine. That is their right, too.
@courtmattison With scores like that, I would suggest golf. Of course, that is an activity, not a sport. But it seems something little more their pace right now.
@HannahDCox You should not rely on a pre-election poll of ~ 900 LVs when the election results are available. And incumbents do not lose by ~ 10 points unless there is a broad demographic coalition opposed to him and the Districtas a whole believes it is better served by the challenger.
@EWess92 Struck me that Virginia's argument is dangerous. Logically, it could be interpreted to say that the federal Election Day statute also preempts early voting - certainly not what Jay Jones really wants and not how SCOTUS will decide the Watson case.
@EWess92@AdamMortara If the Dems are smart(er), it will be a partial ISL under Moore v. Harper - at least that state legislatures have primacy in election law, claiming that SCOVA cannot lawfully interfere with, or overturn what they claim to be a valid, referendum.
Last week, @NYTimes ran articles on the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket, prompting lots of discussion about what the documents show. I argue they present a hardworking Court, not something nefarious. 1/
@pepesgrandma I always apply the Occam's Razor test. The simplest solution is usually correct.
Here, best to assume the official - if Nick is correct - was not the target. The shot was likely affiliated with the other general unlawfulness & chaos that occurs in Navy Yard.
@mike_frags What we've learned in the past couple of years:
The "spirit of George Washington" and the "spirit of Aloha" both trump validly enacted legislation and the Constitution.
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@EWess92 I would assume their definition of the "worst" is the 5th.
The hosts are clearly outcome determinative, criticizing the court for not ruling consistent with their desired policy objectives rather than focusing on whether the judges faithful apply the law and Constitution.
Either these Leftist(TM) revolutionary cosplayers deliberately ignore the "peaceably" part of the assembly clause or they believe their own propaganda that riots, interfering w/ federal law enforcement, & resisting Trump are excused from the ambit of criminal activity.