Charles
@charles01.bsky.social
Chicago walking tour guide, econ student, and most importantly: poaster
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A Tale of Two Constitutions
What happens when two different visions of the Constitution go to bat against each other? Does it always end up before the Supreme Court?
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I published this essay today about the value of keeping democratic politics involved when questions of constitutional authority become relevant.
a democracy should spend money being a democracy
high salaries and robust public funding for elections
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
a democracy should spend money being a democracy
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@democracyprof.bsky.social - Not sure if you saw this, but you have a shout out in this Substack essay.
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A Tale of Two Constitutions
What happens when two different visions of the Constitution go to bat against each other? Does it always end up before the Supreme Court?
substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@democracyprof.bsky.social - Not sure if you saw this, but you have a shout out in this Substack essay.
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The most literal definition of obeying in advance you could imagine. You must expect and foresee that SCOTUS will give sniveling decisions that give the President what he wants or you'll be very, very sorry.
Here's a fun little nugget from Trump's demand that DOJ pay him, personally, $250 million: In his memo, he argues that prosecutors "should have foreseen" that he has "immunity from prosecution for officials acts." Thank you John Roberts, great rule of law-ing, sir! static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
![Moreover, as former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge and now-Attorney General Merrick
Garland should have foreseen, President Trump had immunity from prosecution for
official acts.23 As such, given the Supreme Court's immunity decision and Judge
Cannon's dismissal of the prosecution on grounds that the Special Counsel's
appointment violated the appointments clause and his office was funded through an
19 Superseding Indictment at 1-4, United States v. Trump et al., No. 23-80101-CR, 2024 WL 3404555
(S.D Fla. July 15, 2024) (the original indictment was dated June 8, 2023).
20 United States v. Trump, No. 23-80101-CR, 2024 WL 3404555, at * 1 (S.D. Fla. July 15, 2024)
(hereinafter " Dismissal Order”).
21 Order Denying Motion for Franks Hearing and Reserving Ruling on Balance of Motion Pending
Necessary Factual Development at 9, U.S. v. Trump et al., No. 23-80101- CR (S.D. FL June 27, 2024)
(Document 655) (“But the Court determines that some of the terms in that document ( e.g.,
'national
defense information' and ‘Presidential Records'), do not carry ‘generally understood meaning[ s]' such
that a law enforcement agent, without further clarification, would have known to identify such
material as 'seizable” property'[.]"); accord. id. at 10 ("the present record does not indicate , for example,
whether the clarifying information in the affidavit was attached to the warrant or expressly
incorporated into it [See ECF No. 567 p. 13] ”) .
22 Constitutional Questions After the Raid on Mar-a-Lago, National Constitution Center 2 ( August 18,
2022), https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/Mar-a-lago_Raid_Transcript.pdf .
23 Trump v. United States, 144 S. Ct. 2312, 2327 (2024) .](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreicz6cwnbxxtz5qt3avx6tftshxlv6atsp6k23hmvgdffohy2aigmq@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The most literal definition of obeying in advance you could imagine. You must expect and foresee that SCOTUS will give sniveling decisions that give the President what he wants or you'll be very, very sorry.
Incompetent members of secret police forces can be found wherever fascism is sold.
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Incompetent members of secret police forces can be found wherever fascism is sold.
I published this essay today about the value of keeping democratic politics involved when questions of constitutional authority become relevant.
A Tale of Two Constitutions
What happens when two different visions of the Constitution go to bat against each other? Does it always end up before the Supreme Court?
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I published this essay today about the value of keeping democratic politics involved when questions of constitutional authority become relevant.
Dems I mean Devs in Disarray
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dems I mean Devs in Disarray
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What does the flag mean?
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Flag of the American Constitutional Front, Explained
The meaning of the design, and the inspiration.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What does the flag mean?
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
The Preamble outlines six specific purposes for the Constitution, represented by the six vertical red and white stripes.
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Woodrow Wilson had a fundamentally warped understanding of what democracy is, and he built his tyranny on that foundation. He believed that his version of social order was more important than democracy, and because of that, both were damaged.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Woodrow Wilson had a fundamentally warped understanding of what democracy is, and he built his tyranny on that foundation. He believed that his version of social order was more important than democracy, and because of that, both were damaged.
