#judges
Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez Elevated to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/irma-carrillo-ramirez-fifth-circuit-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #IrmaCarrilloRamirez #Texas #FifthCircuit #CourtOfAppeals
Next week, we will record new episodes for our Open Science Bites podcast. 🎙️
https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/podcast
They will highlight best practices in #PublicEngagement. Alberto Godioli is our first guest.
#Legal cases involving comedians due to inappropriate #jokes continue to pile up. Alberto is working on a toolkit for and with #judges to help them adopt a balanced, systematic approach.
Read more about his research: https://www.rug.nl/let/onze-faculteit/actueel/nieuwsberichten-2023/humour-in-the-courtroom-and-how-the-humanities-can-help
#law #humour #satire #humanties
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U.S. Senate Approves Jamel K. Semper as Federal Judge for the District of New Jersey
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/jamel-semper-nj-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #JamelSemper #NewJersey
Civil Rights Prosecutor Micah W.J. Smith Confirmed as Federal Judge in Hawai'i
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/micah-smith-hi-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #MicahSmith #Hawaii
"The Dead Hand of the Trump Administration Is Still Strangling the Right to Vote"
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/voting-rights-lower-courts-vs-kavanaugh-roberts.html
"Trump’s judges keep defying a surprise Supreme Court decision protecting multiracial democracy."
Former Deputy U.S. Attorney Margaret Garnett Set as Federal Judge in Southern District of New York
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/margaret-garnett-ny-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #MargaretGarnett #NewYork #SDNY
State Appellate Judge Jeffrey Bryan Joins Minnesota's Federal District Court
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/jeffrey-bryan-mn-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #JeffreyBryan #Minnesota
#Trump #judges #revolt against the #VotingRightsAct,
At the very moment the #SupremeCourt appears to be #moderating on #votingrights, #Partisan #GOP #judges are going after America’s most important #votingrights #law.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Voting #VotingRights #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
#America: #StuckOnStupid! EXPLANATION: #Trump charged with #Espionage #Fraud #insurrection #treason, etc., openly threatens #PeopleOfColor #judges #witnesses and court officials, IS AHEAD IN POLLS with #Biden who's solving national & International problems like #UkraineRussiaWar️️ & #Israel/#Hamas conflict!
WakeUpAmerica! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! You are willing to put #America in the hands of a #Dictator #SeditiousTraitor and #fascist over declining inflation rates and few high prices!
This #Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines.
If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge.
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Fenton, population 226, brings in over $1 million per year through its mayor’s #court, an unusual justice system in which the mayor can serve as judge even though he’s responsible for town finances.
Judge Ana de Alba Elevated to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/ana-de-alba-ninth-circuit-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #AnaDeAlba #California #NinthCircuit
Ooh, SCOTUS adopted a code of ethics! Wait a minute, it always uses "should", never "shall"; there's literally no way to enforce it... Seems like some nice suggestions, which haven't worked till now, but we need transparency that Clarence will never give voluntarily.
#SCOTUS #US #SupremeCourt #ethics #drama #money #judges #Thomas #vacations #cruises #house #rent #school #Roberts #unethical #judicial #controversies #controversial #bought #court #packed by #conservatives https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/13/read-supreme-court-code-of-conduct-00126875
#Criticisms of #Trump #GagOrders Echo #SupremeCourt’s #Selectivity.
Two #Federal #judges have had enough of former President Donald #Trump attacking their #law #clerks and potential #witnesses in the multiple #civil and #criminal #trials he’s facing.
An unusual field goal kicker: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
#DareOgunbowale #dinosaurs #ff00ff #football #houstonTexans #judges #nfl #Proposition13 #texans #TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandy McMillion Approved as Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/brandy-mcmillion-mi-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #BrandyMcMillion #Michigan
Public Counsel President Mónica Ramírez Almadani Confirmed as Judge for Central District of California
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/monica-ramirez-almadani-ca-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #MonicaRamirezAlmadani #California
Veteran Magistrate Ramon Reyes Jr. Confirmed as Judge for Eastern District of New York
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/ramon-reyes-ny-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #RamonReyesJr #NewYork
Julia Kobick Becomes 150th Judge Confirmed by the Senate During the Biden Administration
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/julia-kobick-ma-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #JuliaKobick #Massachusetts
Former Public Defender Kenly Kiya Kato Set as Judge for the Central District of California
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/kenly-kiya-kato-ca-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #KenlyKiyaKato #California
They Tried to Expose #Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored #Prisoners' Petitions.
