Fogbow

Uncodified Constitutions are certainly different from more formalized ones such as the US - I'd be the last person to claim otherwise. But I think the situation is a bit more complex than what Suranis has described. Constitutional requirements, because they come from legal sources, do have a bit mor...

*shrug*

The UK constitution's status isn't substantially different than any other area of common law.

The UK has an unwritten constitution and a large body of constitutional law.

I take pride in being anti-conspiracy theory. I do my best to attribute things to stupidity and incompetence rather than malice. But even I'm looking at this one and going, "I don't know, something seems strange." Dude's in the special housing unit. He tried to commit suicide two weeks ago. And it s...

I haven't read the complaint either - but as far as I can tell the only thing that distinguishes this law from the term limits one that the Supreme Court struck down is that this affects ballot access for the primary instead of the general. I doubt that will be enough to save the law, but it at leas...

Realistically, don't know that even a general election is going to solve anything. Think the most likely outcome would be several failed attempts to build a coalition.

*groan*

Jcolvin2 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:12 pm

Mikedunford wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:02 pm

(Sweden, while not an EU member, is part of the Schengen Area.)

Sweden joined the EU on January 1, 1995.

My bad, I was thinking of Norway.

CNN is claiming he can leave the country while the verdict is decided. That is weird. Seems reasonable to me. Any pretrial time would be credited against a sentence - and might cover all of it. And if he doesn't return for a sentence, he's essentially banned from going back to Europe. And will have...

i still don't see what all the hoorah is all about. Silly me. :yeah: If Trump had not shown (again) his idiocy I wouldn't have followed this case. For rap I'm much too old. Now I'm interested in the way police and justice work in a really developed country. I have no clue about the way real police ...

Dr. Caligari wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:40 pm

I don't think a married person is responsible for his or her spouse's job choices or political views.

I think that's an excellent general rule. But as with any rule...

George Conway is a massive hypocrite, and calling him out is good.

I just don't see his Tweets that much right now because my Twitter mentions are an absurd dumpster fire on account of this anime defamation LOLsuit I've been following.

I think this thing getting tangled up in court - and the military not getting the IT support they need for an extended period of time - is a near-certainty.

My understanding (I don't shoot on the street, only in a studio) is that out in the public, anything is fair game. What you do with the images however may face some restrictions. Just catching up on this thread - Street photography rules and privacy expectations are very jurisdiction-specific. What...

It's a LOLsuit from a clown.

Hadn't seen this before. Are they all crazy? Earlier in the week, several Congress members — Democratic representatives Adriano Espaillat and Hakeem Jeffries from New York, André Carson from Indiana, and Joaquin Castro from Texas — held a press conference demanding Rocky’s and his two associates’ r...

It's complicated. Right of publicity is a state-law thing, not federal. And the politician angle complicates things further, as does the fact that it's a likeness, not something being used for sponsorship. Also, there are probably PR downsides to suing and so on. So there's maybe some risk for the c...

Rub in the salt and ask him. Be cruel. He may deserve it. That's kind of fucked up. Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. A classical reference to one of the less civilized periods in the European history doesn't make the idea less fucked up now. If anything, it makes it worse - one would ...

Just a personal note. Hubs inherited some farm land which he leases out. His current tenant has been very reliable but his annual lease payment is late. He called last week to tell Hubs he's quitting the farming business and he'll send the money as soon as he can. I wonder if he voted for trump (it...

I think an incremental approach isn't necessarily a bad thing, particularly if the public option is reasonably priced.

I also think that Joe Biden is probably the best candidate to beat Trump. Unfortunately, Joe Biden is also probably the best candidate to beat Joe Biden.

Jeffrey wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:09 pm

Why is Avenatti involved in the R Kelly case?

It's something to do while he's waiting to get suspended, go to prison, and get disbarred.

Silver linings everywhere you look.

As soon as I saw "3 Billion sought" I knew Larry Klayman was involved.

Concur with RTH on the AOC thing. Key question will be whether action by 1 Member of Congress = state action.

My guess is the team (or a significant portion thereof) has left the case since Friday.