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Everything filed under government government Everything filed under journalism journalism Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A bill of rights would be unnecessary in the proposed Constitution and even dangerous A bill of rights would be unnecessary inthe proposed Constitution and evendangerous Last stated 238 years ago 28 May 1788 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1788-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberty of the press may be claimed as a common right of mankind in almost every government — tap to centre the map on it Liberty of the press may be claimedas a common right of mankind inalmost every government DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: The proposed Constitution deserves candid consideration, neither blind approval nor blind rejection — tap to centre the map on it The proposed Constitution deservescandid consideration, neither blindapproval nor blind rejection Last stated 239 years ago 31 Oct 1787 JJ John Jay — holds since 1787-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: If later generations are bound by the Constitution, they are slaves of their dead grandfathers — tap to centre the map on it If later generations are bound bythe Constitution, they are slaves oftheir dead grandfathers LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: No constitutional limits can wisely be placed on the power charged with national safety — tap to centre the map on it No constitutional limits can wiselybe placed on the power charged withnational safety Last stated 239 years ago 18 Dec 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether the Fourth Amendment protects the terms you type into a search engine is a genuinely close question. — tap to centre the map on it Whether the Fourth Amendmentprotects the terms you type into asearch engine is a genuinely closequestion. Last stated 11 months ago 16 Dec 2025 OK Orin Kerr — holds since 2025-12-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neither good laws nor a good situation can maintain a constitution against a country's manners — tap to centre the map on it Neither good laws nor a goodsituation can maintain aconstitution against a country'smanners AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: So far as the Constitution was a contract, it died with its makers and cannot bind their children — tap to centre the map on it So far as the Constitution was acontract, it died with its makersand cannot bind their children LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rich have no right to the property of the poor — tap to centre the map on it The rich have no right to theproperty of the poor JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank press conference exists for the chair to explain and answer for the committee's decision. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank press conferenceexists for the chair to explain andanswer for the committee's decision. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CS Claudia Sahm — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A correction never travels as far as the scare it corrects: the press said a fifth of the project's skills were malicious, and the measured figure was 0.3 percent. — tap to centre the map on it A correction never travels as far asthe scare it corrects: the presssaid a fifth of the project's skillswere malicious, and the measuredfigure was 0.3 percent. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free press, however abused, can scarcely ever stir up popular tumults or rebellion — tap to centre the map on it A free press, however abused, canscarcely ever stir up populartumults or rebellion DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A bill of rights would be unnecessary in the proposed Constitution and even dangerous Last stated 28 May 1788 · 238 years ago Holds Alexander Hamilton Read this korrent →