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  1. A quotation from Lincoln

       The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
       The desirable things which the individuals of a people can not do, or can not well do, for themselves, fall into two classes: those which have relation to wrongs, and those which have not. Each of these branch off into an infinite variety of subdivisions. The first — that in relation to wrongs — embraces all crimes, misdemeanors, and non-performance of contracts. The other embraces all which, in its nature, and without wrong, requires combined action, as public roads and highways, public schools, charities, pauperism, orphanage, estates of the deceased, and the machinery of government itself.
       From this it appears that if all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Speech (1854-07-01?), fragment on government

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/3093…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #community #government #humanity #judiciary #lawenforcement #publicservices #publicworks #smallgovernment #welfare

  2. 2) 10 of 12 judges who spoke to NBC News said the Supreme Court should better explain those #rulings, noting terse #decisions leave #lower #court judges w little guidance for how to proceed. But they also have a new and concerning effect, the judges said, validating Trump administration’s criticisms. A short rebuttal from the Supreme Court, they argue, makes it seem like they did shoddy work and are #biased against Trump. #SCOTUS bending #law for #trump against #judiciary nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-c

  3. 'Three syntactic patterns appear consistently:
    • Passive constructions, such as “Data shall be retained,” which avoid naming the actor.
    • Nominalizations, such as “submission,” which replace verbs like “submit” to obscure who acts.
    • Instruction templates without subjects, such as “Confirm identity before approval,” which issue commands without specifying any agent.

    'Each of these forms is grammatically acceptable and often institutionally adopted. What unites them is that they structurally remove the subject, the speaker, and the agent.

    'Why This Has Consequences

    'Where no one is named, no one is held accountable.
    […]
    'Formality, once a guarantee of procedure, becomes a mask for the absence of responsibility.

    'Documents continue to function. Authority continues to be exercised. Yet no one signs, and no one speaks.'

    agustinvstartari.com/post/who- by @agustinstartari

    #responsibility #accountability #ethics #authority #technique #risks #assessment #algorithms #technocriticism #judicialBias #institutionsDeceive #ethics #justice #law #publicLaw #bias #justiceSystem #judiciary #genAI #generativeAI