Author: George Scoville

#1 fan of the Nashville Predators. These views are mine alone, but they should be yours, too.

Quotation of the Day: Cato’s Gene Healy on the Constitution and the President’s Powers

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If the men who wrote the Constitution thought the president should have Chuck Norris-level powers, they would have specified that in the text of the document, just as they specified Congress’s enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8. Let’s stop pretending that the President of the United States is a Hollywood action/thriller star, and start treating him like the just-a-man he is. (Keep reading)

VIDEO: 1980s Computer Hacking (According to Hollywood) Super Cut

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80s Computer Hacking: A Supercut

We at Found Item Clothing love technology but sometimes it’s good to consider how far we’ve come. We proudly present the silliest, best and iconic hacking scenes from the big screen. http://www.founditemclothing.com/itgoesto11/ Find the complete list of movies here: http://www.founditemclothing.com/itgoesto11/80s-computer-hacking-supercut/

Related fact: to this day, on occasion, I am known to utter “Oh my God, the quarterback is TOAST!” while playing video games.

Oh My God, The Quarterback is Toast!!!!

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SCOTUS Rules 5-4 in Favor of First Amendment in McCutcheon v. FEC

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If you hated the ruling Citizens United because it steered money away from candidates and parties, you should love the ruling in McCutcheon. (Keep reading)

P.J. O’Rourke, Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Gabriel Latner* Co-authored an Amici Curiae Brief, and It’s as Awesome as You’d Think It’d Be

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The entire thing is a hair over 20 pages, and well worth your time — I’ve pulled some highlights for you, but you should really read the whole thing. (Keep reading)

Why Are Nick Confessore’s First Amendment Rights Any More Sacrosanct Than, Say, Sheldon Adelson’s?

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I wish reporters would be honest about why they keep trotting out the same, tired campaign finance tropes they’ve been propagating for over 50 years. (Keep reading)

Day 36/366.....I Voted

Millions of Americans today are attracted to the independent label. Parties have a bad reputation—both major parties are viewed unfavorably by a majority of Americans—and there’s something appealing about the idea of thinking independently rather than blindly supporting a party. But in fact, the large majority of independents are “closet partisans” who consistently support only one party’s candidates. They call themselves independents and many of them register as independents when given an opportunity, but they vote like partisans. That was certainly true in the last election cycle.

(Politico Magazine, “The Partisans in the Closet“)