@LiberalEd
The judge decided that's what the text *says*, which to her is more important than what the writers meant.
This is an ongoing debate in legal philosophy. The SCOTUS majority, in contrast, is notorious for claiming that what the writers *meant* is more important than what they said. Hence their penchant for historical analyses of 18th century mindsets. Now let's see if they really believe that.
@LiberalEd
Not all government officers are "officers of the US". Nobody seriously disputes that. For one thing, all "officers of the US" can be impeached, but not all government officers can be impeached.
If you only take orders from officers who can be impeached, you will probably get fired from your government job.
@LiberalEd @georgetakei
It's not so simple. The President is an officer, but is he an "officer of the United States"?
The Constitution says "all officers of the United States" must be appointed by the president. It also says "all officers of the United States" take a particular oath, and the president takes a different oath.
If you like to split hairs, then these lines logically mean that the president is not an "officer of the United States."
I don't like to split hairs. Some judges do.
More like:
McCarthy renewed an ethics investigation into Matt Gaetz, so Gaetz invented a pretext to get rid of McCarthy. It is indeed genius, but it's evil genius.
As long as Johnson doesn't investigate Gaetz's misconduct, he can make whatever deals he likes.
@SteveCooke @TheConversationUK
Mesofauna have most of the same behaviors as minnows, including aversion to pain. Are minnows sentient? If so, why not earthworms?
Yes, we must grow some food. But surely we could do without growing any spices, which are nutritionally empty and therefore can only cause unnecessary animal suffering. Likewise we could do without crops associated with excessive animal deaths. For example, rice, which requires flooding a field, thus drowning any small animals within.
@SteveCooke @TheConversationUK
I don't think it's possible to grow food, even vegan food, without killing animals. Tilling the soil, removing weeds, harvesting crops - all of these kill countless mesofauna that live on plants or underground.
Do only certain animals get legal rights?
@[email protected] @GottaLaff
She was not charged with voter fraud.
In fact, I'm not aware of anyone charged with voter fraud in Fulton County. Probably because there wasn't any voter fraud in Fulton County.
You seem to be suggesting that a false claim of voter fraud is an example of voter fraud. But that's not how it works.