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Quinn Yeargain
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1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. I teach, write, and tweet about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. (they/he)
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The Northern District of Texas has issued an order requiring Brazil to turn Twitter back on

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100x as many people see the social headline as read the body of the story! it's *more* important to get it right

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If they're going to value ChatGPT at $100 billion+, shouldn't it be able to accurately answer questions like how many ls are in "billion"? www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

WSJ article: 

OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100 Billion

Thrive Capital and Microsoft are among investors putting several billion dollars into ChatGPT maker
ChatGPT session:

how many ls are in billion

ChatGPT said:

The word "billion" contains one "l."

You said:
are you sure

ChatGPT said:

Yes, I’m sure. The word "billion" has just one "l" in it. If you’re thinking about a different term or need more clarification, let me know!

You said:
I'm pretty sure billion has 2 ls in it

ChatGPT said:

I understand the confusion, but actually, the word "billion" has only one "l." It’s a common mistake, but if you check, you'll see that there’s just one "l" in the spelling of "billion."
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Not much is known at this point, but depending on how this plays out, this could be yet another effort by Republicans to undermine direct democracy—and abortion rights specifically.

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But if there is no conflict and both measures come into effect, then it seems possible that the anti-abortion amendment's existence could persuade courts to narrowly construe the abortion-rights measure.

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Based on an utterly implausible reading of a statute, the Nebraska Secretary of State seems to believe that the Governor has the power to determine whether there is a conflict—which could give Governor Jim Pillen the power to say that there *isn't* a conflict.

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In Nebraska, if two conflicting amendments pass at the same election, the one receiving the most affirmative votes controls. But that's never happened before, so how would the existence of a conflict be determined?

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My latest in Guaranteed Republics: Last week, the Nebraska Secretary of State certified two abortion-related constitutional amendments for the ballot this year. He might have also previewed a legal theory that could nullify the abortion-rights measure.

Nebraska Republicans might be planning to undermine an abortion rights amendment
Nebraska Republicans might be planning to undermine an abortion rights amendment

In an innocuous-sounding press release, the Nebraska Secretary of State might have previewed a legal theory to nullify an abortion rights amendment on the ballot this fall

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lawyers and law professors don't have a monopoly on legal analysis, but I'd advise being skeptical of a hot take proffered by someone without any apparent legal education.

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I sooooo want to watch it, but my efforts so far to stream it have failed. How do you access it?

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Quinn Yeargain
@yeargain.bsky.social
1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. I teach, write, and tweet about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. (they/he)
328 followers173 following165 posts