Benjamin Lam

“I see how Ruin, with a palsied hand,
Begins to shake this ancient seat to dust.”

[الحدث عاجل @Alhadath_Brk]

إيران تجدد هجماتها على البحرين وقطر والإمارات والكويت #الحدث_عاجل

[Shin @hey_itsmyturn]

Some Iraqi channels reported:
ALCM/ALBMs spotted over Iraq HDG E (Towards Iran)

[Loisy @liovvan]

これぞ本当の「優雅」。✨👏

ボケ回答だけでお願いします😂
これは何に使うものだと思いますか？👇

[Shin @hey_itsmyturn]

Initial:
Targeted assassination in Ahvaz,
Alireza Khodadadi, Advisor of the Provincial Contract of the Vali-e-Asr IRGC has been targeted in Ahvaz
Khuzestan Province, Iran

[Akira Kei @AkiraKei12]

Chainsmoker Cat Opening - All References #chainsmokercat #ヤニねこ

[Eric W. @EWess92]

"This is one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court, and in my judgment, the Court has made a serious mistake." Justice Alito, dissenting. "Every step of [the majority's] story is incorrect.

[SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog]

The court strikes down President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, holding that children born in the U.S. to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and are citizens at birth.

https://t.co/8hK8MQrNWN

[SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog]

The first opinions are in the transgender athlete cases. In B.P.J., the court holds Title IX allows schools to provide separate women’s and men’s teams defined by biological sex, and WV has permissibly maintained female sports for biological females.

https://t.co/PGDJDZG5nW

[Conor Lynch @c_k_lynch]

Ignored by the modernist architectural press, the Classical tradition is witnessing a true revival - skilled craftsmen and architects with an eye for beauty

[SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog]

The final opinions for today are in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook. In Slaughter, the court holds that the FTC’s for-cause removal provision is contrary to the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution and overrules Humphrey's Executor.

https://t.co/R9Zraldsb5

[Hayduke ⏹️ @GWHayduke97]

A quite moving plaque in the cloisters of England's Durham Cathedral:

[Benjamin Lam @BenjaminLam]

Prosthetic finger of Lady Jane Gordon with accompanying letter up for auction at Bonhams. Sad dissolution of the Maxwell family seat at Monreith after 550 years. https://t.co/kOnJUHDWaa

[Dr. Alex Zawacki @achillghost]

I would sacrifice several extant Greek and Latin works to recover On the Sea by Pytheas of Massilia, who sailed around Britain in the 4th century BC, met its peoples, and is probably the first to record the name. Also Posidonius, who hung out with Druids

[Daniel Mendelsohn @DAMendelsohnNYC]

The implications of this are boggling. Depending on what’s in the library, it could rewrite the entire history of Classical (and therefore European) literature.

[Benjamin Lam @BenjaminLam]

@AntigoneJournal Aristotle on Comedy. Jorge of Burgos ate the last one!

[LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85]

A German, an Italian, a Frenchman, and a Brit are debating philosophy.

The question arises: What separates man from the animals?

“Technology,” says the German. “Other creatures use tools, but none can match the engineering feats we’ve accomplished. It is our industry that separates us from the beasts.”

“I disagree,” says the Italian. “It is food. Animals eat, but they do not cook. Humans create incredible dishes and endless combinations that make eating one of life’s greatest pleasures.”

“I say it’s art,” declares the Frenchman. “No other creature can create art. Since the earliest days of humanity, we’ve painted, sculpted, written, and composed. Wild animals can never know the deep emotion inspired by a beautiful work of art.”

The Brit sits quietly, sipping his tea.

After several moments, the Frenchman, growing impatient, asks,

“Well, what about you? What do you think separates man from the animals?”

The Brit takes another sip of tea and replies…

“The English Channel.”

[Benjamin Lam @BenjaminLam]

@gmdickinson Scalia seemingly agreed, at least for dicta. See St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks (1993) (“we think it generally undesirable, where holdings of the Court are not at issue, to dissect the sentences of the United States Reports as though they were the United States Code.”).

[Benjamin Lam @BenjaminLam]

@gmdickinson “The reason and spirit of cases make law; not the letter of particular precedents.” Fisher v. King, 3 Burr. 1363, 1364 (1762) (Lord Mansfield).

[Benjamin Lam @BenjaminLam]

@EdWhelanEPPC I’d forgotten this gem: “In today's latest victory for its Never Say Never Jurisprudence, the Court ignores its own conclusion that the ATS provides only jurisdiction, wags a finger at the lower courts for going too far, and then . . . invites them to try again.”

[Ed Whelan @EdWhelanEPPC]

That's only Kavanaugh's 3rd majority opinion of term, so look for at least 3 more from him.