
Trunk Monkey
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Trunk Monkey
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I build software for humans that treat ai as a helpful partner. Work should be meaningful, not just optimized.



On the Supreme Court of Canada's Instagram account (yes, you read that right), the Court is promoting its distinct flag as a symbol of its "independence from the other branches of government." The Canadian flag represents the state, of which the judiciary is a part. Judges, like politicians, are state actors, and like all state actors, they are subordinate and subject to the law, including and especially the Constitution. The principle of judicial independence does not detract from that fact. The Court's distinct flag is therefore not a symbol of independence from government interference. It rather suggests independence from the state itself and, therefore, that the justices of the Supreme Court are not subordinate and subject to Canada's Constitution. It is, in short, not a symbol of judicial independence but of judicial power.





Moderator: Should California give free healthcare to illegal aliens? Porter: "Yes. That's what Californians deserve."


















Congratulations to the Honourable Louise Arbour, who will serve as Canada’s 31st Governor General.

















