SeriesFusion | Society, Politics & PolicySociety, Politics & Policy papers published by SeriesFusion.https://seriesfusion.comBaseball's automated challenge system was meant to enforce a fixed strike zone, yet umpires widened that zone as games progressed. The paper links the shift to catchers becoming better challengers than batters, creating pressure to call more strikes and avoid being overturned.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7242822https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7242822Avoiding Being Caught: Strike Calling in the ABS Era | Law. Original: 7242822Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLawlawAdvanced AI models could become harder for governments to restrain as hardware spreads, algorithms improve, and dangerous models are released. The paper argues that governments can preserve future options now through policies that carry relatively small present-day costs.https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05173https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05173The Closing Window: How Governments Could Lose Their Ability to Restrain Advanced AI | Public Policy. Original: 2608.05173Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTPublic Policypublic-policyRestraint chairs immobilize a person's limbs and chest, and jails now use them tens of thousands of times each year according to this legal article. It argues that the technology spread through a legal void that lets hidden state violence persist along older channels of dehumanization.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202658https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202658The Restraint Chair | Law. Original: 7202658Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLawlawConsolidated firms give governments fewer, more powerful pressure points for censoring speech through private intermediaries. Across four case studies, the article argues that consolidation and diversification make jawboning cheaper, more effective, and harder for plaintiffs to challenge.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7206002https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7206002Corporate Consolidation and Diversification Are a Free Speech Problem | Law. Original: 7206002Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLawlawPresidential accountability depends on the institutions that produce facts about executive misconduct. The article argues that Trump v. United States and Trump v. Slaughter jointly weaken investigation by insulating presidents from consequences and increasing control over investigators.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202318https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202318The Uninvestigable President: Executive Accountability After Trump v. United States and Trump v. Slaughter | Law. Original: 7202318Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTLawlaw