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Robert Black
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Constitutional scholar, general law nerd, Izzet mage, bear lover, Mets fan.
Trans rights are constitutional rights!
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · Jun 3
I have an announcement!!

Introducing a new project at The Evening Constitutional: Constitutional Perspectives!

This is a series of explanatory essays aiming to be of use for readers with any level of prior knowledge of constitutional law

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Introducing: Constitutional Perspectives!
Announcing a new project here at The Evening Constitutional! As I wrote shortly after last November's election, one of my ambitions for this site is to create a library of materials explaining Americ...
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 11h
I cheat at this by not practicing law

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 11h
See I liked my tax course! (substantially for good professors reasons lol)

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 11h
Oh yeah, biz orgs was the one I decided to let myself not take

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 11h
Look, never said nothin' about pointless fucking wars in South America

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 11h
("So-and-so vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue" indicates that the person paid and is suing; "United States v. So-and-so," even in a civil case, indicates that they didn't pay and the IRS is suing. I believe they set it up so the taxpayer gets a better venue in the former posture lol.)

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 11h
Also one of the things I definitely *did* learn in my tax law course is that much of the time, when tax cases end up in the courts, the posture is that the taxpayer *paid* what the IRS was asking and then sued on the premise that they didn't actually owe that much. This avoids potential crim issues.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 12h
(NB: I am NOT a tax lawyer, though I did take a course on federal taxation in law school)

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 12h
So, there can be good-faith disputes about what the tax laws permit. Normally in these cases, you can't bring a criminal prosecution because tax crimes have a reasonably strict mens rea element

But it can absolutely end up in civil court

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 12h
I was cackling in the theater for something like the last 30 minutes because I saw it coming

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 12h
Hey me too! (The "never failed at anything real before" part, at least)

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 15h
The one who actually kind of didn't suck was Snowe, Collins has basically been drafting in her wake ever since

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 15h
Except Steve Cohen

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 16h
As I understand it, it's basically impossible to get caterers to provide edible vegetarian food for a sit-down meal

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 16h
(Also the macro is bad and wrong I think)

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 16h
This is the rare actual case for Mellon-style liquidationism
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17h
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 16h
I agree with with

Reposted by Steve Peers, Robert Black, Jonathan Hopkin , and 6 more

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17h
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
They're actually just not the same Category Of Thing, is the thing

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Just existing in public is so so so much easier these days

Except at weddings

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Lol I think those people should consider that they are not on Spock's level

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
It's actually unreal

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Man I thought it was the consensus best TOS ep

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
I'm not actually sure what my #1 episode across all Trek is?

City on the Edge of Forever really shouldn't be overlooked though

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
LOL that is quite a choice!

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
It's some Right Proper Science Fiction

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Japan is tough, but like everywhere else, a lot easier now than in even the pretty recent past

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Maybe!

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Ah hmmmm

I don't think I agree? I think TLJ > Star Trek (2009)

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Measure of a Man is not especially close to the #1 spot among TNG eps (I mean, it's up there to be sure)

It's better than Andor and imo it's not really very close

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 17h
Lol I like Andor a lot and this isn't in the neighborhood of true

You can find episodes from TNG alone, totaling more runtime than Andor, that are all at a higher level than Andor