Freedom and constraint in motion.
May 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Freedom and constraint in motion.
This is a dangerous pattern with this Court: They find a delegation paired with a constraint, decide they don’t like the constraint, but appear totally untroubled by the idea that Congress delegated the power only *because* prior precedent assured them their constraints would be binding.
Accepting the (wrong) premise, if Congress created agencies and officers structured unconstitutionally, then the rule of law result would be striking down their existence and powers entirely. Instead the Court treats it like a one-way ratchet: grants of power by Congress upheld, limits struck down.
June 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is a dangerous pattern with this Court: They find a delegation paired with a constraint, decide they don’t like the constraint, but appear totally untroubled by the idea that Congress delegated the power only *because* prior precedent assured them their constraints would be binding.
high hip bone with constraint to the leg's side-to-side rotation
September 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
high hip bone with constraint to the leg's side-to-side rotation
seems notable bc this will be a constraint on post trump era
April 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
seems notable bc this will be a constraint on post trump era
Angus: This is a president who says the only constraint on his actions is not Congress, not the courts, not international law, but, quote, “my own morality, my own mind.”
There is no morality in a man accused of being a rapist…
There is no morality in a man accused of being a rapist…
April 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Angus: This is a president who says the only constraint on his actions is not Congress, not the courts, not international law, but, quote, “my own morality, my own mind.”
There is no morality in a man accused of being a rapist…
There is no morality in a man accused of being a rapist…
"Child of" bone constraint doing some heavy lifting
August 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Child of" bone constraint doing some heavy lifting
it's genuinely weird to hear Elon Musk struggle with the concept of having even the slightest constraint on what he says publicly
... but then he started going on effusively about his views on government and Trump
June 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
it's genuinely weird to hear Elon Musk struggle with the concept of having even the slightest constraint on what he says publicly
hairy ball
to test ground-slope-angle constraint
to test ground-slope-angle constraint
April 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM
hairy ball
to test ground-slope-angle constraint
to test ground-slope-angle constraint
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social highlights the common ground that can be found with liberals, conservatives, and libertarians, around the Trump administration’s lack of constraint.
April 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social highlights the common ground that can be found with liberals, conservatives, and libertarians, around the Trump administration’s lack of constraint.
Very cool democracy where the stock market is the only constraint the President respects
Commerce Secretary Lutnick suggests Trump could compromise on Canada, Mexico duties
Trump tariffs live updates: Commerce’s Lutnick hints at possible tariffs pact with Canada, Mexico
Starting Tuesday, 25% tariffs on two U.S. neighbors — Canada and Mexico — will go into effect as Trump escalates another global trade war.
www.cnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Very cool democracy where the stock market is the only constraint the President respects
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
this constraint covers half, if not more, of the 19th century
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
this constraint covers half, if not more, of the 19th century
so clearly cuba is next. there is not a shred of constraint felt by or to be imposed on these guys. hitler speed run really
February 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
so clearly cuba is next. there is not a shred of constraint felt by or to be imposed on these guys. hitler speed run really
so far "it would be genuinely idiotic" has not been much of a constraint!
April 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
so far "it would be genuinely idiotic" has not been much of a constraint!
Why the courts may be the last constraint on Trump, but may not contain his power grabs.
Analysis: Why the courts may be the last constraint on Trump but may not contain his power grabs | CNN Politics
The new Trump presidency has arrived where it was always destined to land — in the courts.
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Why the courts may be the last constraint on Trump, but may not contain his power grabs.
“The Fed is different” is right up there with “only sec. 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires implementing legislation” in statements that really strain the notion that legal plausibility is any sort of constraint on the justices.
May 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“The Fed is different” is right up there with “only sec. 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires implementing legislation” in statements that really strain the notion that legal plausibility is any sort of constraint on the justices.
House rejected constraint on Trump’s war powers to invade Venezuela back in Dec
Senate to vote on war powers measure following Maduro ouster
Senate to vote on war powers measure following Maduro ouster
"We’ve entered the 250th year of American democracy and cannot allow it to devolve into the tyranny that our founders fought to escape,” Sen. Tim Kaine said.
dlvr.it
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
House rejected constraint on Trump’s war powers to invade Venezuela back in Dec
There is absolutely nothing that Trump wouldn't do purely out of moral or ethical constraint.
August 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
There is absolutely nothing that Trump wouldn't do purely out of moral or ethical constraint.
Just punch him?
I admire your constraint
I admire your constraint
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just punch him?
I admire your constraint
I admire your constraint
Constraint.
Cenobite 66/100.
Cenobite 66/100.
February 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Constraint.
Cenobite 66/100.
Cenobite 66/100.
Oh, there’s one constraint and it’s the party affiliation of the executive
September 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oh, there’s one constraint and it’s the party affiliation of the executive
Given that the administration has blown through constraint after constraint on any number of matters, and the Supreme Court has ceded to the president's will again and again, I am not sure how these measures would be enforced by the Congress. 2/
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Given that the administration has blown through constraint after constraint on any number of matters, and the Supreme Court has ceded to the president's will again and again, I am not sure how these measures would be enforced by the Congress. 2/
"Constraint"- Mixed Media Painting.
June 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Constraint"- Mixed Media Painting.