#amicus — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #amicus, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@roymathur/116279382299106569
My #ClassicDoctorWho #revisit of the final Season 26 begins. Only #GhostLight, #TheCurseofFenric, #Survival, the #Amicus and #PaulMcGann movies, #ScreamoftheShalka, and a retrospective (alright; apologia) remain. Then, after 12 years of #OldWho #reviews on #CRRRRS #podcast, that, my #Whovians, is it.
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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” —Thomas Paine.
One of the biggest issues with #ICE, #CBP, and other federal agencies is so-called #qualifiedImmunity. It allows the agents to act with impunity and leaves those suffering violations of their rights with little recourse.
In this 50min. #Amicus #podcast, law Prof. Alex Reinert provides an excellent explanation of the issues and problems.
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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” —Thomas Paine.
One of the biggest issues with #ICE, #CBP, and other federal agencies is so-called #qualifiedImmunity. It allows the agents to act with impunity and leaves those suffering violations of their rights with little recourse.
In this 50min. #Amicus #podcast, law Prof. Alex Reinert provides an excellent explanation of the issues and problems.
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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” —Thomas Paine.
One of the biggest issues with #ICE, #CBP, and other federal agencies is so-called #qualifiedImmunity. It allows the agents to act with impunity and leaves those suffering violations of their rights with little recourse.
In this 50min. #Amicus #podcast, law Prof. Alex Reinert provides an excellent explanation of the issues and problems.
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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” —Thomas Paine.
One of the biggest issues with #ICE, #CBP, and other federal agencies is so-called #qualifiedImmunity. It allows the agents to act with impunity and leaves those suffering violations of their rights with little recourse.
In this 50min. #Amicus #podcast, law Prof. Alex Reinert provides an excellent explanation of the issues and problems.
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Epstein’s emails are a big problem for Todd Blanche and the Trump Bondi Department of Justice
Amicus, Nov 22, 2025 3:00 AM
The DOJ’s Prosecutorial Malpractice Keeps Spilling Out in Court
New developments in the Epstein and Comey sagas have revealed a lot about how justice can still break through the lawlessness of this moment.
https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=SLT9072587963&light=true
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Episode Notes
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by former federal prosecutor Mimi Rocah, who brings her extensive experience trying and supervising federal criminal cases to a discussion of what the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse can teach us about justice.
She suggests that the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour switchback tactic of calling for investigations of only Democrats speaks volumes about how the Justice Department is functioning these days, proving that vindictive prosecutions are the only game in town, bonus if they also have the effect of power-washing the president’s shadow from the scandal.
Next, they turn to the extraordinary scenes in a Virginia courtroom this week, as the DOJ’s case against former FBI director and Trump foe James Comey seemed ready to fall apart at the seams. As this administration’s practice of political interference in legal proceedings is supercharged by dear leader’s “Dear Pam” posts to “his” AG Pam Bondi, this conversation highlights why judicial integrity and the ever-expanding ranks of judges refusing to accept lies, are among the last best hopes for equal justice under the law in America.
Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Epstein’s emails are a big problem for Todd Blanche and the Trump Bondi Department of Justice
Tags: Amicus, Courts, Dahlia Withwick, Department of Justice, DOJ, Donald Trump, Epstein Emails, Epstein Files, Federal Case, James Comey, Jeffrey Epstein, Mimi Rocah, November 22 2025, Pam Bondi, Prosecutorial Malpractice, Slate, Slate Plus, Survivors, Trump, Victims#amicus #courts #dahliaWithwick #departmentOfJustice #doj #donaldTrump #epsteinEmails #epsteinFiles #federalCase #jamesComey #jeffreyEpstein #mimiRocah #november222025 #pamBondi #prosecutorialMalpractice #slate #slatePlus #survivors #trump #victims
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Epstein’s emails are a big problem for Todd Blanche and the Trump Bondi Department of Justice
Amicus, Nov 22, 2025 3:00 AM
The DOJ’s Prosecutorial Malpractice Keeps Spilling Out in Court
New developments in the Epstein and Comey sagas have revealed a lot about how justice can still break through the lawlessness of this moment.
https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=SLT9072587963&light=true
For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ.
Episode Notes
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by former federal prosecutor Mimi Rocah, who brings her extensive experience trying and supervising federal criminal cases to a discussion of what the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse can teach us about justice.
She suggests that the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour switchback tactic of calling for investigations of only Democrats speaks volumes about how the Justice Department is functioning these days, proving that vindictive prosecutions are the only game in town, bonus if they also have the effect of power-washing the president’s shadow from the scandal.
Next, they turn to the extraordinary scenes in a Virginia courtroom this week, as the DOJ’s case against former FBI director and Trump foe James Comey seemed ready to fall apart at the seams. As this administration’s practice of political interference in legal proceedings is supercharged by dear leader’s “Dear Pam” posts to “his” AG Pam Bondi, this conversation highlights why judicial integrity and the ever-expanding ranks of judges refusing to accept lies, are among the last best hopes for equal justice under the law in America.
Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Epstein’s emails are a big problem for Todd Blanche and the Trump Bondi Department of Justice
Tags: Amicus, Courts, Dahlia Withwick, Department of Justice, DOJ, Donald Trump, Epstein Emails, Epstein Files, Federal Case, James Comey, Jeffrey Epstein, Mimi Rocah, November 22 2025, Pam Bondi, Prosecutorial Malpractice, Slate, