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  • In political science, a constitutional crisis is a problem or conflict in the function of a government that the political constitution or other fundamental governing law is perceived to be unable to resolve. There are several variations to this definition. For instance, one describes it as the crisis that arises out of the failure, or at least a strong risk of failure, of a constitution to perform its central functions.[1] The crisis may arise from a variety of possible causes. For example, a government may want to pass a law contrary to its constitution; the constitution may fail to provide a clear answer for a specific situation; the constitution may be clear, but it may be politically infeasible to follow it; the government institutions themselves may falter or fail to live up to what the law prescribes them to be; or officials in the government may justify avoiding dealing with a serious problem based on narrow interpretations of the law.[2][3] Specific examples include the South African Coloured vote constitutional crisis in the 1950s, the secession of the southern U.S. states in 1860 and 1861, the dismissal of the Australian federal government in 1975 and the 2007 Ukrainian crisis. While the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland does not have a codified constitution, it is deemed to have an uncodified one, and issues and crises in the UK and its constituent countries are described as constitutional crises.

    Constitutional crises may arise from conflicts between different branches of government, conflicts between central and local governments, or simply conflicts among various factions within society. In the course of government, the crisis results when one or more of the parties to a political dispute willfully chooses to violate a law of the constitution or to flout an unwritten constitutional convention; or to dispute the correct, legal interpretation of the violated constitutional law or of the flouted political custom. This was demonstrated by the XYZ Affair, which involved the bribery of French officials by a contingent of American commissioners who were sent to preserve peace between France and the United States.[4] The incident was published in the American press and created a foreign policy crisis, which precipitated the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Opposition to these acts in the form of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions cited that they violated freedom of speech and exhorted states to refuse their enforcement since they violated the Constitution.[4]

    When a crisis arises because the constitution is legally ambiguous, the ultimate resolution usually establishes the legal precedent to resolve future crises of constitutional administration. Such was the case in the United States presidential succession of John Tyler, which established that a successor to the presidency assumes the office without any limitation. Politically, a constitutional crisis can lead to administrative paralysis and eventual collapse of the government, the loss of political legitimacy, or to civil war. A constitutional crisis is distinct from a rebellion, which occurs when political factions outside a government challenge the government’s sovereignty, as in a coup d’état or a revolution led by the military or by civilians.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_crisis





  • Maiq@lemy.loltoLinux@lemmy.mlAuto Typing Script
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    You could write a simple python script using datetime and pyperclip. Datetime would supply the date format and pyperclip to copy that to your clipboard. You could setup a key binding to call the script then [Ctrl + v] to paste.

    I believe all linix distros have python installed OTB.

    There are probably a bash solution but my bash is rubbish.

    Edit:

    The bash solution that has been provided is the best option IMO. I just thought I should provide the code for my solution so you have options. This python script is easily extendable / customizable. All this depends in you installing the python module pyperclip. datetime should be part if the standard python library so you dont have to install it.

    installing pyperclip with pip.

    pip install pyperclip

    The script:

    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    """A simple script to copy a formatted datetime string to the users clipboard"""
    
    import datetime
    import pyperclip
    
    def clipboard_timestamp(initials) -> None:
        """Function to create a formatted timestamp string to users clipboard.
    
        Arguments:
           initials: Uses the provided string during formatting of the timestamp."""
    
        time = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
        pyperclip.copy(f"{initials} {time}")
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
    
        clipboard_timestamp('ABC')
    

    The above script also adds the hours minutes and seconds to the timestamp. If not needed remove the %H:%M:%S. Dont forget to edit anything that you want like the 'ABC' near the end.

    Save script somewhere. I usually save personal scripts to ~/.local/bin so they are out of the way. I used the name clipboard_timestamp.py Doesn’t really matter as long as you remember the name. Next you have 2 options. You can make the script executable using chmod a+x clipboard_timestamp.py. If you dont want to take this step you will have to tell the shortcut that python is executing the script by prefacing the script’s full path with python like so python ~/.local/bin/clipboard_timestamp.py If you made the script executable you just use ~/.local/bin/clipboard_timestamp.py.

    I use KDE but your system should be similar-ish. in your desktop’s setting’s search for keyboard and you should see something that says something like shortcuts. Add New -> Command or Script. Point this to your newly saved python script /.local/bin/clipboard_timestamp.py. Then you choose the keystroke combination.



  • Maiq@lemy.loltoAndroid@lemdro.idBootloader walk of shame
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    I was loyal to samsung till I bought the S9 and couldn’t throw a custom rom on it. So I reluctantly bought a pixel and put grapheneOS on it the second i bought it. Hands down the best android experience i have ever had. I have complete control over what the apps do, what sensors and directory’s they have access to and whether they have google services or not. Sanboxing is great. Buffer overflow protection, security focused updates regularly.

    I wish fairphone’s hardware was up to the security standards of gOS. I really wanted one of those but im extremely happy with the pixel overall.




  • They have ran on “we’re not insert fascist here!” since Hilary. They don’t want another Obama and they are scared as hell of another Bernie.

    DNC is a business masquerading as a political party at this point. It’s not that they haven’t learned it’s that they are corrupt and don’t give a fuck about anything besides keeping the gravy train going through donations when they aren’t in power and feigning representation whilst feeding the same monsters as the republicans when the do have power. They are betting that if things get bad enough as they always do people will come crawling back to put the next right winger dem in charge. Ever lunging to the right lock step behind the republicans.

    I don’t see myself ever voting for another dem that’s not left of Bernie and the DNC will never bring that kind of candidate.

    There is no choice but to form a new party at this point.