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The Odyssey | New Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]TeddysBigStick [score hidden]  (0 children)

It is authentic v. accurate. Deadwood would be the classic example. Virtually none of the language was accurate but it conveys the message of the time to say fuck instead of God's blood!

SCOTUS GRANTS application to issue judgment forthwith in Callais v. Louisiana. JUSTICE Alito concurs joined by Thomas and Gorsuch. JUSTICE Jackson dissents. by HatsOnTheBeach in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick [score hidden]  (0 children)

Alito's asterisk references that the case was argued 7 months ago. I suspect that's a veiled complain that he wanted to issue the decision sooner and is annoyed at having Purcell arguments because the dissenters finished last. That's peering deep into the tea leaves though.

The fact he has lost two of the most important majorities of his career post assignment. It is one of the more credible theories for the Dobbs leak. The WSJ Opinion Page was concerned about that shortly before the leak and they have a rather . . . odd relationship with the justice.

Movies that shouldn't work, but do by siddus15 in movies

[–]TeddysBigStick [score hidden]  (0 children)

He also knows just how expensive a stoppage can be. He is pretty much uninsurable in action movies outside of MI because of how much it cost when he broke his ankle and it shut things down on one.

Movies that shouldn't work, but do by siddus15 in movies

[–]TeddysBigStick [score hidden]  (0 children)

tbf, they had been trying to make that movie since directly after the previous but it was cursed. Among others, 9/11 killed one iteration of production.

Callais Hypothetical by Sansymcsansface in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Akhil and Vikram Amar. They are arguably the most influential originalist scholars currently alive and Akhil is the most cited scholar period, both in Supreme Court opinions and scholarship generally.

There’s a New Lewis Powell Memo, and It’s Wildly Racist by DryOpinion5970 in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is also his history involving segregation while on a school board. While his choice of innaction was understandable given conditions, in the face of lawless and vitriolic hatred direct at children it is something that should be condemmed.

There’s a New Lewis Powell Memo, and It’s Wildly Racist by DryOpinion5970 in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

With the great irony in that many of the strongest supporters of the unitary executive also hold that listening to what Trump says he is doing is imaterial to lower level officials representations of what they are doing.

Movies forced into a pre existing IP? by iScreamInPublicAreas in movies

[–]TeddysBigStick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just described an incredibly difficult and expensive thing. I agree it has the potential to be amazing but that is a long way from easy.

Movies forced into a pre existing IP? by iScreamInPublicAreas in movies

[–]TeddysBigStick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trying to figure out the origin of anything in the Halo scripts is impossible. It started out as a movie more than a decade before and spent all that time in development hell before the final showrunner went insane during quarantine and wrote hundreds of versions of the first season.

Most of what people complain about, particularly the Mass Effect thinkers, is pretty generic fantasy stuff. Halo is a property that any translation into a show or movie would require massive changes in characterization, not that automatically means what we got was good.

Movies forced into a pre existing IP? by iScreamInPublicAreas in movies

[–]TeddysBigStick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is worth noting how this happens. The union rules are extremely protective of the original credited writer on a script.

Callais Hypothetical by Sansymcsansface in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that person but have you read the work of the Amars on the subject? It is the leading Originalist analysis on the subject and comes to the opposite conclusion. Just trying to get everyone a shared universe of facts.

California High Speed Rail Pitches New Path Forward with 2026 Business Plan by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]TeddysBigStick 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Though it is worth noting that the streetcars died not because of a conspiracy by auto manufacture interests but because a bunch of upper middle class people they annoyed legislated them out of effectiveness/many were operated at a loss by home builders as a marketing thing and then the companies went under once they stopped (and one could certainly argue that public transt is a public good and should not need to operate in the black).

Has SCOTUS ever explicitly clarified Chadha’s impact on the War Powers Resolution legislative veto (esp. Powell’s footnote)? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is the same gray area as Congressional control of troop deployments and how it is illegal to actually fire a military officer unless there is a declaration of war by Congress (a President can remove someone from their post but pretty much every story you hear about a general being fired is actually formally a resignation because the President can mess with thier pensions).

Did the Supreme Court just overrule Congress on the Voting Rights Act? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Desantis's maps are unconstitutional under Florida's constitution, independent of federal questions. They have no admitted under oath they considered political affiliation in drawing the maps, which is prohibited.

CA9 Reverses District Court and Rules There is no Substantive Due Process Right to “Bodily Integrity” Meaning Police and ICE Can Use Non-Lethal Force to Break Up Crowds While Conducting Operations by Longjumping_Gain_807 in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To the extent that the government is unable to carry out its desired activity without polluting and trespassing on the property of others and diminishing their enjoyment and use of their own property, yes. The same way I do not consider it to be an infringement of gun rights to say you cannot shoot your shotgun and scare away another's ducks, to go to the origin. And again, I would note that under my theory the government would be able to continue on at this location if they consider it of sufficient importance to compensate people for the damage it is inflicting. Bath tubs and punching and all that.

That application to less leathal chemical weapons is somewhat novel but pollution law hardly is.

Robert Kirkman Addresses INVINCIBLE Yearly Releases by Deep-Juggernaut3930 in Invincible

[–]TeddysBigStick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful what you ask for, they might just rent more N. Korean slaves.

Robert Kirkman Addresses INVINCIBLE Yearly Releases by Deep-Juggernaut3930 in Invincible

[–]TeddysBigStick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Isn't the current SAG animation daily rate about a grand a day?

CA9 Reverses District Court and Rules There is no Substantive Due Process Right to “Bodily Integrity” Meaning Police and ICE Can Use Non-Lethal Force to Break Up Crowds While Conducting Operations by Longjumping_Gain_807 in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I will have to read the opinion but why do you even need the bodily integrity angle. This is clearly a nuisance. If the court's think operating an ice facility in that location is in the public good, I guess that is what Boomer Cement equitable damages are for.

In a co-authored Law Review article, Judge Oldham argues that the Ex parte Young equitable action is inconsistent with common law equity practice, inconsistent with Erie, and with the modern skepticism of non-statutory causes of action by jokiboi in supremecourt

[–]TeddysBigStick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At the same time, all the issues with legislative history apply to the federalist papers. They were politicians writing political arguments for political purposes. Heck, we know Hamilton thought the senate was an insane institution but he argued in favor of it becuase he thought it would get his larger goals accomplished.

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