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For large importers, there's generally a bond against which individual shipments are decremented. But the payment is technically made upon entry (which can either be straightforward, or upon leaving a warehouse in a customs-free commercial zone, often adjacent to a port).

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Jan 23

The alt text is really what makes this.

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Jan 17

And, more practically, I don't think any court will have a tough time determining that this statement is not particularly meaningful in the absence of other action.

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Jan 17

Yeah, I think that's true in a philosophical sense (in the same way that all "who decides" questions about the Constitution sort of exist). But if you're not requesting that the archivist actually execute the ministerial action, then I don't think you're being particularly serious about it.

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Jan 17

www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...

Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the National Archivist who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

www.npr.org

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Jan 17

He's not directing the archivist to change the determination that it is not a valid amendment. This is performative.

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Nov 30

But also, Go Blue.

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Nov 22

My son and I have been listening on the way to Audi each weekend... but now there's not a game at Audi, so I'm being forced to figure out how to import an RSS into a child's bedroom music player. Love the pod!

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Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Feb 23

You should take a look at the Tigers' feed this morning, which is full of guys very obviously trying not to be the next Casey Schmitt

Dave Levine @dplevine.bsky.social · Nov 30

Intriguing... I like all those ingredients...

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