Charles
@charles01.bsky.social
Chicago walking tour guide, econ student, and most importantly: poaster
I write about law and politics sometimes https://substack.com/@americanconstitutionalfront
I write about law and politics sometimes https://substack.com/@americanconstitutionalfront
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Charles
@charles01.bsky.social
· Oct 23
A Tale of Two Constitutions
What happens when two different visions of the Constitution go to bat against each other? Does it always end up before the Supreme Court?
americanconstitutionalfront.substack.com
I published this essay today about the value of keeping democratic politics involved when questions of constitutional authority become relevant.
This book absolutely rules. Feels like I'm taking a college course on Congress when I'm reading it.
Hi new followers!
If you happen to be interested in the separation of powers, Congress, government shutdowns, contempt of Congress, the filibuster, and more, have I got the book for you! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
If you happen to be interested in the separation of powers, Congress, government shutdowns, contempt of Congress, the filibuster, and more, have I got the book for you! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Congress's Constitution
A leading scholar of Congress and the Constitution analyzes Congress’s surprisingly potent set of tools in the system of checks and balances. Congress is w...
yalebooks.yale.edu
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This book absolutely rules. Feels like I'm taking a college course on Congress when I'm reading it.
what planet is this person from that he thinks this story is flattering for Alito. this makes him look like a complete jerk on a very personal level. incredible loser stuff
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
what planet is this person from that he thinks this story is flattering for Alito. this makes him look like a complete jerk on a very personal level. incredible loser stuff
HmmAI adds "Wow" response, is acquired by Elon Musk for $900b
AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-that-only-responds-huh-valued-at-200-billion/
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HmmAI adds "Wow" response, is acquired by Elon Musk for $900b
Ross Douthat, quietly to himself: "I am like the Spartacus of elite pedophiles..."
do not honestly know if this title is literal or metaphorical
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Ross Douthat, quietly to himself: "I am like the Spartacus of elite pedophiles..."
What the fuck man
I'm not sure what to make of it, but every Somali I represent in immigration court currently (8 of them) have today had their hearings cancelled and their judges reassigned. They're now all assigned to a video judge from Louisiana and scheduled for court hearing in one month. 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
What the fuck man
I think the NYT needs to hire someone whose entire job is asking "Who gives a shit" when someone pitches a dumbass story like this
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I think the NYT needs to hire someone whose entire job is asking "Who gives a shit" when someone pitches a dumbass story like this
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not even going to engage with the "puerto ricans are americans" conversation, but why are they even asking the players about this. the halftime show isn't even for them. don't they need to like, eat some orange slices and change their socks or something. i bet a ton of them spend that time pooping.
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
not even going to engage with the "puerto ricans are americans" conversation, but why are they even asking the players about this. the halftime show isn't even for them. don't they need to like, eat some orange slices and change their socks or something. i bet a ton of them spend that time pooping.
There should be no doubt that JB Pritzker is The Guy for 2028. No doubt whatsoever. Blows Newsom out of the water, and nobody else comes close. America's #1 class traitor will destroy all the secret creepy billionaires funding JD Vance and the other pedophiles
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
There should be no doubt that JB Pritzker is The Guy for 2028. No doubt whatsoever. Blows Newsom out of the water, and nobody else comes close. America's #1 class traitor will destroy all the secret creepy billionaires funding JD Vance and the other pedophiles
Logging onto bsky and looking for reasons to get mad
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Logging onto bsky and looking for reasons to get mad
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I don’t know why I need to say this but the rhetorical function of “Trump’s ICE” here is to tie the existence of the agency to be abolished to the historically unpopular president, there is not a different ICE that would avoid abolition, it’s just the one agency guys
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I haven't been this excited to read something since Constitution of Conflict. Which wasn't that long ago, but before that, it's a long time.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I haven't been this excited to read something since Constitution of Conflict. Which wasn't that long ago, but before that, it's a long time.
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Basically the new John Waters heuristic is to not sleep with anyone who boastfully uses ChatGPT
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Basically the new John Waters heuristic is to not sleep with anyone who boastfully uses ChatGPT
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
It takes a special kind of loser to refer to flying to Minneapolis and staying at a hotel to do pepper spray drive-bys as being "in-theater." Pissbabies to the bone. I cannot imagine a more babyish caricature of the great big gap between their picture of themselves as menly men and the reality.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It takes a special kind of loser to refer to flying to Minneapolis and staying at a hotel to do pepper spray drive-bys as being "in-theater." Pissbabies to the bone. I cannot imagine a more babyish caricature of the great big gap between their picture of themselves as menly men and the reality.
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
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Here's @charles01.bsky.social's summary in the @liberalcurrents.com Discord, which I found nice and succinct:
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Here's @charles01.bsky.social's summary in the @liberalcurrents.com Discord, which I found nice and succinct:
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I think Foner says this specifically about the framers of the 14th amendment. Equal protection, privileges and immunities, etc are all elastic terms to be decided by each generation thru the political process, not fixed in stone in the 1860s.
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I think Foner says this specifically about the framers of the 14th amendment. Equal protection, privileges and immunities, etc are all elastic terms to be decided by each generation thru the political process, not fixed in stone in the 1860s.
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Josh Chafetz and Thomas Bell argue the Constitution is a work of political architecture and is not so legal in nature as many people think. Separation of powers is more a political principle than a legal doctrine, and by treating it as a legal doctrine, SCOTUS actually undermines its effectiveness.
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Josh Chafetz and Thomas Bell argue the Constitution is a work of political architecture and is not so legal in nature as many people think. Separation of powers is more a political principle than a legal doctrine, and by treating it as a legal doctrine, SCOTUS actually undermines its effectiveness.
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This right here is one of my great pet peeves: THERE WERE NOT ONLY ONE GROUP OF FOUNDERS. The Reconstruction Founders led a massive, important constitutional change, and we don’t need to look at English common law to understand what equality, citizenship, and freedom meant. WE WERE OUR OWN NATION.
January 28, 2026 at 9:16 PM
This right here is one of my great pet peeves: THERE WERE NOT ONLY ONE GROUP OF FOUNDERS. The Reconstruction Founders led a massive, important constitutional change, and we don’t need to look at English common law to understand what equality, citizenship, and freedom meant. WE WERE OUR OWN NATION.
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Americans voted to bring back measles.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Americans voted to bring back measles.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
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good morning to all my twin cities parents
January 28, 2026 at 4:36 PM
good morning to all my twin cities parents
These guys are so stupid dawg. The most visible fuckups you can possibly imagine for the construction of a police state
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
These guys are so stupid dawg. The most visible fuckups you can possibly imagine for the construction of a police state
this is uplifting news I look forward to every single month
Official data came in yesterday, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 27% compared to last year!
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
this is uplifting news I look forward to every single month
These reforms are good and substantial given what is stacked against Democrats.
That said, I think the sentence "this full conversation with the caucus has really begun after Alex Pretti's murder" is so damning. What country have you guys been living in?
That said, I think the sentence "this full conversation with the caucus has really begun after Alex Pretti's murder" is so damning. What country have you guys been living in?
Here's Senator Chris Murphy's extended discussion of this group of restrictions on ICE:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
These reforms are good and substantial given what is stacked against Democrats.
That said, I think the sentence "this full conversation with the caucus has really begun after Alex Pretti's murder" is so damning. What country have you guys been living in?
That said, I think the sentence "this full conversation with the caucus has really begun after Alex Pretti's murder" is so damning. What country have you guys been living in?