Synkope1
Synkope1 t1_jcif3fi wrote
Reply to TIL that the NFL made a committee to falsify information to cover up brain damage in their players by KirstenTillson
Don't worry, when they finally agreed to pay a settlement to the players, they made the threshold for black players to get money higher than for white players.
Synkope1 t1_j96mssd wrote
Reply to comment by fddfgs in Why are fevers cyclical? by Key-Marionberry-9854
They don't, actually. Fevers have to get up pretty high, to 107-108 to cause brain damage, which is pretty darn rare. I can count on one hand the number of fevers I have seen over 107.
Synkope1 t1_j56x6ef wrote
Reply to comment by thatCapNCrunch in Jeff Bezos used metaphors, an ancient communication tool, to explain complex ideas. by iLiveOnWeetbix711
Did that AI just steal the entire story from Rockadoodle?
Synkope1 t1_iyrk13j wrote
Reply to comment by AxelShoes in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter
Oh yea, an example I heard recently was regarding a Oklahoma state supreme court case of the execution of Clayton Lockett. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma had issued a stay of execution (since the state has been unable to obtain the necessary drugs for a lethal injection and was planning to use an untested cocktail that would ultimately end up torturing him for 40 something minutes until he died) and the Governor issued and executive order that the execution would continue and the legislature began impeachment proceedings on the justices until they reversed the stay.
Just something to consider when the republicans eventually say "You can't just not listen to what the Supreme Court says!!"
Synkope1 t1_iypufy9 wrote
Reply to comment by Artisanal_Shitposter in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter
It's not just recently that the Supreme Court has been that way. They often have worked backward from the outcome they desired, it's how you get originalism and textualism as legal theories. The only thing that stops them from doing something as egregious as what you are saying is them trying to maintain the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. There is theoretically a line that the Supreme Court could cross in which state and federal governments would just say, "No, you've overstepped too far and we're not going to listen to that decision." The Supreme Court has no way to enforce its own decisions, it has to rely on other branches agreeing that its decisions are legitimate to enforce their decisions.
Synkope1 t1_jdu7oz6 wrote
Reply to comment by Crimbobimbobippitybo in Banksy's migrant rescue ship seized by Italy's coast guard in Lampedusa by Crimbobimbobippitybo
It's not a digression, YOU brought in North America to the discussion. And then when he started talking about US law, YOU engaged. Don't complain about digressions just because you lost an argument, it's embarrassing.