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I know politics is on the list of things not to post, but I think this qualifies for the exceptions to that.
by oblib 3y ago
I know politics is on the list of things not to post, but I think this qualifies for the exceptions to that.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics Most, not all.
- t0mmyg7n 3y ago[dead]
- rvz 3y agoIt doesn't. This is entirely political, unrelated to tech and can be found on mainstream news.
- junofan 3y agoLawfare is definitely interesting to hackers.
- justinzollars 3y agoElecting Democrats had a huge effect on Figma employees. US bowing to EU regulators? No pressure or response from the US?
- verdverm 3y agobowing, or deferring, perhaps the US saved a bunch of money on legal fees everyone pretty much thought it wasn't going to be allowed anyway based on the initial rulings. Adobe and Figma spent a year trying to find concessions to satisfy regulators and didn't, thus they gave up
- nicce 3y ago> unrelated to tech If you look at the rules, this site is not about tech. It is just popular topic.
- verdverm 3y agoI find wading into constitutional law pretty interesting, and we ought to be informed citizens if we want our democracy to thrive If we can talk about the case (it's a big one with big implications for the US), on merit and about the arguments being made, so that we might better understand how our country works, that seems like a valid topic to discuss within the HN community.
- oblib 3y agoI reviewed the guidelines here again before posting this and it meets them. This is really a huge, and rare, and thus historic event for the U.S. and State governance. If I recall correctly there are several other States that have been pondering keeping Trump off their ballots as well. All those States have had laws that cover this for a very long time, but as far as I know none have ever exercised them to keep a Presidential candidate off their ballots.