Joe Ross
@profjvross.bsky.social
Political Science & General Education at work, but this is a personal account.
I like travel, puzzles, board games, and state courts, mostly in that order.
I like travel, puzzles, board games, and state courts, mostly in that order.
B sounds really interesting
September 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
B sounds really interesting
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My five things are:
1. Multimember districts with proportional distribution of House seats by party.
2. Expand the House.
3. Guarantee voting rights for all (DC and PR included)
4. Reduce authority of the Senate.
5. Increase pay and professional staff for House members.
2/3
1. Multimember districts with proportional distribution of House seats by party.
2. Expand the House.
3. Guarantee voting rights for all (DC and PR included)
4. Reduce authority of the Senate.
5. Increase pay and professional staff for House members.
2/3
August 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My five things are:
1. Multimember districts with proportional distribution of House seats by party.
2. Expand the House.
3. Guarantee voting rights for all (DC and PR included)
4. Reduce authority of the Senate.
5. Increase pay and professional staff for House members.
2/3
1. Multimember districts with proportional distribution of House seats by party.
2. Expand the House.
3. Guarantee voting rights for all (DC and PR included)
4. Reduce authority of the Senate.
5. Increase pay and professional staff for House members.
2/3
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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It is not within our modern constitutional tradition for the Executive Branch to make no apparent effort to conform its behavior to law. This is an incredibly dangerous development, indeed a "crisis" in any reasonable sense of that word, regardless of what courts do. (fin)
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It is not within our modern constitutional tradition for the Executive Branch to make no apparent effort to conform its behavior to law. This is an incredibly dangerous development, indeed a "crisis" in any reasonable sense of that word, regardless of what courts do. (fin)
I just listened to River of Doubt, about Theodore Roosevelt's post-1912 election trip through the Amazon that nearly killed him. It's a wild story that I'd never heard of.
December 23, 2024 at 6:42 AM
I just listened to River of Doubt, about Theodore Roosevelt's post-1912 election trip through the Amazon that nearly killed him. It's a wild story that I'd never heard of.