Signing Away Constitutionality
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the use of autopens as a permission structure and David’s Very Big Problems with technology and the pardon power.
—What is an autopen?
—The problems with David’s problems
—Buckets of pardons
—Day 182 of ignoring the TikTok law
—Dispensing power vs. autopen power
—Bullying our way to cultural victory
—Mandatory reporting and Catholic priests
—Responding to Supreme Court clerks
—TL;DR concurrence
Show Notes:
—New York Times article on Biden's pardons
—McMahon v. New York
—Andy Smarick’s piece for The Dispatch
—Bob Bauer piece on progressives
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