#justice
“The Justice Department had little choice but to charge Trump. The evidence of intentional misconduct and comprehensive obstruction of justice is just too strong. Any other decision would place presidents outside the rule of federal law and declare to the American public that its presidents enjoy something akin to a royal privilege. This is a Republic not a monarchy and if the Justice Department can prove its claims, then Donald Trump belongs in prison.” ~ David French
#Justice #Opinion #TrumpIndictment
#Trump’s Case Puts the #Justice System on Trial, in a Test of Public #Credibility
The former president’s efforts to defend against multiple #felony counts by #discrediting #law #enforcement pose a grave challenge to #democracy.
by Peter Baker
#NationalSecurity #Indicted #Obstruction #Espionage #Legal #JackSmith #SpecialCounsel #DOJ #ClassifiedDocuments
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/us/politics/trump-documents-indictment-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Top stories in my #HumanRights newsletter this week:
📰 #Philippines: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/06/09
📰 #SaudiArabia: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/06/08
📰 #Nigeria: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/06/07
📰 Spying for Human Rights: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/06/06
📰 International #Justice: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/06/05
🔊🔊 All of these stories are also in audio format here: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio-series/daily-brief
The #indictment of #Trump is not tragic for our country, it is a triumph for #democracy everywhere — but only if we see the process of justice in this case through to the end. The power of law and the idea that no one is above it is the only solid protection that democracies have against authoritarianism and oligarchy. #Justice is an ideal, and we must strive continuously to make it real, something that people trust. That’s how we protect democracy from dictators.
📻 Il estimait son licenciement « humiliant », Fabien Namias décroche une grosse indemnité d’Europe 1
Six ans après son éviction, l’ancien directeur de l’information de la station d’Arnaud Lagardère vient de la faire condamner à un lourd dédommagement. La radio va devoir lui verser plusieurs centaines de milliers d'euros.
@uspolitics yet as a wealthy elite he gets the judge he appointed to preside over his case. It’s one if the many ways the wealthy subvert #democracy #justice #indictment #Recuse
A bonus sample - page 17:
#Trump is documented showing highly classified documents to visitors without security clearance, and bragging about how secret they were. Supplemented by his own words at a press conference saying how "illegal" it is to share classified documents... (blaming whoever did so and shared with the press)
There are also transcripts elsewhere of his railing against Hillary Clinton's handling classified documents, & how HE never would.
Glenn Kirschner:
The evidence detailed in the 44-page Trump indictment makes clear: Trump. Is. Done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMcmDc2PYrs
#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats #Justice #JusticeMatters
Remarks by Gunnar #Strömmer, Minister for Justice of #Sweden, during the press conference following today's Justice and Home Affairs Council (#Justice) in #Luxembourg. @sweden2023eu
"Security is an overarching priority for the Swedish Presidency"
https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/20230608-justice-and-home-affairs-council-june-2023/140289-1-press-conference-justice-part-1-20230609
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilTVNews/status/1667184790099853314
Doorstep by Jonathan #Attard, Minister of Justice of #Malta, at the Justice and Home Affairs Council (#Justice) taking place on 9 June 2023 in #Luxembourg.
https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/246002
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilTVNews/status/1667172507458125826
Doorstep by Carlo #Nordio, Minister for Justice of #Italy, at the Justice and Home Affairs Council (#Justice) taking place on 9 June 2023 in #Luxembourg.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilTVNews/status/1667165595396108290
Julian Aguon Seeks Climate Justice Through Storytelling and the Law https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/06/09/climate-justice-julian-aguon?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #peace #justice
Julian Aguon Seeks Climate Justice Through Storytelling and the Law https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/06/09/climate-justice-julian-aguon?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #peace #justice
Julian Aguon Seeks Climate Justice Through Storytelling and the Law https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2023/06/09/climate-justice-julian-aguon?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #peace #justice
We need to expand the Supreme Court, create term limits, and institute a code of ethics.
Send a letter now:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-member-of-congress-expand-the-supreme-court-to-protect-our-voting-and-civil-rights-2
#ExpandTheCourt #SupremeCourt #Ethics #Justice #peoplepowerunited #inspiredtovote
#Ukraine begins their #counteroffensive on the same day federal charges are brought against Donald #Trump ... this is a good day for #justice ...
