• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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    The Courts have bent over backwards, also, to find minor jurisdictional reasons to delay having to put out any firm rulings against the Administration.

    Can you imagine what it’s going to be like teaching law in the next decade? I’m not jealous

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      Conservatives are on record threatening to take away law school funding if they don’t start teaching their made up theories like constitutionalism and originalism. The problem is there is no legal premise or theory behind them because they just made it all up.

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      I sometimes tutor government, and I’ve had some crazy moments where just reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution out loud seems like it’s almost dangerous.

      He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

      He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

      He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

      He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

      Thomas Jefferson was brilliant, even he was a slaver and child rapist.

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      Can you imagine what it’s going to be like teaching law in the next decade?

      “Do what the President says. Class dismissed.”

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      No, it will be easy. The law will be whatever President Donald Trump Jr. and Chief Justice Eric Trump say it is. Easy peasy!