Lenox, NY Democrats

07/10/2026

Be sure to join us. It'll be a great afternoon!

07/09/2026

The crow on your fence knows your face. She's known it for years. She told her family about you. They've never met you. They also know your face now. The grudge was inherited.

University of Washington researchers wore masks while trapping crows. Years later, crows who had never been trapped — young birds born after the study — would scold and dive-bomb anyone wearing that specific mask. The information was taught across generations.

She uses tools. She solves multi-step puzzles. She plans for the future — caching food she'll need later in locations she's scouted. She understands water displacement well enough to drop stones into a tube to raise the water level and reach a floating treat.

When one of her family dies, the others gather. Not to mourn — to study. They investigate how the death occurred, identify the threat, and adjust their behavior. They hold a safety briefing over a casualty.

She eats 40,000 grubs and pest insects per family per season. She eats carrion. She buries seeds that become oak trees. She's running a three-shift operation — pest removal, sanitation, reforestation — and she remembers the face of everyone who's ever thrown a rock at her.

07/04/2026

07/04/2026

Save The Date!!! July 21 four through 7 o’clock
Chittenango State Park ice cream social bring your eats and drinks. The grill will be hot.

07/04/2026

06/30/2026

A Supreme Court ruling can be changed in three ways:
through a new decision by the Court itself, an act of Congress, or a Constitutional Amendment .
Here are the specific methods for changing a ruling:
*New Supreme Court Ruling: The Court can "overturn" or reverse its own prior precedent. For this to happen, a new case must work its way through the lower appellate system , and the Supreme Court must agree to hear it and decide to rule differently.
*Act of Congress: If the Supreme Court's ruling is based on the interpretation of a federal statute rather than the Constitution itself, Congress can simply pass a new law or revise the existing statute to clarify or override the Court's interpretation .
*Constitutional Amendment: If the ruling is based on the U.S. Constitution, it can be overturned by a [Constitutional Amendment]INDEX.
This exceptionally rare process requires a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, followed by ratification from three-fourths of the state legislatures.