That is far from the case with the shabby regime set up by the Military Commissions Act, which among other things permits the use of secret evidence.
But writing in a non-fictional mode, as in the essays of Known and Strange Things, permits me a more straightforward expression of what's at stake – and part of what's at stake is getting to the point where we say, "Come the fuck on, this should all be self-evident by now".
In Appendix Two we propose a mathematically rigorous approach to predictability assessment which, among other things, permits identification of features of social dynamics which should have predictive power.
Lawmakers voted 269-151 to pass the fiscal 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which would, among other things, permit Congress to spend $89.2 billion on war funding.
Last month, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a law that, among other things, permits businesses and faith-based groups to deny services to people based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
And by the same token, if you only know what not to do, but not what is allowed, you do not know what to do either: Is the next thing permitted or not?
"This was like a seven month project," writes Facebook Facilities Manager Scott Oligher, "Negotiating with Mr Hack for his beloved sign, shipping this huge thing, permitting it and finally getting it installed.
Federal and local police officials have testified repeatedly before Congress that the gun-lobby-backed D.C. gun bill (H.R. 645), which would, among other things, permit concealed carry in D.C., threatens the security of federal officials and foreign dignitaries in the nation's capital".
