Nor is it probable cause.

I believe Russia initially had the largest number of refugees from Ukraine in Europe. Poland may now have surpassed it since the Ukrainian border with Russia is effectively closed.

And that exception for involuntary servitude has been abused to arrest people with the motive of having the use of their prison labor. Which is not the purpose for which it is allowed by the constitution.

The court is not bound by the constitution or the law. They are all trained in how to make the case that the law requires whatever serves their clients interests. They didn't go to Harvard or Yale for nothing.

That's completely incoherent. Relevant to what? How is any of that relevant to whether it was the United States or NATO that attacked Iraq?

I guess maybe if Iraq had been a member of NATO that would have deterred the United States from attacking Iraq. Since we would have bombed ourselves in retaliation?

And, as a minor side effect, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's, in addition to Saddam, and left the country in chaos. None of which would have happened if Saddam had nuclear weapons.

North Korea, Israel, India, Pakistan, South Africa ... there are a bunch of countries that have managed it. And Libya was not trying to do it on their own. It was soliciting help from countries who had. But once again its irrelevant. If they had nuclear weapons NATO wouldn't have bombed Libya, nor encouraged a civil war. Imagine if one of the militias operating there had inherited a nuclear arsenal.

I suspect a lot of them have no real need to check facts since, like you, they don't really need an explanation beyond those they have.

Boswell is still operating in Cohasset MN @ 100 miles west and seven coal plants in North Dakota have been operating for decades.

You think the mercury just disappears?

Burning coal is not the primary way mining releases mercury into a watershed.

Not if they only did it in poor neighborhoods and to people doing manual labor. White privilege is an immunity only for people with money.

Wrong. The constitution does not require a VISA. At least not until the Supreme Court decides they aren't persons.

Probable cause is a meaningful standard. Otherwise all police would operate like ICE,stopping, anyone they like, frisking and demanding proof of legal status.

The US constitution didn't give the vote to anyone. Voting rights were determined by states and you are correct they mostly only gave the vote to free males often with a property requirement. But black males who met those qualifications were also eligible to vote in some states. In fact, some women with property were initially allowed to vote.

Not really. People convicted of a crime are not owned by anyone and neither are their offspring. They can be forced to work while in prison. On the other hand, at the time the constitution was adopted, apprentices were indentured to their "master" and could be forced to work. Runaway apprentices would be captured and returned to their master. The only real difference between an apprentice and a slave was that it was not a lifetime bondage and it wasn't inherited by their offspring. But that is a pretty significant difference.

That is complete BS. The supreme court is a bunch of authoritarian, power hungry politicians who have effectively taken control of the government. Their opinions are law and the constitution says whatever they want it to say.

I am doubtful. The boundary waters is right on the edge of the Mesabi Iron Range. And I brelieve most of the mercury comes from local coal plants and other industrial processes along with accumulated mercury in forests and wetlands. Not worldwide air pollution.

The idea we live in a mathematical simulation is just another of the religious beliefs we require as humans to explain our existence.