Yes, but if each district has an executive that can also fire judges it still removes any independence from the judicial branch - completely negating its purpose.

The judicial branhlch’s primary function at a national scale is to protect against the tyranny of the majority, and they can only achieve that if they are not subject to the wrath of elected officials who are upset with rulings they make after appointment.

That changes judges into representatives and completely defeats the entire purpose of the judicial branch and removes judicial independence.

It also changes the country into a confederation. We tried that in 1776 and it didn’t work AT ALL, and then part of the country tried it again in the 1860s, and it lead to a war that resulted in more US deaths than all other US wars combined.

“I’m homeless right now, so future affordable housing is worth nothing to me.”

If became effective immediately, by the end of his term Trump would have installed 8 of the 9 justices on the Court, as Sotamayor and Kagan were both first-term Obama appointees.

The last time this was discussed, the idea was to cycle them out every 2 years, starting with the longest-serving (Thomas) through the newest (Jackson).

That would result in no change to the current partisan makeup during Trump’s term. If it were to take effect on January 1, he would get to change out Thomas and Roberts, with the next President getting Alito and Sotamayor in their first term, and Kagan and Gorsuch in their second.

It would actually be ideal to wait until the next President (hopefully a Dem) if the goal was to restore balance, since the first 3 replacements seats were all Republican-appointed.

Though what would actually happen is the Thomas, Alito, and Roberts would all resign and be replaced by new Republicans right before the law took effect so that the longest-remaining terms were all Republican-appointed when the law takes effect.

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18 years is the correct length. It’ the shortest term that prevents a single 2-term President from being able to replace the majority of the Court.

But if Harris had won, Israel would have continued committing genocide!

They traded their independence from the feds in exchange for free used equipment.

I loved my S10. It was the best vehicle I ever had.

I bought it in 2005 for $3,000 with 42k miles on it because the previous owner’s dad was a drunk and kept rubbing the side of it pulling in and out of the driveway. I didn’t care that the paint looked bad, and I drove that truck for 11 years. I sopd it when the engine gave up the ghost, but kinda wished I’d just paid for the repair instead of buying the Colorado, which I was never really pleased with.

I’ve loved the NV200 though. I teach scuba as a side gig and it makes a great dive gear hauler.

Correct. I meant the Colorado, which they took off the market for the 2013 and 2014 models to redesign as a larger truck. Ford did the same thing.

That was a particularly dumb error on my part, BTW. I owned a 2001 S10 and 2012 Colorado. Now I own a 2020 NV200.

If I buy a car, it apparently gets discontinued soon afterwards.

Not for the people pushing for this Orwellian shit.

Most people will just comply, and “most people” is who they want to spy on and control.

In 2012 the federal fuel economy standards were changed to no longer consider the classification of vehicle, but just its footprint. So suddenly a Corolla had less-strict fuel economy requirements than a small truck.

So the Ranger, Dakota, S-10, etc were all discontinued, and manufacturers learned that the easiest way to meet fuel economy standards was to make the vehicles bigger every time the requirements increase.

It’s also why around 2022, every small cargo van (NV200, Transit Express, ProMaster City) stopped being produced. It’s also why the Maverick has the “standard” model as the hybrid while the one you can actually find at the dealers is the “upgrade” traditional engine.

The Washington Monument is several blocks away from the White House.

If it’s durable and affordable, I can see the use for things like bags and tents.

Or more specialized stuff like a camera strap that can zip into a basic tripod.

Porn sites have been doing that for years now.

And that’s exactly what they want.

Just start posting a bunch of political content they don’t agree with to get your account deleted.

Yes, but there also is a legitimate issue related to staffing.

Everyone should be in unions, but unions ARE going to fight this level of automation to the bitter, as it will result in job cuts. In this particular instance, I think if you cut the CRO compensation to 0 they’d still be in trouble against some of these factories that automate almost the entire process.

This is the kind of “machines coming for your jobs” that’s realistic. AI may be a bunch of vaporware, but this stuff is different.

Wine makes Windows applications work in Linux. Wine solved a lot of issues with translation, but most Windows games use DirectX for their graphics, which is proprietary to Windows.

DXVK translates DirectX to Vulcan (Open Source graphics API used in Linux), allowing GPUs on Linux to run DirectX games.

Photoshop and Lightroom are what keep me with Adobe. The Open Source stuff simply doesn’t cut it for my needs.

I actually prefer Inkscape over Illustrator. I also still have a lingering fondness for Corel Draw, but I think that’s mostly because I started using it back in 89 when it released.

I also sometimes miss the simple days of learning to use a mouse with Dr Halo.

Do you know if it was actually removed?