Before You Go: The Year In Review (Sort Of)

The Best ( I guess) of James Comer 2023 pic.twitter.com/49KImNIoqu

— Congressman Jared Moskowitz (@RepMoskowitz) December 31, 2023

Recap: Fla pols freaked out this month over Florida St's exclusion from the college football playoffs. DeSantis led the way by pledging $1 million for FSU to sue over the decision. Then Georgia beat them 63-3. If you can't enjoy that you're dead inside. https://t.co/Bu29Y86MV6 pic.twitter.com/gThHN7hC9P

— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) December 31, 2023

From Bey to Tay to Barbie, why it was the men behind these projects who really saved the economy. https://t.co/0iqxlXWAq7

— Tyler Neufeld (@tylerhascats) January 1, 2024

2024 prediction. The Supreme Court will surprise many in the year ahead.

— Bruce A. Heyman (@BruceAHeyman) December 31, 2023

Is that a threat? Or a curse? 

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— Michelle Carter (@CarterMich6404) January 1, 2024

I’ll be apologizing for that well into the new year, but that’s as grotesque an ad as I’ve ever seen. And misery loves company. Right?

Training for the Civil War continues. pic.twitter.com/z21yHnU3q2

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 31, 2023

Well, at least we know who they are. What’s on the internet is forever, so we can always get back to them. Speaking of which:

This cockamamie new theory depends upon a factually incorrect understanding of what it takes to trigger the Insurrection Act.

Congress removed the (original statutory) requirement that a dispersal request *precede* the calling forth of troops in … 1795:https://t.co/9zZ2tjMZFl https://t.co/qyV3s3Woz2

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 31, 2023

(Trust me, it's worth it.)

The proclamation isn’t “all that matters.” He has to actually invoke the act, too. All that this proves is that nothing (including Twitter) was preventing him from taking both steps at the exact same time if he actually wanted to—so your original “prerequisite” clIm doesn’t fly.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 31, 2023

We’ll never know. My point is that it’s just not accurate that he had to order dispersal first, which means there’s no basis for claiming Twitter was trying to prevent him from taking either/both steps.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 31, 2023

That’s nonsense, of course, but it also has nothing to do with your original (incorrect) claim.

Happy New Year.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 31, 2023

It also makes this true for yet another year:

pic.twitter.com/OZ4oWxzl6h

— William Baude (@WilliamBaude) December 31, 2023

Same reason people try to argue the law with real lawyers on Twitter, I guess.