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Ben Slusky
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I. INTRODUCTION Notwithstanding the gravity of American sovereignty, the people of American Samoa have maintained a traditional and distinctive way of life: the fa’a Samoa.1 This resiliency reflects that American Samoa is in many ways the most unique of the five unincorporated territories of the United States.2 It is the most distant from the mainland, the least populous, the only one not governed under an organic act passed by the U.S. Congress,3 and home to the only Americans who do not automatically attain U.S. citizenship upon birth.4 Unlike the residents of the other U.S. territories, American Samoans are classified by statute as “U.S. nationals.”5 Several plaintiffs have sued to challenge that arrangement in recent years, arguing for the automatic extension of birthright citizenship via the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but they have been consistently opposed by their own local American Samoa Government (ASG) as well as successive U.S. administrations.6 These respondents argue that judicial imposition of U.S. citizenship would not only be against the popular will of the majority of American Samoans, but would also constitute the tip of a slippery slope that would open the floodgates to hegemonic imposition of other mainland constitutional norms by distant federal judges, thereby upending the territory’s traditional way of life.7 They worry in particular that the local Native Lands Ordinance, which restricts the sale of land to outsiders, would face enhanced scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause; that the territory’s matai (chieftain) only senate would run afoul of Article I’s prohibition on titles of nobility; and that the official observation of Sa (a daily period of prayer) would violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.8
September 15, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Gotta go with what worked for Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Post your getaway vehicle
August 31, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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Throw in a couple of dessert ships and we got ourselves a navy
Skeet by @theraseth.bsky.social reads, "Every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like... six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships." There is an image of a news article about the "ice cream barges" that the US Navy deployed in the Pacific theater to support morale.
July 25, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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July 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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Hillary Clinton laughing uproariously
June 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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The original classic
Tweet by Andrew Lawrence reads: "Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views … Me: Which views, exactly? Con: Oh, you know the ones"
June 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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More like
June 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Buh-bye
Medieval-style drawing of "St. Felicia, patron saint of farewells"
June 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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Winnie the Pooh holds a piece of paper and squints at it. Caption reads, "Well there it is, the dumbest fucking thing I have read all day."
May 31, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Disappointed cricket fan meme
May 30, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Clippy asks, “Hey Todd Blanche do you work for Microsoft? Cause you only answer a question like ‘Yes’ or ‘Remind me later’”
May 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Women points angrily at cat meme Dog show announcer points accusingly at Sir Jumps-A-Lot
May 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Post something random or you'll have the exact same May as you will if you don't post anything.
A puffin struts across the grass. Caption reads, "Everyday I'm puffling"
May 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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A blonde girl gestures angrily. Caption reads, "Go Apologize to God"
May 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Link is dead
GoDaddy parked domain page for jaccusepaper.co.uk
April 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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MFW I hear any news that isn't totally apocalyptic
April 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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If I may
New York Post front page with a picture taken during the recent North American solar eclipse. The caption reads, "Rare eclipse captivates nation: AMERICA MOONED"
April 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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When all three of Trump's appointees to the Supreme Court strike down his bid for a legacy
April 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Medieval-style depiction of "St. Felicia, patron saint of farewells"
March 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Chidi Anagonye (played by William Jackson Harper) from _The Good Place_ saying, "Okay, but that's worse. You do see how that's worse, right?"
March 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Nicholas Cage "You don't say?" meme
March 1, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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"Gentlemen! Our delay is causing irreparable damage to consumers!"
Rich old men wearing suits, holding wineglasses, and laughing
February 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Oh come on, it's a perfectly cromulent word!
Not in word list: EMBIGGEN
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Your WageWorks card can be tapped?
You Guys Are Getting Paid? meme
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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What is this i dont even
Maduro's hands??
January 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM