https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/JNovkov.xml It's just a feed for now Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:37:24 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:37:24 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Fri, July 19, 2024 8:37 AM EDT <p>I have some genuine questions about replacing Biden at the top of the ticket and for the record, if it&#39;s to be done, I think Harris is the only remotely safe choice.</p> <p>1. How long would it take Republican activists sue based on the primary results and a warped reading of fed + state election law?</p> <p>2. How likely is it that they would be strategic or lucky enough to draw a Trump-appointed district court judge in at least one of these suits in a state that&#39;s not locked in for Trump?</p> <p>3. Given what we have seen, how likely is it that said judge would enjoin the replacement statewide or, if it&#39;s our friend in Amarillo, attempt a national injunction on . . . some basis?</p> <p>4. Depending on the circuit, how long would it take to assemble a panel to issue a ruling on appeal? And what do you think the chances are of SCOTUS intervening immediately on what they&#39;ll call a weighty issue of national importance where several district courts disagree and litigation is ongoing?</p> <p>5. Once we&#39;ve got a circuit court ruling or two, how long would it take SCOTUS to accept the case on an emergency basis, get briefs, and conduct arguments?</p> <p>6. Given how extraordinarily difficult it was for Roberts to figure out the immunity question, how long do you think it would take them to decide whether the &quot;uniformity in presidential election ballots&quot; principle articulated in Trump v. Anderson is actually binding precedent or just a special thing for one situation a la Bush v. Gore?</p> <p>7. How much of their total electoral resources would the Dems need to devote to managing this litigation?</p> <p>8. What do you think will happen in October if people have to start voting with these questions still in the air?</p> Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:37:24 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=479944 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=479944 I have some genuine questions about replacing Biden at the top of the ticket and for the record, if it's to be done, I think Harris is the only remotely safe choice. 1\. How long would it take Republican activists sue based on the primary results and a warped reading of fed + state election law? 2\. How likely is it that they would be strategic or lucky enough to draw a Trump-appointed district court judge in at least one of these suits in a state that's not locked in for Trump? 3\. Given what we have seen, how likely is it that said judge would enjoin the replacement statewide or, if it's our friend in Amarillo, attempt a national injunction on . . . some basis? 4\. Depending on the circuit, how long would it take to assemble a panel to issue a ruling on appeal? And what do you think the chances are of SCOTUS intervening immediately on what they'll call a weighty issue of national importance where several district courts disagree and litigation is ongoing? 5\. Once we've got a circuit court ruling or two, how long would it take SCOTUS to accept the case on an emergency basis, get briefs, and conduct arguments? 6\. Given how extraordinarily difficult it was for Roberts to figure out the immunity question, how long do you think it would take them to decide whether the "uniformity in presidential election ballots" principle articulated in Trump v. Anderson is actually binding precedent or just a special thing for one situation a la Bush v. Gore? 7\. How much of their total electoral resources would the Dems need to devote to managing this litigation? 8\. What do you think will happen in October if people have to start voting with these questions still in the air? <p>Juneteenth wouldn&#39;t have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms.</p> <p>When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years,</p> <p>but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death.</p> <p>His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February.</p> <p>A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers.&quot;</p> <p>Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre.</p> <p>(Sourced from Sean Westwood&#39;s 1985 article in Civil War History, &quot;The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier&#39;s Mutiny and Execution.&quot;)</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:03:38 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436759 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436759 Juneteenth wouldn't have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms. When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years, but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death. His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February. A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers." Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre. (Sourced from Sean Westwood's 1985 article in Civil War History, "The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution.") <p>Juneteenth wouldn&#39;t have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms.</p> <p>When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years,</p> <p>but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death.</p> <p>His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February.</p> <p>A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers.&quot;</p> <p>Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre.</p> <p>(Sourced from Sean Westwood&#39;s 1985 article in Civil War History, &quot;The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier&#39;s Mutiny and Execution.&quot;)</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:03:09 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436758 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436758 Juneteenth wouldn't have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms. When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years, but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death. His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February. A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers." Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre. (Sourced from Sean Westwood's 1985 article in Civil War History, "The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution.") <p>Juneteenth wouldn&#39;t have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms.</p> <p>When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years,</p> <p>but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death.</p> <p>His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February.</p> <p>A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers.&quot;</p> <p>Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre.</p> <p>(Sourced from Sean Westwood&#39;s 1985 article in Civil War History, &quot;The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier&#39;s Mutiny and Execution.&quot;)</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:02:47 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436757 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436757 Juneteenth wouldn't have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms. When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years, but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death. His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February. A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers." Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre. (Sourced from Sean Westwood's 1985 article in Civil War History, "The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution.") <p>Juneteenth wouldn&#39;t have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms.</p> <p>When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years,</p> <p>but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death.</p> <p>His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February.</p> <p>A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers.&quot;</p> <p>Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre.</p> <p>(Sourced from Sean Westwood&#39;s 1985 article in Civil War History, &quot;The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier&#39;s Mutiny and Execution.&quot;)</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:01:08 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436756 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436756 Juneteenth wouldn't have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms. When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years, but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death. His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February. A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers." Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre. (Sourced from Sean Westwood's 1985 article in Civil War History, "The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution.") <p>Juneteenth wouldn&#39;t have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms.</p> <p>When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years,</p> <p>but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death.</p> <p>His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February.</p> <p>A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers.&quot;</p> <p>Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre.</p> <p>(Sourced from Sean Westwood&#39;s 1985 article in Civil War History, &quot;The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier&#39;s Mutiny and Execution.&quot;)</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:59:59 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436755 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436755 Juneteenth wouldn't have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms. When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years, but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death. His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February. A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers." Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre. (Sourced from Sean Westwood's 1985 article in Civil War History, "The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution.") <p>Juneteenth wouldn&#39;t have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms.</p> <p>When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years,</p> <p>but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death.</p> <p>His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February.</p> <p>A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers.&quot;</p> <p>Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre.</p> <p>(Sourced from Sean Westwood&#39;s 1985 article in Civil War History, &quot;The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier&#39;s Mutiny and Execution.&quot;)</p> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:59:36 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436754 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=436754 Juneteenth wouldn't have happened without people like William Walker. On November 19, 1863, Walker, a young Black non-commissioned officer in the Union Army allegedly encouraged his men to remove their uniforms and stack their arms. When ordered to return to duty, they refused to resume their service until their pay was raised. Walker, who had been exempt from conscription because of his skill as a river pilot, had enthusiastically enlisted in April of 1863 for three years, but apparently chafed under the broken promises, unequal pay, and the brutality with which black troops were disciplined. He was arrested and subjected to a court martial, which found him guilty of mutiny and other offenses and sentenced him to death. His written plea stated that he was merely part of “an assemblage who only contemplated a peaceful demand for the rights and benefits that had been guaranteed them.” Walker was executed by firing squad in February. A report released in June found that the regiment was badly managed. The enlisted men, most of whom had been slaves, had not been properly instructed regarding “their duties and responsibilities as Soldiers." Congress eventually acted, but did not fully resolve the pay inequities until after the Fort Pillow massacre. (Sourced from Sean Westwood's 1985 article in Civil War History, "The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution.")