Andrew Tuck
tuckdrw.bsky.social
Andrew Tuck
@tuckdrw.bsky.social
Recovering attorney. Areas of interest/ expertise: political economy & development of Latin America; trade & investment law; history. Aspiring guitarist. Mini Schnauzer dad. Tennis fan. Go Dodgers!
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Elite institutions: weak, decadent, fascist-curious

Grand and petit jurors: powerful, committed to civic duty, the shore upon which the authoritarian tide shall break
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Birthright citizenship is a policy choice so central to our values and identity as a nation that we chose to amend the Constitution to protect it against the passions and prejudices of temporary majorities.
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Why not both? Started reading your book BTW.
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something

Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem

Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem

The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM