Happy Independence Day to all the rich white dudes living the Founding Fathersโ dream! To the rest of us who rely on good Supreme Court decisions for comparable freedoms, one of those freedoms is the right to vote. Use it or lose it.
@WarnerCrocker the time for change was when the then-current President declared journalists an enemy of the state. All they can do now is feed the orange clown his beloved ratings.
Now that weโve had a day to unclench, I would point out that SCOTUS did not put the *sitting* President above the law. The problem lies in this lawโฆ
โJudgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.โ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-3/clause-7/
Had Trump been convicted in either of his impeachments, his acts while President would be prosecutable, but he wasnโt. Biden, however, can still be impeached and convicted. Thus, SCOTUS has given the sitting President no more power than was already afforded the office. Their decision simply pays off Mitch McConnellโs โkick the canโ gambit in shielding Trump from legal action. (Not that it was much of a risk given MM had packed the court.)
Funny coincidence: I went Wayback twice recently to revisit my old ink blog and again for a work mishap. I explained that and what the Wayback Machine is to my wife when we watched this story.
@WarnerCrocker Is there a squabble? The beta launch is in U.S. English, which gives them a solid year to figure out how and if it can launch in the EU. It only becomes a problem if the EU withholds guidance before it exits beta (which will probably still be a year before I get regular access to Apple Intelligence).
@WarnerCrocker The whole internet has been fed into Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot, but sure, Apple Intelligence is problematic because it gives you a way out that doesnโt delist your site from every search engine.
@WarnerCrocker Iโm on the optimistic end because Apple focused on applying AI to their existing offerings rather than promote a chatbot as the star of their show. Resorting to ChatGPT is a 10% feature while on-device and Private Cloud Compute are meant to handle 90%. Thatโs where โthe rest of usโ live. That said, unless they ship a ๏ฃฟi capable iPhone mini or I drop my iPad, Iโm not going to be living in that neighborhood for a couple years at least.
@WarnerCrocker@stroughtonsmith That is how Apple operates. Any new feature shown at the WWDC keynote will run on existing hardware. Features that require new hardware arenโt mentioned until the hardware is announced.
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