Re disbanding and then filtering the FBI: better yet, disband and stop there. That's what the plain text of the Constitution requires, since nothing resembling the FBI is authorized by that document.
That's why you filter them through the Marshalls. Last I checked, the Marshalls are the only feds who are like actual cops who want to arrest actual criminals.
Granted, the book on the Marshalls I have is written by a guy named Earp, so that might have been biased.
Yes, but... as Justice Marshall pointed out, if it's not in the Constitution it might look like a law but it isn't a law.
The same applies to the overwhelming majority of what the Federal government generates, unfortunately. As Rep Clyburn (D-SC) said some years ago, "There's nothing in the Constitution that says the Federal government has got anything to do with most of the stuff that we do." A bit surprising he'd admit to violating his oath of office, but he did, on the record.
“These idiots think this is harmless because they don’t believe in it. What if it’s real and you make contact with it?”
....awesome book idea! :D Liberal leftie teacher goes through a lesson on the Aztecs and their gods, wakes one up & it takes notice of her.... [Cue Edward G. Robinson voice from The Ten Commandments] "Where's your intersectionality now? Where's your genderqueer theory now, see?" :D
Still true. However, I would say in response to your closing remarks that there was never a general high-trust society here. Certain classes and groups had one, but a large subset of the population never did.
My part of Queens was a high-trust society. Even in 1980s New York City, my parents left the door unlocked in the summer with just the screen door open.
And if 80s New York City can have an area like that, I refuse to believe that it existed nowhere else in the United States during my lifetime.
Re disbanding and then filtering the FBI: better yet, disband and stop there. That's what the plain text of the Constitution requires, since nothing resembling the FBI is authorized by that document.
That's why you filter them through the Marshalls. Last I checked, the Marshalls are the only feds who are like actual cops who want to arrest actual criminals.
Granted, the book on the Marshalls I have is written by a guy named Earp, so that might have been biased.
Ok, but where in Article 1 Section 8 would you find authority for the Federal government to have cops?
Feel free to make that argument to anyone who can do anything about it.
Though I remember someone talking about how the Marshals are legit. Something about the Judiciary Act of 1789? I may have the wrong year.
Yes, but... as Justice Marshall pointed out, if it's not in the Constitution it might look like a law but it isn't a law.
The same applies to the overwhelming majority of what the Federal government generates, unfortunately. As Rep Clyburn (D-SC) said some years ago, "There's nothing in the Constitution that says the Federal government has got anything to do with most of the stuff that we do." A bit surprising he'd admit to violating his oath of office, but he did, on the record.
When I become POTUS, I'll be sure to bring that to someone's attention
That reminds me of a nice novel: "Hope" by Neil Smith and Aaron Zelman.
“These idiots think this is harmless because they don’t believe in it. What if it’s real and you make contact with it?”
....awesome book idea! :D Liberal leftie teacher goes through a lesson on the Aztecs and their gods, wakes one up & it takes notice of her.... [Cue Edward G. Robinson voice from The Ten Commandments] "Where's your intersectionality now? Where's your genderqueer theory now, see?" :D
"Who are you to judge the Tcho-Tcho people! They are victims of colonization. Today class we will be learning about Tcho-Tcho relgion!"
Teacher accidentally summons Hastur in the middle of her 1st grade class and her students cut her into bloody strips with safety scissors and eat her.
Well, it IS California after all. The students eating the teacher may not be out of the ordinary as is, demon or no demon..
Still true. However, I would say in response to your closing remarks that there was never a general high-trust society here. Certain classes and groups had one, but a large subset of the population never did.
Of course, I'm old and bitter.
My part of Queens was a high-trust society. Even in 1980s New York City, my parents left the door unlocked in the summer with just the screen door open.
And if 80s New York City can have an area like that, I refuse to believe that it existed nowhere else in the United States during my lifetime.
Only high-trust societies can have self-checkout.
Didn't say it was only in one area. Said there were subsets where it wasn't.