No One Listened.
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The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted.
Efforts to expose the injustice went unheard.
The thought of #Trump waking up in the middle of the night screaming, drenched in orange sweat, as he reaches for his Troth Sential #phone and furiously rages against the #judges, #prosecutors, and #witnesses in the myriad cases against him is fuckin hilarious. Have you ever seen a bigger #loser in your life?
Senate Confirms Matthew James Maddox as Federal Judge for District of Maryland
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/matthew-maddox-md-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Senate #Biden #Judges #Judicial #MatthewMaddox #Maryland
— #Dismiss #her not for #refusing to #perform #gaymarriages, but for failing to meet the #standards of #impartiality expected of #judges and #court #personnel.
Sadly No, These #Judges Are Imbeciles Dept:
Yes , it's unfortunately true. The serial high profilers walk in public unfettered while Judges pretend to care about things like staff but worry more about the mirror than the law. #Democracy, sadly, hangs in the balance and not in spite of this- but because of this
#Pathetic Bozos
Record number of trials delayed because no judge available in crisis-stricken courts | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/courts-backlog-trials-cancelled-judges-b2429383.html
Trump’s Court Whisperer Had a State Judicial Strategy. Its Full Extent Only Became Clear Years Later.
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A trove of documents reveal Leonard Leo’s early strategy to remake state courts.
#Wisconsin #NorthCarolina #Courts #SCOTUS #LeonardLeo #Elections #CriminalJustice #Judges #News #Politics #Law
#Trump is actively seeking to be thrown in #jail. That's the only explanation for his continuing attacks on the #judges presiding over his numerous cases. He was #gagged and threatened with #consequences, yet he continues to press his luck. He must believe that being #imprisoned will somehow increase the number of people who #vote for him in 2024. I think Trump is terrible at math, and his calculus has resulted in the wrong answer. #LockHimUp!
New #guidebook seeks to #sensitize #Kenyan #judges on #LGBTQ #rights.
#Advocacy #group and #jurist #coalition co-authored #publication.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Kenya #Courts #Allies #Representation #Culture
Julia K. Munley Approved as Federal Judge for Middle District of Pennsylvania
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/julia-munley-middle-pa-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #JuliaMunley #Pennsylvania
Former Civil Prosecutor Jennifer L. Hall Confirmed as Federal Judge in Delaware
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/jennifer-hall-de-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Senate #Judges #Judicial #JenniferHall #Delaware
Are you scared about Trump and the GOP ?
would you like to do something practical to help ?
CALL or WRITE your US Senator and urge him or her to speed up the approval of Biden's judicial nominations
Astonishingly, the Democratic senate is not moving fast on this; I think #Illinois #Senator #Durbin is one of hte main problems cause he re instated the blue slip rule
I have appeared in cases before Judge Jones and have had a high opinion of him as a smart jurist. If he had disclosed his relationship from the beginning this situation may never have gotten where it was. Certainly this will impact what was a booming practice of large corporate bankruptcies in the Southern District of Texas.
#Bankruptcy #SDTexas #Courts #FifthCircuit #Judges #LegalEthics
If I'm not mistaken
#American #judges have almost absolute discretionary power
and despite the incontrovertible evidence and the very serious crime
regarding the secret documents stolen by #Trump
Judge Aileen #Cannon
(who is helping Trump in every way possible)
could just dismiss the 'MarALago" case
relieving Trump of any legal consequences
and there would be no possibility of appeal.
Yes her career will be finished ...
but Trump would avoid consequences for his crimes again.
#Minister refuses to deny #judges have been told to delay #sentencing #offenders because #prisons full – #UKPolitics live
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/oct/12/prisons-steve-barclay-labour-conservatives-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-uk-politics
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryIncompetence #ToryIndifference
#AAPI #Law #Lawyers #Judges #Government
The 2023 American Courage Award was bestowed upon the Honorable Julie Su, the Acting Secretary of Labor.
