PwnallthethingsMay 21, 2023
Debating with myself whether to actually write up the billion and twelve reasons why if the President wants to ignore the debt ceiling he needs to mint the coin, rather than use the 14th amendment, but also ... kinda feel like it will have an interested readership of somewhere between -4 and 0.
Show threadMatt Blaze

@Pwnallthethings It would be safer if sec 4 of the 14th Amendment said:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.

May 21, 2023 at 8:57pmWeb
Show threadSteve BellovinMay 21, 2023
@mattblaze @Pwnallthethings Too verbose—the GOP automatically ignores any text about well-regulated militias.
Show threadMatt BlazeMay 21, 2023
@SteveBellovin @Pwnallthethings No, "Well-regulated militia" is GOP-constitution-speak for "sudo".
Show threadsxpertMay 21, 2023
@mattblaze @Pwnallthethings @SteveBellovin
They just skip over “well regulated” as they don’t understand those words
Show threadKarl AuerbachMay 21, 2023

@mattblaze @Pwnallthethings It is useful and instructive to note that the US Constitution mentions "militia" in sections other than the 2nd amendment.

In Article I congress is given powers "for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States"

In Article II the President "shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several State"

These evince an overall, interlocking structure, one that makes sense in the formative period of the Constitution, of what a "well regulated militia" is.

And Scalia threw that out based on a history that neither exists nor is appropriate for that portion - the larger portion - that came from Spain, Mexico, France, Russia, Dole Pineapple, etc.

Show threadJohn LuskMay 22, 2023
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Lol
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