The purpose of the Bill of Rights was/is to restrain the Government, not protect it

Low-background steel, but for the aggregate canon of humanity.

Plot twist: it doesn't break the usual pattern because every decision this cycle turns out to be 5-4.

a very happy Falling Angel/Rising Ape day to you all

for my money the single best passage in all of Discworld, and one of the finest passages in the history of literature

Final Fantasy 16 probably fits broadly into that bucket, if you don't mind your stories being occasionally bleak and/or over-the-top. Excellent voicework.

Lear without Cordelia.

The only branch with the authority to fire the people in the other two branches. Checks and balances - yes. Coequal - no. They're Article 1 for a reason. And yet...

Lots of SF does the "what if reality is computer memory" thing, but this takes it a step further to "also, reality's implementation cuts the same corners we do." Non-eldritch cosmic horror.

Rowhammer entered my "what do you want to name your spaceship in this or that game" pool immediately when I first encountered this story. Invokes equal parts power, finesse, and imminent hubristic disaster.

The definition of willful ignorance.