Texas “was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as negro slavery-- the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits-- a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which [Texas] people intended should exist in all future time”

Gee, what a hard question to figure out from historical sources, guess we’ll never know what they were thinking…

There was - it made things worse:

“The 15-year-old brother came outside with his own semiautomatic handgun and allegedly shot the younger teen in the stomach”

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They did have a trial - that’s how it got appealed

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it would be “nonsensical to imagine the framers of the amendment, fearful of former Confederates returning to power, would bar them from low-level offices but not the highest one in the land” - commented the lawyer

Mary’s book?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_and_Never_Enough

now? Paul Merton on HIGNFY was mocking it at least as far back as 2016

Sounds a lot like what Joel Spolsky was advocating for since 2003, although now it’s easier since most people already have a private office, just not in “the office”.

Enrique Tarrio attacked a religious display, was charged “misdemeanor destruction of property” and got 155 days prison.

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If you have access to BBC content (the broadcaster not the big people) then I would surely recommend viewing the whole series there!

like Tenent/Crowley said…

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“please decide an amount that would prevent anyone in a similar situation as the defendant from doing this again”

(defendent literally repeats the defamatory statement at the entrance to the courtroom)

Jury: “well shit. we need to exponentiate this dollar value”

“After the verdict, Giuliani said he didn’t testify because he was worried the judge would find him in contempt, and complained that he hadn’t been allowed to enter evidence that his allegations were true, despite his not having turned over any such evidence before trial”

Just wow. Guess there’s a difference between what you’re willing to tell a reporter on the street and what you’re willing to tell the judge in court?

That’s way above the “tens of millions” that some commentators were predicting based off the filings - maybe they didn’t include the punitive damages? Or did the judge cause a surprise with the number?

Problems also in the UK

If the EV is the cheapest rental car, wouldn’t they already be expected to choose it?