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Signing Away Constitutionality

Signing Away Constitutionality

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July 22, 20251h 8m

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Show Notes

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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