Well then I guess we better get rid of all the appellate courts and the Supreme Court if the law is the law and there is no interpretation of matters of law! Seriously though, advisory opinions, reference questions, etc. do exist in some jurisdictions and not in others. I wonder if Italy is one such jurisdiction

In the U.S. you can’t even ask the court if something is legal before the fact. You have to fuck around and find out. (Tax court is a notable exception to this)

To clarify, his lawyer was not allowed to tell the jury that his client would face life without parole if he weren’t sentenced to death. That is, the jury was prohibited from knowing that the death penalty was not necessary to prevent the possibility of his release. The state Supreme Court in a separate case later ruled that juries can be told. The condemned man has simply won the right to argue that that should have been an option in his case. The state did not even yet rule against him—instead they had ruled he had no right to make that argument and get a ruling. The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling across party lines has ruled that he can make his appeal.

What I’m getting at is that we could have made modest changes back in the 70’s and even 80’s and it could have been no big deal, like saving the ozone layer. Now we’re fucked even if we took the most drastic measures that were never realistic.

If we literally shut off half of the coal and oil and gas power plants on Earth right now, not as the goal, but as a starting point for cutting emissions rapidly, we would still need luck to stay under 2°C. It’s not happening lol

It is completely unregulated except for infant food and formula. That said, companies tend to err on the side of caution as it’s better for business for customers to throw out products that might still be edible as opposed to facing lawsuits over spoiled food.

It’s crazy how Night Court, a ridiculous comedy, depicts a more realistic courtroom than 99% of TV and movies that depict them as looking more like the freaking floor of the U.S. Senate than most courtrooms, which look more like a community college classroom.

By that reasoning, Castillo never attempted a coup either, since he did have the emergency power to dismiss congress. Congress did not remove him through the normal impeachment process (which had already failed twice)

e: I think a better comparison would be Yeltsin. But Yeltsin of course didn’t go to prison, because he used tanks and soldiers to attack parliament and won

So I should be on the side of the government that successfully counter-couped the President and is now killing unarmed protestors? No thanks.

Indigenous peoples BTFO

The protesters aren’t calling for Castillo’s re-instatement, but for new elections. How is that anti-democratic?

150 inches is way too small for 8K to make a difference from any reasonable viewing distance. It’s basically the equivalent of 70mm film.

I’m sorry—you’re calling the people who want to have the democratic choice to elect their President, protesting against their government which is killing then for doing so, inspired by Trump? Are you some kind of MAGA lunatic?

Don’t worry, the German government is…oh they’re funding undercover cops who are all actually double agents who agree with the neo-Nazis more than the Bundespolizei? Oops

You could argue that even if you agreed with the outcome, it set a precedent for more meddling. But that’s actually an invalid argument because the Supreme Court doesn’t care about precedent and is just seeing how much it can get away with regardless.

Ah yes, the Empire of Japan, a well-known non-imperialist state

Settlements and damages awarded by courts (excluding punitive damages) and generally tax-exempt in the U.S.

The odds of the government admitting fault are about zero, but the odds that the government moves to improve conditions at least somewhat are almost certain. Riots get results in some places like China and France even though they fail today in places like the U.S. and Iran.

How bad were conditions that the kids rioted and destroyed a facility? Jesus.