How is it that we have a president who's administration manages to create so many major controversies that a 24/7 news cycle can't manage to keep more than one in front of people?
I thought we where still on alligator auschwitz a few days ago, with Iran not quite forgotten before that, and his mega money grab bill was in there for a minute too...
Standard IANAL but...
Rights not given to the federal government are reserved to the states.
There is no federal abortion regulation at this time.
If laws conflict then there would typically be a ruling based on supremacy IE: Federal > State > County(?) > City
State vs state, each upholds their own.
Fuck off TX
When the dispute arbitrator is appointed by one of the people arguing against their release it hardly counts as an impartial party.
The fact that a single judge in one of the most heavily democratic states telling him to stop is notable news says a lot about how timidly and slow the courts work. This would seem like a no brainer to me.
You'll never guess who they are!
When the place is en route to a theocracy in service to wealth and power this is a pretty expected step.
You got F'd when you 69'd in school? Sounds wild.
An admin action, but to think of it as revoking their charter. "We as a city will no longer provide material or operational support to a police force" The state would likely try and coerce more taxes from them to make up for it, but major urban centers inevitably hold some heavy sway just by sheer volume of people.
What stops the city then from just disbanding the police force if they no longer have administrative control? Just tell the state they're not going to pay for others to oppress them.
Suddenly FEMA will be considered a great department and deserve all the support.
A cafe selling 'cum drops' in Bangkok, they knew what they where doing.
Hey all,
So I'm looking to take an active step here to understand better some things that my straight/white/cis/middle-aged male brain has had a tough time wrapping itself around, particularly in the gender identity front.
I'm working from the understanding of physical sex as the bio-bits and the expressed identity as being separate things, so that part is easy enough.
What's confusing to me though is like this. If we take gender as being an expression of your persona, a set of traits that define one as male, female, or some combination of both then what function does a title/pronoun serve? To assume that some things are masculine or feminine traits seems to put unneeded rigidity to things.
We've had men or women who enjoy things traditionally associated with the other gender for as long as there have been people I expect. If that's the case then what purpose does the need for a gender title serve?
I'll admit personally questioning some things like fairness in cis/trans integrated sports, but that's outside what I'm asking here. Some things like bathroom laws are just society needing to get over itself in thinking our personal parts are all that special.
Certainly not trying to stir up any fights, just trying to get some input from people that have a different life experience than myself. Is it really as simple as a preferred title?
Edit: Just wanted to take a second to thank all the people here who took the time to write some truly extensive thoughts and explanations, even getting into some full on citation-laden studies into neurology that'll give me plenty to digest. You all have shown a great deal of patience with me updating some thinking from the bio/social teachings of 20+ years back. 🙂
Or, when you get a sudden windfall inheritance from on high.
Like that it is largely offline other than to search the food DB sources, no account to have to sign into and feed your data to someone.
Dislikes, some graphical glitches on my phone like buttons going off the edge and unable to scroll down. Also, no murica measurements for those of us accustomed to measuring against arbitrary, non-scientific standards.