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Today in Supreme Court History: May 5, 1992
5/5/1992: The 27th Amendment is ratified. It was initially proposed in 1789. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 5, 1992 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Is AI Like the Internet, or Something Stranger?
AI Is Like a Bad Metaphor By David Brin Joanna Andreasson/DALL-E4 The Turing test—obsessed geniuses who are now creating AI seem to take three clichéd outcomes for granted: That these new cyberentities will continue to be controlled, as now, by two dozen corporate or national behemoths (Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Beijing, the Defense Department, Goldman Sachs) […]
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The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past
Joanna Andreasson/DALL-E4 In February, Google released an upgraded version of its Gemini artificial intelligence model. It quickly became a publicity disaster, as people discovered that requests for images of Vikings generated tough-looking Africans while pictures of Nazi soldiers included Asian women. Building in a demand for ethnic diversity had produced absurd inaccuracies. Academic historians were […]
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Token Distribution Ethics: Hayden Adams’s Guide to Uniswap’s Launch Strategy
Hayden Adams, the founder of Uniswap, outlined eight crucial considerations for ethical token distribution. He responded to recent public criticisms from the crypto community about transparency and fairness. Here’s a breakdown of Adams’s advice. It includes key principles to enhance transparency and fairness in the crypto market. Ethical Token Distribution Practices Hayden Adams emphasizes the […]
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Trump’s Trial and the First Amendment
My co-blogger Orin Kerr argues that the NY Falsifying Business Records law, Section 175.10 includes two elements: 1) falsifying business records; and 2) doing so “when the intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.” Orin hypothesizes that the part of the law mentioned in […]
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Berkshire Adjusts Strategy as Buffett Sells Apple Amid Profit Drop
At the latest Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting, Warren Buffett faced the audience without his longtime partner, Charlie Munger, for the first time. This shift marks a significant moment for Berkshire, signaling a new chapter without Munger’s presence. During the meeting, Buffett took the opportunity to honor Munger’s impact on Berkshire’s growth into a leading […]
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More on the New York Trump Case and the First Amendment
I thank Steve for his clarification below about his theory of why Trump might have a First Amendment defense in the New York case. As I understand it, Steve’s argument can be understood as being about the phrase “another crime” in New York Penal Law 17.50: A person is guilty of falsifying business records in […]
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Hans Bader on Selective Law Enforcement
I have been increasingly aware of, and disturbed by, instances of local police declining the requests of universities to help the universities–which generally do not have law enforcement officers capable of dealing with hundreds of people resisting arrest–arrest protestors and remove their protest encampments. I was preparing to write a blog post about this, but […]
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NY State v. Trump Does Violate Trump’s First Amendment Rights
My co-blogger Orin Kerr says that President Donald Trump’s First Amendment rights are not being violated by the NY State prosecution of him because Trump is being prosecuted only for falsifying business records. But, the indictment of Trump specifically says that Trump had falsified business records “to conceal another crime“. That other crime is presumably […]
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Interesting Fifth Circuit Denial of Qualified Immunity to Police Officers
From Hughes v. Few, decided yesterday by Judge Andrew Oldham, joined by Judges E. Grady Jolly and Kurt Engelhardt; for the details, read the opinion itself: For those who worry that qualified immunity can be invoked under absurd circumstances: Buckle up. Austin Thompson Hughes is a Good Samaritan. After 2:30 a.m., Hughes called 911 to […]
