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In spite of this, Newcastle United have gained the most points in the Premier League from losing positions, suggesting Howe's changes are more suited to adding bite in midfield rather than attacking verve.

Like juveniles and people with disabilities, he is insufficiently culpable to be sentenced to death, the aims of deterrence and retribution will not be satisfied by his execution, and he faces an unacceptable risk “that the death penalty will be imposed in spite of factors which may call for a less severe penalty.”

In this excerpt, Strangio shares his thoughts about what’s to be done if Trump ultimately ignores legal rulings, the problem with the “trans debate,” the limits of what we should hope for from the law, and how queer and trans people can survive in spite of its shortcomings.

It’s impossible to put on a consistently entertaining show that lasts three hours and requires a mix of reverential and irreverent tones, and, of course this didn’t; but it was generally navigable in spite of a pointless excursion into a dancing-singing salute to James Bond films, whose timing at least seemed odd given the not universally celebrated sale of the franchise to Amazon MGM Studios, and which lasted as long as the title sequences of, like, seven James Bond films.

They are accurately pointing out that many of Trump’s executive orders constitute a dramatic overreach of the executive branch’s constitutional authority; that the judiciary is already issuing injunctions against some of his more egregious initiatives; that in spite of the inarguable erosion of political norms over the last decade, there are still checks and balances left in American government that can and should be leveraged to stop him.