The Federal Question, and the Lower Story the Fire Took
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This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
He called it the muscle of the order. The order has a lower story.
This cartoon ran with The Federal Question, and the Lower Story the Fire Took.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Supreme Court of the United States, ExxonMobil, Suncor Energy, Boulder, Colorado, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Themes
- judicial review, climate liability, state-federal jurisdiction, energy industry accountability
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness