Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788

8/13/1788: Federalist No. 85 is published by Alexander Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton

Comments

[DaivdBehar]

Hamilton used borrowing to finance the American Revolution. Hebraic or not Hebraic?

[DaivdBehar]

Hey, Garland, lawyer dumbass. Make yourself useful. Prosecute and sue the government of Iran for offering a reward and for its liability for the attack on Rushdie. Iran induced that crime.

[DaivdBehar]

Armed citizens are at the scene, can respond in seconds. The worthless make work, form filling government workers are not, and cannot.

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/08/10/the_good_guys_with_guns_the_fbi_stats_omit_846869.html

[Dan Schiavetta]

Oden v. Brittain, 396 U.S. 1210 (decided August 13, 1969): Black denies motion to stay election of newly constituted local government in Anniston, Alabama; election is only three weeks away, and the change from five members elected at large to three did not have to be pre-cleared by the U.S. Attorney General under (the now illusory) §5 of the Voting Rights Act (Anniston is only a few miles from where Black grew up)

White v. Florida, 458 U.S. 1301 (decided August 13, 1982): Powell denies motion for stay of execution because no execution date set, nor is it imminent, and motion doesn't specify reasons why certiorari will be requested

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of California, 443 U.S. 1301 (decided August 13, 1979): Rehnquist refuses to continue stay of PUC order requiring phone company to refund customers and lower rates; phone company was actually arguing a tax issue for which the Court had previously denied cert

[Michael D]

I suppose this is significant for being the final entry, so to speak, of the letters in support of adopting the Constitution. 85 really was little more than a summation of why the “good” Constitution should be adopted rather than waiting to create one more closely approaching a “perfect” constitution.

[Michael P]

Someone should have told the public back then about living constitutionalism! No need to wait, or even amend -- just interpret it flexibly!

[DaivdBehar]

Queenie. Great comment, bruh. See you next Tuesday.

[Michael P]

It's a good thing we don't like being pedantic here, huh, chief?

[Armchair Lawyer]

Publish has multiple definitions. It doesn't just mean to literally print the work for an author. It can also mean for an author to release to the public.

Miriam Webster covers it well. But you'll find the examples most illuminating.

" It's a small company that only publishes about four books a year.
The university press publishes academic titles.
The newspaper is published daily.
There is a lot of pressure for professors to publish regularly.
He has not published anything for a long time.
The magazine published two of my stories."

Not only does it mean for a company to literally publish, but also for individuals to release information (ie professors or writers)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/publish#examples

[DaivdBehar]

Nitpicking is always in bad faith. The criticism is of the nit, the real meaning is an ad hominem attack on the intelligence of the target, like Blackman.

Queenie is a nitpicker and a Democrat.