Former Civil Rights Prosecutor Susan K. DeClercq Confirmed as Judge for Eastern District of Michigan
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/susan-declercq-eastern-mi-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Judges #Judicial #Senate #SusanDeClercq #Michigan
Former Federal Public Defender Brendan Abell Hurson Confirmed as Judge in Maryland
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/brendan-hurson-md-judge #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Biden #Judges #Judicial #Senate #BrendanHurson #Maryland
#Trump-#appointed #judges keep #falling for #antiLGBTQ #plantiffs’ #fake #claims.
It remains to be seen whether the #SupremeCourt will ever address any of these #problematic #litigation #tactics.
to be clear for anyone who doesn’t know, Mike Davis clerked for #SCOTUS Justice #Gorsuch & he was Senator #ChuckGrassley’s Chief Counsel for Nominations for the Senate Judiciary.
That’s who is saying this vile #WhiteSupremacist shit, a guy who helped pick US #Judges & worked for a #SupremeCourt Justice.
#Trump’s public remarks, whether online, in interviews or at rallies, have always had the potential for incendiary effects. A number of defendants prosecuted over the attack on the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021, said they believed they were acting on Trump’s orders.
Part of what has changed is that his #violent remarks now come at a time when the #indictments have already stoked #anger among his supporters & when attacks against #institutions, #judges & #prosecutors around the country have increased.
…The case involves an attempt by #Congress to give #judges more leeway in #punishments & provide a “safety valve” so that not all are subject to tough #MinimumMandatory #sentences.
But it has proven a #linguistic puzzle to judges across the country. The #statute says a defendant can become eligible for the safety valve if, among other things, the #offense was nonviolent & the defendant “does not have” certain previous convictions. The statute lists those conviction categories as (A), (B) & (C).
"Even as the mainstream media continues to treat Trump as a politician rather than a peril, normalizing his dangerous threats, the nation’s judges and prosecutors are holding the fort — protecting the rule of law.
They — along with Saturday’s bipartisan majority vote in Congress against MAGA extremists — give me some hope that the fever of Trumpism may be starting to break."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #media #normalization #violence #judges #LawandOrder
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-the-trump-fever-starting-to-break
Senator Dianne Feinstein has died at 90. Her last year was a particularly heroic one, as she continued to serve in the Senate despite illness and enabled the Biden administration to confirm Judges at a record pace.
#uspolitics #feinstein #judges
We Don’t Talk About Leonard
A new #podcast from ProPublica and On the Media
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The #conservative legal movement in the United States is more powerful than ever.
One largely unknown man has played a significant role in pushing the American judiciary to the right: Leonard Leo.
#LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Courts #Podcasts #CriminalJustice #Politics #Judges #News
Criminals in #England and #Wales spared #jail sentences because of #overcrowding
#Judges and #magistrates told to consider #HighPrisonPopulation opting for suspended #sentences instead of immediate jail terms
What judges have said about the state of #prisons in England and Wales
Calls for more prison funding drowned out by tough talk on #sentencing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/criminals-in-england-and-wales-spared-jail-sentences-because-of-overcrowding
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #ToryFailure
The #rule allows #attorneys & parties to list their “preferred salutations & personal #pronouns” on #court #records, which will create the guide for #judges & #staff handling the case for how to address those individuals.
The rule, which was debated at length in June, would take effect on Jan 1, making #Michigan the first state court to explicitly include requirements related to #PreferredPronouns.
#Michigan #judges must use parties' #PreferredPronouns or 'respectful' titles
MI judges & #court staff will be required to address #attorneys & #parties by their preferred #pronouns, names or by “other #respectful means” under a #rule the #MichiganSupremeCourt adopted Wednesday.
The top prosecutors on the 4 #criminal cases against #Trump — 2 by the #DOJ & 1 each in #Georgia & #NY — now require round-the-clock #protection.
As the prosecutions… have accelerated, so too have #threats against #law enforcement, #judges, elected ofcls & others. The threats, in turn, are prompting…a #legal effort to curb his #angry & sometimes #incendiary public stmnts, & renewed concern about the potential for an election campaign in which Trump promised “#retribution” to produce #violence.
#Wisconsin Republicans Went to Extremes in #Gerrymandering. Now They’re Scrambling to Protect That Power.
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Heavily redrawn #election districts in the battleground state gave #Republicans firm control of the legislature — and the leeway to move aggressively against officials and judges they perceive as threats.
#Impeachment #Judges #Redistricting #Midwest #News #Politics
(Probably as a result of their efforts) The #Koch network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent yrs. Once broadly supported by #academics & #judges on the #right, #Chevron is now #anathema to many in the #conservative #legal movement.
And there’s no more prominent convert than #ClarenceThomas.
Sheldon Whitehouse may yet save this country.
"Sheldon Whitehouse Just Laid Out the Scheme to Control the Federal Courts.
This speech was designed to reach well beyond the Senate floor."
Charles Pierce. #USPol #FedSoc #judges #Senate
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45225442/sheldon-whitehouse-federal-courts-scheme/
"Very few #racial #discrimination claims ever are successful. It's a misperception that they are. A vast majority of claims are #dismissed by #judges without even an opportunity to see a jury. So they don't go to #trial. For judges, it's not about discrimination, you just have a 'personality conflict'. This doesn't warrant moving further for deeper inquiry.
From 1979 - 2006, federal claimants only won 15% of job discrimination claims." - Tanya K. Hernandez
Inside The #CottageIndustry Of ‘#Experts’ #Paid To #Defend #AntiTrans #Laws
Their #purpose is to #convince #judges that #genderaffirming #Healthcare is #scientifically #controversial, #unnecessary and #dangerous — and they're increasingly having an #impact.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Courts #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Religion
#Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paid-experts-defending-anti-trans-law_n_65021a7ee4b01df7c3b6d513
#Kenyan #SupremeCourt #dismisses #challenge to #ruling that allowed #LGBTQ #group to #register as a #NGO with the #government.
The February ruling sparked heated #criticism from #Kenyans, #clerics and #politicians against the Supreme Court #judges and demanded it be #reversed.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Kenya #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
"“I’m not saying that Brooke Jenkins or London Breed are telling people to do this kind of thing, but I think it’s fueled by their rhetoric". #judges https://www.sfpublicpress.org/anonymous-posters-singling-out-judges-for-leniency-in-drug-cases/
He Fled a Traffic Stop in #Louisiana. Now He’s in #Prison for Life.
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After 12 years behind bars, Markus Lanieux thought he had a deal for his release.
Then Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed a legal challenge that could derail hope for those imprisoned under the state's "three strikes" #sentencing rules.
#CriminalJustice #Crime #Police #Prosecutors #Judges #Courts #News
Enter #Leonard #Leo.
In the early years of the Trump administration, he and the #Federalist #Society had remarkable influence within the new government. The Federalist Society had brought the legal doctrines of #originalism and #textualism — close readings of laws and the Constitution to adhere to the intent and words of the authors — into the mainstream.
Leo had taken a leave of absence from the group to advise President Trump on judicial appointments, helping shepherd the appointments of Neil #Gorsuch, Brett #Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney #Barrett to the Supreme Court and helping to fill more than 200 other positions in federal district and appellate courts.
By the time Trump left office, he had put on the bench 28% of all federal judges in America.
In the town hall video, #Baehr explained how he modeled #Teneo on the Federalist Society.
Leo’s “secret sauce,” he said, was to identify an “inner core” group of people within the Federalist Society’s 60,000 members.
Leo was “identifying them and recruiting them for either specific roles to serve as #judges or to spin up and launch critical #projects often which you would have no idea about.”
#FedSoc #teneonetwork #darkmoney
https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-teneo-videos-documents
A new tool in the fight to save the planet?
Many democracies do, in theory, guarantee their citizens the #right to clean #air, #water, #farmland, #forests and other #natural #resources.
The idea of getting #judges to enforce this guarantee in more places is not unreasonable. Governments would merely be held to promises they’ve already made.
