The Supreme Court’s Chickenshit Ruling

This Supreme Court Decision On The Colorado Ballot Is A Death Threat To The 14th Amendment

There is the unmistakable aroma of chickenshit to this ruling. An unsigned ruling with no dissents? Sonia? Elena? Ketanji? Hello? Is anybody there? Is this thing on? Testing — one, two? Hello? This lines up neatly withBush v. Goreon the roster of ring-and-run Supreme Court decisions regarding election law. The latter specifically rejected its value as precedent. And this decision is an anonymous death threat aimed at the 14th Amendment. The Court's decision is wholly based on its contention that enforcing Section 3 of the 14th as regards federal offices —"especially the presidency," as the decision says — lies with Congress, and not the individual states.

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I Spent an Entire Day Playing With Ralph Lauren's Online Custom Hat Maker

Some might say I wasted an entire Friday afternoon customizing a few (dozen) Polo Ralph Lauren baseball caps at the brand's online shop, and to them I say: You're really missing out. The day I discovered you can make design your own Ralph Lauren cotton chino hat online was borderline life-changing—and that was before I realized how many features there are to play around with.

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The Five Biggest WaysDune: Part TwoChanges The Book

So, just how faithful is Denis Villeneuve's sequel? The short answer is this:Dune: Part Twois somewhat faithful to the original novel, but decidedly less so thanPart One. In the most general sense,Part Tworeplicates the tone, message, and basic events of the novel, certainly more so than the 1984Dune. But the sand devil is in the details. And in these details,Dune: Part Twodeviates from the novel in more than a few surprising ways. Leaving aside very minor changes, here are five massive differences betweenDune: Part Twoand the novelDune.

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