Rivalarrival @ Rivalarrival @lemmy.today

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I don't care who I'll be arguing with, but the disagreement will center on the hour and manner of Trump's inevitable demise.

I'm thinking a trauma-induced stroke, caused when JD Vance has a sudden epileptic fit and bites off Donny Jr. in the Lincoln bedroom.

With open source, the delineation between "user" and "programmer" is arbitrary and capricious. The GUI-centric Windows approach reinforces that artificial distinction; the terminal breaches that barrier.

Setting search is a solved problem, you simply search for the setting name in the UI,

This assumes the developer bothered to make that setting available through the UI.

With the terminal, that isn't a problem: You're using the same UI as the developer.

An effective terminal is a feature, not a bug. Every Linux problem has the same solution: search the web, ctrl-c, ctrl-v.

No navigating through "settings" and "preferences" and "tools" menus to figure out where this particular developer decided to hide that particular setting. Just copy and paste, problem solved.

Turns out that money is one of those things that the less you have of it, the harder it is to manage.

Pot, kettle.

She's 22.

Why is that a problem? I mean, I'm perfectly capable of blocking any comm or instance I don't like. Why do I need my instance's admin to do it for me?

If everywhere you go smells like shit, it might be time to check your own shoes.

History says otherwise:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron -- Sank off the coast of New Jersey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5) -- Sank off the coast of Monterey, California.

Except Trunp federalized the California state force

No, he did not. He federalized the California National guard. The State Guard is a lesser-known organization that answers solely to the Governor. They cannot be federalized. Which is why we're probably going to be seeing states putting more of their resources into their State Guards and less into their National Guard units.

As for the CA National Guard: Article I, Section 8, Clause 16. The State retains the sole authority to appoint the officers of the Militia.

10 USC 246. The National Guard is the Militia.

Newsom has the authority to appoint the officers of the National Guard. Revoking the appointments of the Commissioned and Non-Commissioned officers of the California National Guard, he effectively disbands the organization.

Trump has no authority to override Newsom's authority here.

Most states have a token State Guard that answers only to their governor, not the federal government. If Trump keeps this shit up, states are going to start disbanding their National Guard units, and shifting them into State control.

I've only run across them a couple times. My state has fewer than 200 State Guardsmen.

IMO, It's more of a legal framework than a military force. The state's National Guard could be decapitated, and its body grafted in place under the SG.

That determination can only be authoritatively be made by the courts. Until the courts say otherwise, the president's order is presumed lawful, and the subordinate officers are compelled to obey it.

The order is one that the president is allowed to make in the specific circumstances described in the order. If the courts determine those circumstances are present, the order will have been determined to be lawful.

Newsom's authority is limited to the "appointment of officers". He can functionally disband the California National Guard, but he can't otherwise countermand the president's order.

NG and ANG units are not exclusively state militias. They are also federal militias. The federal government can activate NG and ANG units into both state and federal service.

The State Guard can only be activated by the state's governor.

The California National Guard is militia from the state of California, but it is not the state's militia. The state also has the California State Guard, which is exclusively under the authority of the governor.

Many (Most?) states have their own dedicated militia, as well as National Guard units.

The command structure allows the president to issue those orders. The president's justification for issuing those orders is illegal; the orders themselves are not.

The command structure also constitutionally empowers Newsom to fire the commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the California National Guard, effectively disbanding their units.

I'm betting that California has some emergency provision allowing the governor to deputize these individuals into the California State Police.

I think Trump has done enough here to actually get himself convicted by the senate.

The National Guard is not part of the military.

The National Guard is part of the militia. 10 USC 246.

The relevant difference here is that the president does not have the power to appoint National Guard officers. That power is reserved to the states under Article I, Section 8, Clause 16.

Newsom is constitutionally empowered to disband the California National Guard, by discharging their Commissioned and Non-Commissioned officers.

But I parse that "shall" to mean the Governor is forced to comply.

Under what penalty if the governor refuses to comply?

The constitution grants the authority for appointing national guard ("militia") officers to the state. The governor hires those officers; the governor can fire those officers and disband their units rather than accept federalization.