22 U.S.C. § 2378d
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But as with Rahimi: alcoholism, like domestic violence, has always existed and was recognized at the Founding, and just like the absence of laws specifically disarming DV abusers isn't dispositive, neither is the lack of laws specifically disarming alcoholics while sober.
August 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
But as with Rahimi: alcoholism, like domestic violence, has always existed and was recognized at the Founding, and just like the absence of laws specifically disarming DV abusers isn't dispositive, neither is the lack of laws specifically disarming alcoholics while sober.
Didn't the Fifth Circuit say that the Founding generation didn't disarm alcoholics while they were sober, though, even as they disarmed other types of mentally ill people? That's the rub.
August 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Didn't the Fifth Circuit say that the Founding generation didn't disarm alcoholics while they were sober, though, even as they disarmed other types of mentally ill people? That's the rub.
On this point you may be able to distinguish between different types of drugs. A person addicted to bath salts is more likely to resemble those whom the Founders called "lunatics" than someone behaviorally addicted to marijuana. But that would be an as-applied issue I think
August 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
On this point you may be able to distinguish between different types of drugs. A person addicted to bath salts is more likely to resemble those whom the Founders called "lunatics" than someone behaviorally addicted to marijuana. But that would be an as-applied issue I think
Also, again, explain how "addict" is unconstitutionally vague.
August 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Also, again, explain how "addict" is unconstitutionally vague.
I really disagree with 3 as applied to "addicts." The Founding generation institutionalized and disarmed the mentally ill. Drug addiction is a form of mental illness that can make someone unfit to possess a weapon for the same reasons that other forms of mental illness recognized at the Founding can
August 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I really disagree with 3 as applied to "addicts." The Founding generation institutionalized and disarmed the mentally ill. Drug addiction is a form of mental illness that can make someone unfit to possess a weapon for the same reasons that other forms of mental illness recognized at the Founding can
Elon is right though, the choice is between being a woke liberal and being mechahitler. That is a good argument for being a woke liberal.
August 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Elon is right though, the choice is between being a woke liberal and being mechahitler. That is a good argument for being a woke liberal.
My favorite scene
July 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My favorite scene
This is both antisemitic and genocide-denialist. Well done
Plenty of Jews, like me, had enough of a moral conscience to oppose this horrific massacre from the beginning. Biden and Trump actively facilitated it. Trump’s Jewish family had nothing to do with that; he supports Israel because he is evil
Plenty of Jews, like me, had enough of a moral conscience to oppose this horrific massacre from the beginning. Biden and Trump actively facilitated it. Trump’s Jewish family had nothing to do with that; he supports Israel because he is evil
July 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is both antisemitic and genocide-denialist. Well done
Plenty of Jews, like me, had enough of a moral conscience to oppose this horrific massacre from the beginning. Biden and Trump actively facilitated it. Trump’s Jewish family had nothing to do with that; he supports Israel because he is evil
Plenty of Jews, like me, had enough of a moral conscience to oppose this horrific massacre from the beginning. Biden and Trump actively facilitated it. Trump’s Jewish family had nothing to do with that; he supports Israel because he is evil
Who are you and what have you done to Jennifer Rubin?
I agree with your take, of course.
I agree with your take, of course.
July 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who are you and what have you done to Jennifer Rubin?
I agree with your take, of course.
I agree with your take, of course.
The areas that Cuomo won were those that had the least diversity, such as places that were overwhelmingly white (like the UES) or overwhelmingly Black (like parts of the Bronx).
People of all races who lived in more mixed and diverse neighborhoods voted for Mamdani.
People of all races who lived in more mixed and diverse neighborhoods voted for Mamdani.
July 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The areas that Cuomo won were those that had the least diversity, such as places that were overwhelmingly white (like the UES) or overwhelmingly Black (like parts of the Bronx).
People of all races who lived in more mixed and diverse neighborhoods voted for Mamdani.
People of all races who lived in more mixed and diverse neighborhoods voted for Mamdani.
Mamdani’s coalition was multiracial and middle-income. His coalition looked like the city and looked like America. It represents the diversity that both MAGA and Cuomocrats despise.
July 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Mamdani’s coalition was multiracial and middle-income. His coalition looked like the city and looked like America. It represents the diversity that both MAGA and Cuomocrats despise.
Saying Mamdani was elected by higher income voters is untrue. Cuomo won voters making $150K+
Mamdani won the majority of POC due to winning Asian and Hispanic voters. He also won Black neighborhoods in Harlem, Bed-Stuy & Crown Heights
The main divide is age and college attainment, not race/income
Mamdani won the majority of POC due to winning Asian and Hispanic voters. He also won Black neighborhoods in Harlem, Bed-Stuy & Crown Heights
The main divide is age and college attainment, not race/income
July 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Saying Mamdani was elected by higher income voters is untrue. Cuomo won voters making $150K+
Mamdani won the majority of POC due to winning Asian and Hispanic voters. He also won Black neighborhoods in Harlem, Bed-Stuy & Crown Heights
The main divide is age and college attainment, not race/income
Mamdani won the majority of POC due to winning Asian and Hispanic voters. He also won Black neighborhoods in Harlem, Bed-Stuy & Crown Heights
The main divide is age and college attainment, not race/income
If they get Joe Biden on record endorsing Mamdani, it’s game over.
July 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If they get Joe Biden on record endorsing Mamdani, it’s game over.
Reposted by 22 U.S.C. § 2378d
There are also these statements on the DC and Boulder attacks.
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
There are also these statements on the DC and Boulder attacks.
He’s ineligible
June 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He’s ineligible
1) Acting as a shareholder of private companies is not among the powers that Article II confers to the office of the president, particularly in the absence of enabling legislation.
2) Because the president vetoing U.S. Steel changing its name would violate the First Amendment.
2) Because the president vetoing U.S. Steel changing its name would violate the First Amendment.
June 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
1) Acting as a shareholder of private companies is not among the powers that Article II confers to the office of the president, particularly in the absence of enabling legislation.
2) Because the president vetoing U.S. Steel changing its name would violate the First Amendment.
2) Because the president vetoing U.S. Steel changing its name would violate the First Amendment.
This is clearly unconstitutional and one of the shareholders should sue.
June 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is clearly unconstitutional and one of the shareholders should sue.
Tens of thousands in a city of 600K. Likely single-digit pctages. That tracks. It doesn't explain why there are 377,000 missing from the current numbers or permit the inference that they are living in the rubble of Gaza's least-populated areas, under exclusion orders and w/o viable aid distribution
June 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tens of thousands in a city of 600K. Likely single-digit pctages. That tracks. It doesn't explain why there are 377,000 missing from the current numbers or permit the inference that they are living in the rubble of Gaza's least-populated areas, under exclusion orders and w/o viable aid distribution
**"military threat" in the previous post is heavily caveated; I think Israel's view is that civilian life in the Gaza Strip is an inherent military threat to Israel's security. But that logic can't be accepted when evaluating whether Israel's actions pass muster under the principle of distinction.
June 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
**"military threat" in the previous post is heavily caveated; I think Israel's view is that civilian life in the Gaza Strip is an inherent military threat to Israel's security. But that logic can't be accepted when evaluating whether Israel's actions pass muster under the principle of distinction.
Akiva's point, as I understood it, is that even though the IDF is intentionally targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure (consciously knowing that these targets pose no military threat), it may not constitute genocide.
June 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Akiva's point, as I understood it, is that even though the IDF is intentionally targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure (consciously knowing that these targets pose no military threat), it may not constitute genocide.