Quote from: theymos on Today at 08:20:53 PM

If anyone else trustworthy wants to join in, I'd be up for making the same charity-bet several more times.

Topic title will be set accordingly. Anyone else want to bet against theymos, for the benefit of good causes?

By the way, from your earlier post:

Quote from: theymos on Today at 06:51:59 PM

To be clear: I'm not at all certain that Trump will lose, and although I don't like or support him, I'd prefer that he win over Biden.

I do suppose that you may marginally prefer Kerensky over Lenin. Thus, we still concur.

Quote from: theymos on Today at 08:20:53 PM

The New Civil Liberties Alliance has done some gun-rights-related cases, though it's not their focus. If I lose the bet, I might donate to the Foundation for Economic Education. Both accept donations via The Giving Block, which allows anonymous BTC donations.

Wow, theymos. You know how to pick them! My only question is if The Giving Block works reliably through Tor. I am still open to other suggestions. Before I write my PGP-signed commitment to this, I must consider a backup plan in case I need to donate, and I run into... problems. (Experience hereby speaks.)

On a brief perusal of NCLA’s press releases, I see these issues pop up:

“Administrative law” tyranny:

Quote from: nullius on October 26, 2020, 01:45:18 AM

Quote from: theymos on October 25, 2020, 09:23:44 PM

... A president could for example wield the administrative state in such a way as to make it very difficult to use Bitcoin without existing in the shadows, and a Biden administration is probably more likely to move in this direction than a Trump administration. ...

... “administrative law” tyranny. I think that most American consider the U.S. Code to be “Federal law”; well, what about that other conjoined-twin body of Federal law, the C.F.R.? ...

Quote from: https://nclalegal.org/2020/09/ncla-applauds-supreme-court-nominee-judge-amy-coney-barretts-record-on-administrative-power/

NCLA Applauds Supreme Court Nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Record on Administrative Power

Washington, DC (September 26, 2020) — The New Civil Liberties Alliance commends President Trump’s nomination of the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

NCLA, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group devoted to protecting constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State, analyzed Judge Barrett’s interpretation of administrative power issues, including any record of questioning judicial deference or bias in favor of agencies in a white paper of prospective nominees released this week.

NCLA strongly believes we need federal judges who are willing to protect the civil liberties of individual Americans from unlawful administrative power. If courts will not check administrative abuses when they occur and force federal agencies to stick to constitutional pathways, then the government will run amok and civil liberties will be lost.

An issue that should be of grave concern to every Bitcoiner in the United States:

Quote from: https://nclalegal.org/2020/08/ncla-now-accepts-cryptocurrencies-to-enhance-charitable-giving-opportunities-for-donors/

NCLA Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies to Enhance Charitable Giving Opportunities for Donors

Aug 18, 2020

[...] (https://nclalegal.org/donate-crypto/) [...]

NCLA was inspired to open donations to the crypto community after learning more about digital donations through our recently launched case, James Harper v. Charles P. Rettig, et al., currently before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The lawsuit argues that the IRS has acquired the unbridled power to demand and seize Americans’ private financial information from third parties without any judicial process.

Although the digital virtual currency exchanges that facilitated his transactions had contractually promised Mr. Harper to protect his private information, the IRS somehow obtained his records without a valid subpoena, court order, or judicial warrant based on probable cause. [...]

Gun rights, too:

Quote from: https://nclalegal.org/2020/10/ncla-wages-legal-battle-against-atfs-unlawful-bump-stock-final-rule-in-texas-and-utah/

NCLA Wages Legal Battle Against ATF’s Unlawful Bump Stock Final Rule in Texas and Utah

Washington, DC (October 6, 2020) —The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is substantively rewriting federal criminal law with its Final Rule on bump stock-type devices, concluded the New Civil Liberties Alliance in two recent court filings against the ATF in lawsuits originally filed in Texas and Utah.

For the purposes of this bet, it is will suffice for my part. As I said, though, I am still open to other suggestions.