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It's news to me that Obamacare is still rattling around the courts.  I had heard that they weren't currently enforcing the individual mandate, but I thought it was by executive order, not an act of Congress.  So if Congress has already repealed the mandate, why does the court have to decide whether or not the mandate was unconstitutional?  In my opinion, the mandate was the worst part of Obamacare and, if that's gone, I don't care what they do with the rest of it.

I read something the other day on my news app, but I didn't save the link.  It seems that several jurisdictions have banned the use of face recognition technology because they say it discriminates against colored people.  What's up with that?  Are they saying that all colored people look alike to the machine?  Maybe the article explained it but I didn't get it, must have been tired when I read it.

Another thing that's got me puzzled is the big uproar about asking people on the census if they are US citizens.  I don't know why Trump wants to do it, but that could be said about a lot of things Trump wants to do.  I also don't understand why anybody objects to it.  What's the big deal? They already ask us about our race and how many bathrooms we have in our homes, so what's one more stupid question more or less?  They count everybody whether they are citizens or not, don't they?  The only time citizenship becomes relevant is when people go to vote.

A few elections ago, they started asking people if they were US citizens on their ballot request slip.  I don't know if they have that in Illinois, but we fill out a slip with our name and address and give it to the lady who hands out the ballots.  I think it's so we don't vote in the wrong precinct or something like that.  Anyway, one year they added the question, "Are you a US citizen?  check yes or no."  The courts subsequently said that they can't ask that question because it's an invasion of privacy.  So now, instead of checking a box, you sign a statement that says you are a US citizen and eligible to vote in this precinct.  That's been on the form for a few elections now, and I've not heard of anybody objecting to it.  First of all, if you're not a citizen, you shouldn't be voting in the first place, so what's wrong with asking about it?  Second of all, if a non-citizen wanted to vote, he could just lie on the form.  And, last but not least, why is it wrong to require people to check a box when it's okay to require them to sign a statement that says essentially the same thing?