#DonaldTrump #TrumpCriminal #LockHimUp #StandWithUkraine #PutinWarCriminal #RussianTerror #RussiaIsATerroristState #UkraineCounterOffensive
What would be in a Jack Smith Subway sandwich? #indictment #thedefendant #justice
Jeez. Still everyone else's fault rather than the proven liar who didn't think the rules a pied to him in his privileged existence. Just fuck off and let us get on. And give us the £250K back for those lawyers.
Boris Johnson: I've been forced out over Partygate report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65863267
NPR Live Update:
Trump's lawyers just resigned
https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-indictment-documents-grand-jury#trumps-lawyers-just-resigned
Now isn't this precious?
So what now - after Lord #TrumpVirus hires a lawyer specifically to push for delays in the trial?
I'd been envisioning him (maybe) firing them all & then "defending" himself. Wouldn't that be fun?
It's difficult to defend the indefensible. More likely he'll focus on #insurrection
#TrumpVirus #indictment #espionage #justice #accountability #DJT
"Crimes like anybody's ever crimed before!"
Special Counsel Jack Smith: "Today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice." https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.3.0_4.pdf
Interesting that Jack Smith chose to close his remarks today by thanking the FBI.
Most of the FBI is in the tank for Trump. Factions in the FBI tried to obstruct and even kill the DOJ's investigation of the Mar-a-Lago documents,.
It's starting to look more and more #espionage - ish....
AP: Donald Trump described Pentagon plan of attack and shared classified map, indictment says
#indictment #TrumpVirus #espionage #accountability #justice #treason #Karma #DJT #Trump
The #JHA Council meeting has come to an end.
The press conference with 🇸🇪 #justice minister Gunnar Strömmer and 🇪🇺 commissioner @dreynders will start soon.
Follow LIVE 🎥 here : https://europa.eu/!vNgbPX
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667176890514194437
Go out there and make some “good trouble!”
[Article] Placements en foyers : Les violences sexuelles entre mineurs explosent dangereusement
Ces dernières années, le nombre de dossiers judiciarisés de violences sexuelles entre enfants mineurs placés s’est envolé. Face à cette situation alarmante, les services de la protection de l’enfance (les financeurs)…
https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2023/placements-en-foyers-les-violences-sexuelles-entre-mineurs-explosent-dangereusement-degIYB0PQNWdTvpnIQsL2A #Justice #Social #Violencessexuelles
Activist Umar Khalid completes 1000 days in prison without trial or bail
PhD student Umar Khalid completes 1,000 days in jail without a trial, Article 14 revisited the fabrications, inconsistencies and conjectures that vitiate the Delhi riots conspiracy case but are still not enough for him to get bail because judges, as experts point out, interpret draconian laws in unyielding fashion.
#UmarKhalid #DelhiPolice #DelhiPogrom #DelhiRiots #CAA #NRC #UAPA #CivilRights #HumanRights #muslims #dissent #law #justice #hindutva #india
i'll leave you with more of josephine's exponential wisdom:
‘surely the day will come when colour means nothing more than the skin tone; when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice & all men are born free - when understanding breeds love & brotherhood.’
#equality #civilRights #josephineBaker #justice #music #art #illustration #theatre #cinema #france #missouri
The elephant in the room:
CNN Headline - "Say bye-bye to any federal charges against Trump if he's elected in 2024"
That's the game he's playing for.
The best possible thing Biden could do in the remainder of his term, would be to convince DoJ to change their arbitrary rule about not prosecuting a sitting president.
Forever more... if a President is suspected of criminal behavior, they will be investigated just like anybody else, and if that President is indicted, then their term ENDS RIGHT THERE and the Vice-President takes the reins.
Its stupid to trash our justice system and equal treatment under the law, when we have a built in solution in the form of a Vice President.
Ever since Jan. 6th we have been watching the consequences of FAILING TO APPLY JUSTICE EQUALLY BY FAILING TO PROSECUTE A SITTING PRESIDENT.
Lock him up.
Some tallied it thrift,
slashing social programs. Yet...
it cost us our soul.