The Montana ruling, for instance, rests on an explicit promise in the state’s constitution
(And a 6th-century Roman doctrine.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/01/climate-legal-action-rights-young-people/
More broadly, insofar as there is a Liberal philosophy of how to interpret the law, a Liberal government *ought* to appoint judges who share that philosophy, and lawyers who believe in that philosophy would be expected to donate to the Liberals more than to other parties. The person mentioned in the article whom I know has been a genuine Liberal for thirty years, not just in order to gain something.
Of those who donated, 76% of appointees gave to the Liberals, but the article doesn't say how that compares with when the Tories were in power — I wouldn't be surprised if even then most donors were Liberal donors, given the typical politics of Canadian lawyers. So the idea that unqualified lawyers are buying their way to the bench is not really supported by the facts.
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Exclusive report reveals Liberals appoint judges who donate to party
https://nationalpost.com/feature/exclusive-data-analysis-reveals-liberals-appoint-judges-who-are-party-donors
The article reveals that the #Liberals are more likely to appoint Liberal-donor lawyers to the judiciary than are the #Tories. But when you read the details, 82% of lawyers appointed haven't donated to a federal party at all.
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#LeonardLeo personally picked the last 3 #SupremeCourt justices, as well as countless federal #judges. Those picks are supposed to be made by the #President, but Trump handed over the authority to Mr. Leo marking the first time in American #history that Supreme Court justices were chosen by a private citizen and partisan political activist. Leo's #FederalistSociety represents an unprecedented #threat to the #nation, and a federal #investigation is truly fantastic news.
Pressure Grows on Clarence Thomas to Resign as ProPublica Finds More Undisclosed Lavish Trips, Gifts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ecerTqjwxE&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21
In the wake of ProPublica's bombshell report detailing even more lavish #gifts from #rightwing #billionaires to Supreme Court Justice #ClarenceThomas, five House Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to #investigate Thomas under the #Ethics in Government Act for accepting the series of gifts from wealthy #benefactors without following #disclosure laws. Federal judges are required to disclose gifts worth more than $1,000 — including travel. ProPublica's report documents Justice Thomas accepting 38 destination #vacations, 26 #privatejet flights, 12 VIP #passes to sporting events and eight #helicopter flights, all paid for by wealthy #patrons. We speak with co-author of the #ProPublica #investigation Brett Murphy about the process of revealing these lavish gifts and why even other #judges consider it "an unprecedented amount of #largesse for a justice to be accepting, let alone accepting and not disclosing."
Did Justice Thomas’s failure to report lavish gifts violate ethics laws?
Brennan Center experts explain Supreme Court disclosure rules.
#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #Alito #RobertsCourt #Gorsuch #HarlanCrow #PaulSinger #Sotomayor #Ginsburg #ethics #courts #judges #law #ProPublica #reform
The Guardian is sharing ProPublica's report on Clarence Thomas, but the other major news orgs seem to be ignoring it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court
#Corruption #Judges #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Bribery #SupremeCourt
“As a three-decade former state prosecutor in New York, I have never seen a defendant treated as leniently as defendant Trump. He has a rap sheet with 3 open felony indictments, 78-charges, in 3 separate jurisdictions.
In THREE separate jurisdictions. He has repeatedly #threatened #prosecutors, #judges, and potential #witnesses and has his own 757 jumbo jet at the ready to fly anywhere in the world and can abscond at any time. And the nature of his charges are among the most serious there are — he is accused of stealing our nation’s most sensitive secrets, trying to destroy evidence of his crimes, committing fraud in the oval office, and causing a violent insurrection in order to attempt to steal an election he lost, and our democracy. Imagine if he were Black or Muslim. There is no doubt he would be incarcerated pending trial.”
Criminal defendant conditions of release, pretrial.
@marcelias. I would love to know what your take is on this #slate piece about the role of #lawyers, especially the distinction made between regular #conservative #judges and #movement judges. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/rudy-giuliani-co-conspirators-jack-smith-indictment.html
GLORY TO #HongKong.
And yes: glory to the last remaining independent #judges in Hong Kong who refuse to follow the wishes of #Beijing's puppets governing the city.
#independence #StandwithHongKong
#FarEast #China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/28/court-rejects-attempt-ban-glory-hong-kong-protest-song
Both #judges and #scientists have jobs that require an ability to scrutinize themselves and their own conduct at least as well as they can examine the phenomena that their day to day work involves. Both make public contributions to ongoing social enterprises. Others rely on their credibility and good judgment. When they are unable to examine their own conduct with rigor and a serious measure of impartiality, they demonstrate a lack of fitness for their jobs. 5/
Opinion | Don't believe the data: This is the most conservative Supreme Court we’ve known
#SupremeCourt #Conservative #Opinion #Data #MSNBC #Judges #Politics #News
It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion. Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court.
#ExpandTheCourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #SCOTUSisCORRUPT #corrupt #court #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #discrimination is #legal for #religious #zealots & #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench by #definition #US #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges
# The case for optimism about LGBTQ rights in the United States
* The #SupremeCourt's (#SCOTUS) decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) has created a new #legal #framework for #challenging #antiLGBTQ #discrimination.
* #LowerCourt #judges have been receptive to this new #framework, and have #struck down several #state #laws that #discriminate against #LGBTQ people.
* Some of the state laws that have been struck down include #bans on #GenderAffirming #care for #minors, laws that #restrict #transgender people's #access to #bathrooms and #sports, and laws that allow #businesses to #discriminate against LGBTQ people.
* The future of LGBTQ rights in the United States remains uncertain, as the Supreme Court could overturn Bostock in the future.
* The Bostock decision was a 6-3 ruling, with conservative justices John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch joining the liberal minority.
* The decision was based on the interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
* The decision has been used to challenge a wide range of anti-LGBTQ laws, including those that restrict transgender people's access to bathrooms and sports.
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/6/26/23752360/supreme-court-lgbtq-transgender-bathrooms-sports-gender-affirming-care-bostock
Among many #Bicycling #Monterey projects that most people are unaware of is 1st example under Project #4, BICYCLING #EQUITY (scroll down our Summary of Projects page: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donations-some-ways-your-money-can-help).
Last week another #teen phoned us to make use of that project; today another teen called in same situation. We're glad to help. We salute these teens for not wasting their (or their family's) money on a #TrafficFine. Instead these #youth are "making lemonade out of lemons."
When #LawEnforcement officers deem a #citation appropriate, we appreciate #judges who offer an alternative to a #fine—such as the one we provide (see Project #4).
In case you're wondering: We appreciate #police officers who are into education instead of citation whenever appropriate. And we've done reach out https://bikemonterey.org/constables-of-the-peace-cops-on-bikes.html to #PoliceDepartments over the past 14 years to help more #MontereyCounty, and other, #cops be better prepared to help educate people who #bike.
#BikeTooter #YouthJustice #BikeEquity #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey
The fact that people that #TechIlliterate are allowed to be #Judges and made-believe that using #Tor is basically only needed to do illicit activities...
WTF #France?
https://youtu.be/cyFL7KJGcC0?t=154
If this #precedent doesn't get the #Judge forcibly retried and the people freed and compensated, then I guess #France is a #NoGoArea for anyone who actually cares about their #HumanRights like #Privacy and #PresumptionOfInnocence as well as #RightToRemainSilent!
Via Elie Mystal:
#Biden has nominated the most diverse set of federal #judges in American history. Not just on the level of race or gender, but also experience.
Jennifer Bendery:
Biden's point person on judicial nominations, Paige Herwig, just announced she's leaving the White House.
She's been a driving force behind his success in diversifying the courts.
Wowza. Remember Moore v. Harper? It's baaaack! Repub judges in NC court are siding w/ gerrymandered GOP results, trying to get back on SCOTUS so southern states can throw out liberal winners. Wow. They are brazen.
#SCOTUS #judges #conservative #gerrymandering #upheld #by #NC #court #who's #not #taking #sides #LOL #southern #GOP #GQP #brazen #states #rights #bull #again https://www.npr.org/2023/04/28/1164942998/moore-v-harper-north-carolina-supreme-court
"If [#SCOTUS]... were to uphold the ruling handed down by U.S. Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in #Texas, the #FDA’s authority to vet and approve drugs, considered the gold standard around the world, could be permanently undermined...
