#Dissent

I say all of this not as a historian of the US' many injustices, but as a legal/ political historian who's read the final report of every nationally recognized truth
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This crazy story about a university claiming that posters in a window “break the law” is a good example of how chaotic and inconsistent law-making can lead to a denial
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I didn't say a lot this weekend --- mostly cuz I realize that Im not at my best -- but I cant quite get over the fact that Romancelandia was
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Several Tory MPs are now speaking out. Ok it would have been ideal a while back, but at least its happening. And before people start saying nothing will change lets
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So I've been thinking about @Vermeullarmine's opening essay about Harlan's Lochner dissent and other decisions concerning based on the common good for @iusetiustitium for the last week.http://iusetiustitium.com/2020/06/17/common
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The proliferation of terror-tagging posters and issuance of protest bans days leading up to President Rodrigo Duterte's fifth State of the Nation Address are blatant acts of cowardice from a
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For those interested, the practice direction (which made these procedural changes) is here: https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-09/2020.09.21%20-%20Practice%20Direction%20on%20Indigenous%20Deaths%20in%20Custody%20-
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I’m starting a thread to document how the #COVID19 pandemic has enabled the passing of legislations that impinge on citizens’ democratic freedoms globally, or allow the executive to assume disproportionate
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There is a civil war erupting at @SandiaLabs.Following my investigation, a dissident electrical engineer named Casey Peterson emailed all 16,000 employees denouncing critical race theory in the lab and hoping
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In Xi Jinping’s China, nationalism is taking a dark turn. With a push from the government, angry mobs online swarm any perceived disloyalty to the country. “China cannot return to
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Paper ErrorbyGnod1/7Yesterday I viewed: International Festival of Whistleblowing, Dissent and AccountabilityUpon one section in particular. The CIA and topic emerged.I listened. The section moved on to Whistleblower issues and so,
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As an urbanist I love travelling, but I got bored with European cities which started to look alike. Instead I began travelling through North Africa, and discovered great urban design
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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State
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Question - Why can’t you debate woke people?As most of you know its really hard to find common ground with most of your woke friends. Most interactions end with them
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Want to listen to some of country's foremost legal scholars discuss RBG's legacy and the fight she leaves behind? We're live at the link below. We'll also be live tweeting
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Ok, I ignored this for a couple of days but I can't now. Jill Lepore's article in the @washingtonpost is, in a word, wrong. It's just wrong. I don't mean
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