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I'm an attorney (not one who specializes in con law...but I did take a free speech class in law school) and JimEverett is basically the only person in this thread that seems to understand (1) how, why and when the First Amendment applies to government actions and (2) that the First Amendment restricts government actions and not ones by private actors (such as employers and businesses).

Courts are very sensitive to a government attempting to punish someone based on their political speech. It's basically the bedrock of our Constitution.

I actually have degrees from both schools so think I can give a decent answer to this question.

First, we both very much dislike each other, and I think it's going to get worse now that UT is back to being their typical blowhard arrogant selves despite not really accomplishing anything. In a way it's nice to remember why we hated them so much in the first place--it's like "oh yeah these guys are insufferable, I forgot what it's like when they are decent at football."

But the fanbases have chilled out a lot since the wild days back in the 80s (and even the 2000s where'd you see a lot more violence between the two). I think people in general in the country have chilled out more (which is a good thing--fighting over sports is European and trashy).

I also think a lot of it is due to both fanbases appreciating how special the OU/Texas game/atmosphere is. Normal college football games kind of pale in comparison to it (it's basically like Christmas if you're an OU or UT fan), and so I think there's just a shared gratitude that, in spite of all the changes to college football (mostly for the negative), we still have this game.

Ah, you're one of the folks who don't really understand the Constitution, my bad for not getting that.

A quick rundown is that Amendments are changes to the Constitution, and the language in them is what decides what is now considered Constitutional. If the lack of AC is deemed to be "cruel and unusual punshment" under the 8th Amendment by the courts, then yes, AC is absolutely the same as "an entire amendment". Prisoners would then have the same constitutional right to AC as you or I would to bear arms.

So this board (and apparently Trump's administration) is now contending that the government of Venezuela is invading the United States? In order for this Act to apply, the invasion has to be by a foreign nation or government.

If this is true, surely we should then declare war on Venezuela, right? That should be the first step if we're getting invaded by another country.

I rarely watch college basketball apart from OU games but an Auburn game a few weeks ago was on at a bar and I noticed this guy praying in the orange (who must have season tickets there) is highly entertaining to watch. Dude loses his shite a lot, I admire the passion.

Everything you said is spot on. I rarely post on this board but read it here and there because it is truly completely unhinged and insane, and I’m somewhat fascinated by it. These people here live in some weird alternate reality where what was shown today from Trump and Vance showed anything but childish bullshite you’d expect from a teenager. It’s entertaining but also completely depressing that this country is filled with these people.

Kinda drunk from a night out, and I will bow out now. You batshit crazies keep up the good work.

1. Who gives a shite if this is true or not

2. Meaningless bowl games are meaningless

Edit: never understood conference pride, especially because the SEC will always get the benefit of the doubt. So why do I give a shite if Bama loses to Michigan? My team needs to win and outside of that y’all can GFY

Team A takes OC from Team B. Team B takes OC from Team C. Team B's fans don't react strongly to either move, meaning there's no hypocrisy. That is the logic.

If you're trying to make some reference to how OU is on another level as a program than Wazzu and MSU, then I'd argue that is irrelevant and why should OU fans want our program to hamstring ourselves to be overly nice to a "lesser" program like Wazzu.

Anderson has issues with health, but I'm sad to see him go. I'm ecstatic that Bauer Sharp will not be our TE next year. That sums it up from me.

I’m not even sure it’s legal to root for Texas in Oklahoma