A quotation from C. C. Colton

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power; for, whatever qualifications he may have evinced to entitle him to the possession of so dangerous a privilege, yet when possessed, others can no longer answer for him, because he can no longer answer for himself.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 522 (1820)

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“For #citizens to know who an #armed #federalagent really is, and what #authority he is operating under, should be part of even the most basic commitment to #transparency.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Minnesota Shootings and th...

https://www.wonkette.com/p/ice-whines-its-masked-goon-squad

ICE Whines Its Masked Goon Squad Are Pitiful Victims

#ICE #arresting #US #citizens #elected #officials #volunteers #legal #authority #agency #assaults #agents #customs #border #patrol #data #masks #unidentifiable #concerns #accountability #impersonation #criminals #usa #uspol #politics #trump #noem #CPB #americans #trump #fascism #authoritarian #maga #gop #gqp #immigration #immigrant #immigrants

9th Circuit sides with Trump administration on L.A. troop deployment

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday to leave troops in Los Angeles in the hands…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #9thcircuitside #authority #California #CaliforniaNationalGuard #court #decision #ericmerriam #hearing #judge #losangelestimes #president #rebellion #theWhiteHouse #troop #TrumpAdministration #Tuesday
https://www.europesays.com/2178011/

#PeteHegseth came under fire for how the #military was used in the #protests.

Defense Secy #Hegseth sparred w/ #Democratic senators as he was grilled at a congressional hearing Wed about the Trump admin's latest military actions.

The fmr #FoxNews host…got into a heated exchange before the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte w/ Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan , who questioned him over the #military's #authority to #arrest & #detain #protesters.

#law #Constitution
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hegseth-spars-democratic-senators-congressional-hearing/story?id=122978530

New article published:
The Age of Formal Obedience
In predictive systems, form overrides truth.
Authority now flows from syntax, not content.

📄 SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=5276879
🗃️ Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/15616152

#AI #Power #Syntax #Authority #Epistemology
Agustín V. Startari | AI & Power Discourse Quarterly

…there are only 2 sources of #authority for the use of force abroad – the #Constitution & congressional authorizations for the use of military force (#AUMF). …There is no existing AUMF that would authorize the President to use force against #Iran. Second, under the #ExecutiveBranch’s own interpretation of #ArticleII of the Constitution, which has become much broader in recent decades & is not necessarily shared by #Congress or the #courts,

#Trump #law #MiddleEast #USpol

The Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) Launches An International Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

(MENAFN– Crypto Breaking) WASHINGTON, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Today, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings…
#Economy #(DCMA) #authority #bank #biden #cbdc #central #currency #Digital #IMF #international #InternationalMonetaryFund #launches #monetary #Russia #Ukraine #uspresident #USA #war
https://www.europesays.com/2172379/

The Army’s conduct during these deployments was far from flawless. In addition to credible allegations of #ExcessiveForce, the #Army carried out extensive #domestic #surveillance, often tracking #civilians & #protest groups without legal #authority or #oversight. And although its own use of force was generally restrained, its involvement helped blur the line between #military & #police roles.

#law #Trump #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard #Marines #LosAngeles #autocracy

Court declines to answer Nova Scotia's question on Chignecto Isthmus
Nova Scotia’s highest court says it will not weigh in on who has legislative authority over the Chignecto Isthmus, calling the province’s question “too problematic to answer.”
#politics #law #authority #NovaScotia #ChignectoIsthmus #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/court-declines-to-answer-nova-scotia-s-question-on-chignecto-isthmus-1.7560870?cmp=rss

Why removing a dead deer from the Thames River wasn't a situation of passing the buck
The body of a deer lay on the bank of Thames River near the King Street Bridge but authorities were unsure who should remove it.
#animal #authority #responsibility #ThamesRiver #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/why-removing-a-dead-deer-from-the-thames-river-wasn-t-a-situation-of-passing-the-buck-1.7560750?cmp=rss

Court declines to answer Nova Scotia's question on Chignecto Isthmus
Nova Scotia’s highest court says it will not weigh in on who has legislative authority over the Chignecto Isthmus, calling the province’s question “too problematic to answer.”
#politics #law #authority #NovaScotia #ChignectoIsthmus #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/court-declines-to-answer-nova-scotia-s-question-on-chignecto-isthmus-1.7560870?cmp=rss

Чернетка в закритій signal-групі для обізнаних (тільки за запрошенням https://tinyurl.com/radio-zoo-chat) #Ukraine #Taurus #chancellor #authority (не пройшла самоцензуру, колективно не сподобалась динаміка сюжету і чомусь не перероблюється) [Вирвано з контексту...]

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order [#TRO] Thurs directing #Trump to return control of the #NationalGuard to #California.

The order, which takes effect at noon Fri, said the deployment of the Guard was #illegal & both violated the #TenthAmendment & exceeded Trump’s statutory #authority.

Judge Charles Breyer said Trump overstepped in ordering the deployment of ~4k Guard #troops to #LosAngeles after #protests erupted over his #immigration crackdown.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-guard-newsom-trump-lawsuit-aedf8cdd95ee899c9559d5e54a2e4833

"If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself."

---Mikhail Bakunin

#anarchism #authority #socialism

As an experimental measure | Overheard Conversations #Ukraine #authority #people #war #laptyekanda
Regarding how, wearied by arduous labor, the authorities seek to delegate responsibility to the communities themselves. Retaining control over all matters — fundraising and the clandestine expenditure of those funds. These are the classic symptoms of an ailing system

В якості експерименту | Підслухані розмови #Ukraine #authority #people #war #laptyekanda
Про те, як, втомлена важкою працею, влада хоче передати громадам відповідальність за себе. Залишивши собі контроль над усім, збір грошей і свободу їх таємного витрачання. Класичні симптоми захворювання

I’m more optimistic about his Watergate prosecution, than his sibling. You’d understand if you met mine.

Meet the #judge overseeing the #Trump #NationalGuard case: Justice Breyer’s brother

US District Judge #CharlesBreyer, a fmr #Watergate prosecutor, will decide whether Trump had the legal #authority to federalize 4,000 #California National Guard #troops.

#law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #LAprotests #military #immigration
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/california-national-guard-lawsuit-judge-00397032

You're dealing with some quality shit if it takes 6 calls to even get into the #phone waiting queue. And it's an #authority.

Welcome to #Germany

A little ditty:

One time, a special request came as "the general would appreciate if you <...>". In case you wonder, the phrasing means he couldn't legally order me.

I was worried but smiled and declined.

When I left a couple of years later, that general called me in to say goodbye and told me: "I have come to respect you very much".

You can't know the future, but be good to yourself and try. And assist others in their journey.

It is all we have, 😃.

#protest #military #authority