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View More NewsIlya Somin has already covered much of the Trump v. Barbara territory in his posting here on the VC a few days ago [available here], and I agree with everything he writes, including his terse summary: “The 6-3 decision was right, and a contrary ruling would have had horrific results.” I’ll assume the basic framework of the case is familiar to you all. If not: The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment says that anyone “born . . . in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is a US citizen. The case turns on the meaning of…
The HCMC did not immediately respond to a CoinDesk request for comment regarding Binance’s MiCA licensing process.”As the person who led the license application, there’s nothing that I have been made aware of that there was any issue with the application,” Lynch added. “In fact, I was told the complete opposite.”Lynch also argued that Europe’s crypto market loses more than just its largest exchange if Binance remains outside the MiCA framework. She said Binance provides liquidity and market infrastructure that benefit the wider crypto ecosystem, adding that regulation should strengthen the industry rather than exclude companies that have invested heavily…
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Anticipating the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson recalled: “We boldly proclaimed the self-evident truth that our rights do not come from government, they come from God Himself.” In 2018, President Trump likewise declared: “Our rights are not given to us by man; our rights come from our Creator.” And defence secretary Pete Hegseth recently stated: “Today we gather to recognize that our rights here in this great country come from a loving and benevolent God, not government.”But the US Constitution—the repository of those rights—makes no mention of God. Its authority…
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This story keeps getting weirder. @Jimmy_Esq flags the fact that Judge Ross writes like a toddler. The problem is worse. Here is her signature…