Patrick Schmidt
@pdwschmidt
Political scientist @MacalesterCollege: American law, comparative and historical constitutionalism, architecture, and just curious about everything. Moot Court coach. Sports: Timberwolves, Gophers, Everton, John Higgins, and sadly, Twins & Vikings.
No tattoos myself, but given my phone lock screen, this is a great choice! Way to go!
Rufus wants to ask if this post is exclusionary toward the long-legged dogs of the Twin Cities.
I'm pondering the Unitary Executive implications. Do UE advocates think this unconstitutional as applied to the president? Might the Supreme Court find this to be another particular exemption, like the Fed was for the removal power, just because (they don't want to be subject to investigation)?
My answer to this question would also be van Eyck, though specifically Adam's foot on the Ghent alterpiece.
Throwing away a lot of old lecture notes from a file cabinet. But then I wonder, what if overhead projector transparencies have a comeback, like cassette tapes?...
If anyone is throwing a World Cup watching party tonight, for the Turkey-Paraguay matchup, Google AI describes the fusion of their foods as an "incredibly niche" cuisine but very compatible.
Serving fusion cuisine based on the matchup? This is actually a perfect use for AI, because of its tendency toward unbridled confidence and encouragement. As the saying goes, it goes so fast into whether you can, it doesn't pause to ask whether you should. Here are some of the ideas...
Poor Marco is still wearing those huge shoes--so large that the cuff of his shoe falls into it. Just ridiculous.
I think the "FT" means they aren't going to find that breakthrough.
It's going to be a bumper crop of swallowtail butterflies in our garden this year.
Wonder of wonders, some Einstein came up with an innovative new strategy.
They argue for *sharing sensitive data* but with protections. Oh, I'm sure that will work, right? And somehow they suggest that "real agency" needs to be built into it, but everything they say diminishes the agency of the student or patient, whose data we're talking about.
When aimed at the regulatory level, I disagree but am not bothered. But this quote takes the next step to an ethical argument: It's bad for people to refuse to let AI into their medical records.
My favorite type of post is seeing what people are reading. Here's my summer reading list here, minus a few older ones. @juliabowes.bsky.social, @profferguson.bsky.social, and @unlawfulentries.bsky.social included!
I frequently type in a word and add "synonym" when writing. Here's what I just got:
Most people try to exact retribution, but Trump is just a poser trying to enact retribution.
Unfortunately, I just googled "Richard Primus Scholarship" and he doesn't offer any.
This sounds serious. Should judges be mogging defendants? What is the history and tradition of mogging in Anglo-American law? Does the Code of Judicial Conduct need to be updated to account for mogging?
We're going to take another spin around this cycle, I guess. Cue the crisis when we realize what things should have been disclosed.
I am seldom stopped in my tracks when scanning the news. But this headline:
If you write headlines that tell people what they should do, thus creating duties and burdens, *you* should reflect on why you're being like that.
One of the reasons why the Constitution of 1789 is dead: The settlement regarding the role and limits of the executive has collapsed. No one can or will check executive power. The best hope for limited government is not to attempt to renew the old norms but to build from new text.