Iohannes99

joined 2 years ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
FCC Leagues Cup vs. Guadalajara in c/fccincinnati
[–] Iohannes99 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Restart is at 2p today. It's a shame, really.

766
Supreme Court Ethics Bill Passes Committee over 100% Republican Opposition (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Iohannes99 to c/politics
53 comments fedilink
 

Although I agree with this bill, the NYT calling it "strict new ethics rules" is a bit much. Reading the requirements in the bill itself, it struck me as legislating that SCOTUS justices do the bare ethical minimum required of most every other judge - in other words, it's the type of bill that shows up when an organization demonstrates that it is incapable of self-policing.

What's shocking is 100% opposition by Republicans to a bill requiring a Justice to recuse if a close family member receives a large gift from a litigant - literally, that's in the bill.

How is this controversial? Senator Graham says why - requiring the court to act ethically will "destroy" the court. He's saying, we don't care if justices are ethical so long as they're partisan.

Congress needs to step up here.

How many Lemmy users are non-technical background? in c/[email protected]
[–] Iohannes99 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By background, no. Current lawyer, Classics major.

But... I am presently defending a Bittorrent copyright infringement case and negotiated a software license agreement a few weeks ago.

United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans in c/news
[–] Iohannes99 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, the original Latin version is basically the same as the English translation. And Jerome lived in Jerusalem among native Hebrew speakers when doing his translation in around 400 CE. So, I don't get the comments that it's edited for political purposes. If there's a mistranslation, it goes back to the beginning and has held steady for 1600 years.

Also, not to lose sight of practicalities, if a billion Christians have relied on the "wrong" version over the last 1600 years, doesn't that make the "wrong" version orthodox? The "right" translation at this point is heretical.

Judge limits Biden administration contact with social media firms in c/[email protected]
[–] Iohannes99 1 points 1 year ago

The government is allowed to "coordinate" with anyone it wants. The question is whether the government so coerced the social media companies so as to take away their free will. There's no proof of anything close to that.

This injunction is a prior restraint on the government's right to speak freely to its citizens. This is core first amendment, the type of injunction that shows up ... well, I'm not sure one's ever been upheld. In a sane world, the injunction is stayed immediately and reversed in language should make this Judge blush.

Amazon Checkout. This should be illegal. in c/assholedesign
Biden proposes new measures for student loan relief after Supreme Court defeat in c/[email protected]
[–] Iohannes99 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Don't see how this does not get "major questioned" out of existence too.