{"id":49404,"date":"2022-10-04T06:45:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T13:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=49404"},"modified":"2022-10-04T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T21:07:35","slug":"open-thread-october-4-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/04\/open-thread-october-4-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 4, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Joyce Vance posted “The Week Ahead”<\/a> in her Substack column, “Civil Discourse,” and it is packed. Joyce is to lawyers what Heather Cox Richardson is to historians – you may have seen her as a consultant on mainstream media. She doesn’t post every day, and when she does, she sometimes digresses into silky chickens (which she raises) and knitting; I love both, so that’s fine with me, but I wouldn’t wish it on y’all. This column, however, is jampacked with five sections, each on something current and earthshaking. It’s too much for a short take, but if you have a little time (not necessarily all at once, since it is sectioned) I highly recommeend it.<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

The New Yorker – The Supreme Court\u2019s Big New Term<\/a>
\nQuote – If Roberts is still confused, he could, for guidance, look to comments that Justices Sonia Sotomayor and, especially, Elena Kagan have made since the Dobbs ruling. In late September, at Salve Regina University, in Rhode Island, Kagan noted that people are right to worry about \u201cthe whole legal system being kind of up for grabs\u201d after a change to the composition of the Court, with decisions that seem driven by ideology and divorced from legal principles. \u201cIt just doesn\u2019t look like law when, you know, the new judges appointed by a new President come in and just start tossing out the old stuff,\u201d she said.
\nClick through for, among other things<\/a>, examples of cases which are coming up this term and which, even the ones that seem simple, could be incredibly destructive.<\/p>\n

CNN – This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage<\/a>
\nQuote – Babcock Ranch calls itself \u201cAmerica\u2019s first solar-powered town.\u201d… The streets in this meticulously planned neighborhood were designed to flood so houses don\u2019t. Native landscaping along roads helps control storm water. Power and internet lines are buried to avoid wind damage. This is all in addition to being built to Florida\u2019s robust building codes. Some residents, like Grande, installed more solar panels on their roofs and added battery systems as an extra layer of protection from power outages. Many drive electric vehicles, taking full advantage of solar energy in the Sunshine State.
\nClick through for story<\/a> – One would think this would be convincing evidenve. Except that Republicans don’t believe in spending money to save money. They only believe in spending money to make the rich righer.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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