Lessig compares the current constitutional crisis -- a lawless, reckless president; law enforcement officers flouting federal court orders -- with previous crises, such as the impeachment of Nixon, and says the major difference between then and now: then, Congress had a bipartisan consensus that "they were engaged in the most serious job a member of Congress could have — because they knew that in a critical sense, the very stability of the Republic depended on them behaving as adults." (more…)
Popular Posts
-
Looking for something to illustrate a post about crunch-time in game development, I ran into this video depicting many forms of footwear (...
-
https://vimeo.com/71952791 What happens if you allow a group of onlookers to do anything they want to you for six hours? Marina Abramovich ...
-
On August 15, 1942 Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin stepped out to milk their cows in the meadow. They were never seen again, leaving seven c...
-
Restoring this IBM Model F keyboard, approaching its fourth decade of life, required more than a spudger and soap. In fact, Brennon require...
-
There's a rumor that Trump will pardon Paul Manafort tonight at one of his sweaty rallies. If he does, it could come back to haunt him....
-
Lots of social scientists use Prolific.co to conduct massive surveys, by paying randos — Amazon-Turk-style — to give their responses to pr...
-
You've got one week to vote in the Children's History Book Prize , whose nominees this year include Out of Left Field by Ellen Klag...
-
A few months ago on Conan, the late Burt Reynolds shared the fantastic and funny origin of one of many iconic moments from Deliverance (197...
-
When the heat goes out during Finnish winter, it's a matter of life and death, so when two automated buildings controlled by Valtia sys...
-
Vasile Savu is accused of walking into a Western Union in Hollywood, Florida and asking the clerk to print out his flight itinerary, a prete...