“This kind of Monday morning quarterbacking logic would allow courts to invalidate almost any FDA approval,”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/07/texas-abortion-pill-decision-fda/
#Healthcare #Abortion #AbortionRights #WomensRights #WomensHealth #Freedom #FreedomToChoose #USA
2/2 Elie Mystal:
The question is now simply "Should one person's desire to hang onto power until a time of their own choosing disrupt the entire judicial confirmations process?"
It's no longer about respect or fairness or "but what about..." It's just "Do we get to function, yes/no?"
In today's The Truth About #newsletter we dive into #darkmoney #gerrymandering and mega yachts.
If you guessed the #judiciary and activist #judges as the topic, you guessed right.
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I thought there was a judge looking into our government approval issues like this, things that are a danger to everyone. or was he being paid to look into only certain special issues related to the control of women.
#judges #cancer #democracy
#AIJobs: Judges
Pure Objectivity. The complete lack of bias. Does that exist? We know that today's AI models are trained with real-world data. They contain all the flaws of the human output with a touch of personal preferences of their creators. No wonder everything from facial recognition to image creation is filled with bias. ...
Full Post: https://octahedron.world/storylines/ai-jobs/10-judges?c=mst
“The remarkable pace with which President Joe Biden has sought to remake the federal bench has been put into jeopardy by dual threats: Democratic Senate absences and a Senate rule that gives Republicans the ability to veto district court nominees for courts in their home states.” #judges
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/10/politics/biden-judges-senate-blue-slips-absences/index.html
Well that Texas judge went and done it.
Let's remember that there are cures for rogue Federal judges at levels below SCOTUS.
One cure requires Congress to legislate (and the Prez to sign), the other cure can be done via private action.
✔️ Via Lawrence O'Donnell:
If you voted for #Democrats for #Senate you have delivered Biden appointed #judges who will be making important rulings for the next 40 years.
U.S. Senate Majority Floor Updates ...
CONFIRMED: James Edward Simmons to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California
By a vote of 51-43.
#Biden is putting #judges who know #VotingRights and #abortion rights on the bench
These judicial nominees advanced closer to confirmation to the acclaim of Democrats — and to the fear of Republicans.
When #Judges imprison people for contempt of court for mentioning their motivation for protest - see @openDemocracy piece below - there's something very remiss with the #ruleoflaw
Already protest has been increasingly criminalised, but now speaking about (in this case) the #climatecrisis in 'mitigation' has also been criminalised by (some) judges.
I seem to be using the boiling frog analogy a lot, but we look to have slowly become an #authoritarian state!
Colombian judge says he used ChatGPT in ruling. Juan Manuel Padilla asked the AI tool how laws applied in case of autistic boy’s medical funding, while also using precedent to support his decision. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/03/colombia-judge-chatgpt-ruling #AI #legalresearch #courts #judges
@democracydocket Reminder: *Corruption* & *bias on the bench* have been grounds to open impeachment investigations against a number of judges throughout history.
Lifetime appointments obviously do NOT guarantee judicial independence.
Standards of #Evidence in the #Talmud
#Justice may be blind, but #judges and #juries must be clear-sighted. We may consider the concept of evidentiary standards as it arises in several overlapping areas of Talmudic and secular law:
How can we assess the truth of testimony?
Does every criminal confession pass muster, or are some inadmissible?
When can informants be considered credible?
https://www.myjli.com/index.html?task=courses_detail&cid=1089
First the #Tories came for the:
#Immigrants
#Poor
#Disabled
#PublicSectorWorkers
#Police
#Nurses
#Doctors
#Experts
#Lecturers
#Teachers
#Judges
#SocialWorkers
#RailwayWorkers
#PostalWorkers
#BorderPatrol
#CivilServants
#Barristers
#Economists
#YoungPeople
#Remainers
#BBC
#Channel4
#Guardian
#NonEnglish
#NonWhite
#StateEducated
#ThoseLivingOutsideSouthEast
#LeftyLawyers
If they haven’t come for you...they either think they have your vote or you can be made to hate the above.