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The history of this being wrong stretches all the way back to the English Parliament in the 1600s. It's so wrong that Bessent should have to write a 15-page essay about how wrong it is and if it isn't sincere enough he should get an F and have to do it again.
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The history of this being wrong stretches all the way back to the English Parliament in the 1600s. It's so wrong that Bessent should have to write a 15-page essay about how wrong it is and if it isn't sincere enough he should get an F and have to do it again.
Thiel: The antichrist is either Greta Thunberg...
me: yeah anyone Peter Thiel thinks is the antichrist is probably cool
Thiel: ...or Eliezer Yudkowski
me: sorry what
me: yeah anyone Peter Thiel thinks is the antichrist is probably cool
Thiel: ...or Eliezer Yudkowski
me: sorry what
I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thiel: The antichrist is either Greta Thunberg...
me: yeah anyone Peter Thiel thinks is the antichrist is probably cool
Thiel: ...or Eliezer Yudkowski
me: sorry what
me: yeah anyone Peter Thiel thinks is the antichrist is probably cool
Thiel: ...or Eliezer Yudkowski
me: sorry what
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”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???
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This is exactly what we need. This is it.
"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"
"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"
Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries
Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
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October 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is exactly what we need. This is it.
"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"
"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"
www.theroot.com/pete-buttigi...
pete buttigieg isn't my top pick either but this article about him is really good
pete buttigieg isn't my top pick either but this article about him is really good
October 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
www.theroot.com/pete-buttigi...
pete buttigieg isn't my top pick either but this article about him is really good
pete buttigieg isn't my top pick either but this article about him is really good
"We do not need to cover our eyes and pretend not to see what this logic leads to. It is not an accident that Republicans have over and over again blocked laws against child marriage...A core plank of Republican politics is that women exist to bear children for men."
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"We do not need to cover our eyes and pretend not to see what this logic leads to. It is not an accident that Republicans have over and over again blocked laws against child marriage...A core plank of Republican politics is that women exist to bear children for men."
gang, it's not that andor was particularly prescient, it's that this shit is all incredibly predictable
October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
gang, it's not that andor was particularly prescient, it's that this shit is all incredibly predictable
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i did background art for DEAD RINGER, a murder mystery VN for the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!
and you can play it NOW!!! FOR FREE!!!!!
📞 itch.io/jam/spooktob... 📞
#fvn #visualnovel #indiedev
and you can play it NOW!!! FOR FREE!!!!!
📞 itch.io/jam/spooktob... 📞
#fvn #visualnovel #indiedev
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
i did background art for DEAD RINGER, a murder mystery VN for the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!
and you can play it NOW!!! FOR FREE!!!!!
📞 itch.io/jam/spooktob... 📞
#fvn #visualnovel #indiedev
and you can play it NOW!!! FOR FREE!!!!!
📞 itch.io/jam/spooktob... 📞
#fvn #visualnovel #indiedev
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
the most telling thing about the complete tone dead nature of this article and the timing of its publication is this quote: "[Spinoza's] cancellation did not harm him economically"
September 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the most telling thing about the complete tone dead nature of this article and the timing of its publication is this quote: "[Spinoza's] cancellation did not harm him economically"
predictable, given that in 2020 "what kind of president is Donald Trump" seemed to be a similarly difficult question
“When was Joe Biden president?” remains the most difficult question in politics
Who was the president in 2018 when you lost your show?
Who was the president in 2023 when you got your new show?
Who was the president in 2023 when you got your new show?
September 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
predictable, given that in 2020 "what kind of president is Donald Trump" seemed to be a similarly difficult question
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you also can defund the air conditioning in the supreme court
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
you also can defund the air conditioning in the supreme court
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I think my barometer for whether the next democratic administration really knows what the game is will be whether they hire Josh Chafetz as an advisor
She could, for one thing, give speeches where she actually, directly confronts her colleagues. Call them out. Signal that this isn't normal.
Instead she issues O'Connor-like calls for civic education and criticizes *members of Congress* more than her own colleagues.
Instead she issues O'Connor-like calls for civic education and criticizes *members of Congress* more than her own colleagues.
September 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think my barometer for whether the next democratic administration really knows what the game is will be whether they hire Josh Chafetz as an advisor