#haiku #senryu #poem
#MicroPrompt: thrift
#Justice #SocialJustice #SafetyNets #society #government #budget #spending
>authorities now recognize the fight over Cop City as a crucial battlefield determining which politicians will retain legitimacy
These GRAND criminals - from Kemp down, are *illegitimate* - clearly on the wrong side of history.
Weaponizing police and courts is pure #CorruptThuggery.
When legitimate action is silenced and criminalized - humans assert themselves - #ByAnyMeansNecessary ✊
The state is irreparably harming lives of decent people 💥
This is a terrific story of a place, of an economic divide, of three women activists--of the ferocity and solutions come from communities that have historically been left out then find their voice: a roar. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/magazine/fresno-politics-poverty.html #justice #journalism #poverty
This is part of the climate fight, and it’s a battle we can ill afford to lose. A facility like Cop City is designed to make cops better at crushing movements for change, and in case you hadn’t noticed, we urgently need movements for change.
#StopCopCity #Atlanta #Georgia #PoliceState #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #Justice
PLEASE READ AND #BOOST
My little contribution for #wearorange
A ballad against gun violence
Thanks for reading
Only 4 minutes reading time
❤️ si_irini 😘
#betterworld #hope #fediverse #mastodon #writing #ballad #poem #poems #kindness #love #future #toleranc #givethemavoice #love #justice #human #humanrights #humanity
Evidently, there is a security flaw in Mastodon (see screenshot). It's not prudent to trust unknown admins with our #data.
Therefore, how do we make the #Fediverse admins more accountable? Or, should the fediverse be developed to be more user-friendly - so that we can connect directly to the network without having to depend on servers? (that is do-able. e.g., p2p networks)
#software #SocialMedia #data #hack #admin #justice #activism #equity
Say no to #BigBrother #network #surveillance or unjust #admin #employers #corporations #corruption
@BodyofBreen @nasa
I have to say I believe we are one species among many, learning from our mistakes. Being led by a small minority but the majority are realising we don't need those "leaders" who just use us.
How we will unite to build the future is yet to be developed/seen/realised but we each of us must & will realise that we are a movement of movements.
A critical mass as yet unknown will be reached & potential will be realised through #education #equality #justice #unity on a 🌎 widescale
In India’s Gang Rape Culture, All Women Are Victims
Reports of violence against women in India have risen steadily over the decades, with some researchers citing a growing willingness by victims to come forward. Each rape desensitizes and prepares society to accept the next one, the evil becoming banal, writes Vidya Krishnan.
#GangRape #rape #SexualAssault #ViolenceAgainstWomen #CasteViolence #CommunalViolence #patriarchy #hindutva #BilkisBano #PhoolanDevi #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #nirbhaya #law #justice #BJP #india
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/opinion/india-women-rape.html
After overturning the constitutional right to abortion established 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade, what other rights might the Supreme Court abolish?
ProPublica has built an interactive guide: https://projects.propublica.org/supreme-risk/
L’injustice en spirale (Aurélie Lanctôt)
▶️ « À Montréal, c’est frappant : la répartition de la canopée et des îlots de chaleur est directement liée au niveau de revenu. »
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/792204/chronique-l-injustice-en-spirale
#justice #environnement #pauvreté #inégalités #discrimination
New study identifies safe and just boundaries for the Earth system. Safe boundaries ensure stable and resilient conditions on Earth, and just boundaries minimise human exposure to significant damage. Humanity has already crossed several of these boundaries
👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06083-8
#climatechange #climate #earth #climateemergency #planetaryboundaries #justice #humanity
Glenn Kirschner:
Trump lawyer says he was BLOCKED from searching Trump office at Mar-a-Lago for classified documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9U7jfHkqTQ
#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats #Justice #JusticeMatters
@GottaLaff #Trump #Justice #Fascism The fact that this effort was conveniently leaked while the investigations are underway could reasonably be interpreted as threats to the agents and prosecutors, as well as active interference with those investigations.
Man accused of killing B.C. gangster Jimi Sandhu extradited to Thailand to face trial - Vancouver Sun
https://apple.news/AW8BeDUGQQzetJ9L83hdojQ
Who was mentioning previously that we never see any attorneys in courts or hearings in ST? Was it @MirrorAyako?
Anyway, same here.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Justice @allstartrek
Bay Watch in Spaaaace