And, instead, 42 million Americans just received a stark reminder that voting for Democrats prevents them from dying.

People have the right to not vote if they don't feel like voting.

Future reforms should eliminate the debt ceiling and shutdowns. Just have an automatic year-long CR at current rates + inflation kick in if no appropriations are reached. 6/6

The shutdown was causing a lot of pain to a lot of people. It is better that the government is not shut down. A pox on the GOP for causing it. 5/6

Every shutdown, pundits decide who “won” and decree that the shutdown will be the defining issue in the next election. And every shutdown, the American people have moved on to 500 other shiny things by the time the election rolls around. 4/6

You can’t turn around a battleship overnight, and there is a lot of “just cave’ inertia that the fighting wing of the party is overcoming. As voters, you should keep up the pressure AND understand that real change takes time. 3/6

It is distressing to see the Dems cave. But it was encouraging to see them fight at all, and it is very encouraging to see so many elected Dems inside and outside of Congress criticize the deal. 2/6

The "It is important to note that . . . " of headlines.

Like, "Could the President impose a tariff because he didn't like a commercial that he saw in another country?" is supposed to be an oral argument softball--not real life.

I've had this idea for a galaxy-brain law review article about how law historically involved (1) parties acting normally and (2) lawyers/judges proposing absurd hypos to explore the limits of proposed rules. And our law just can't handle parties acting *this* openly absurd.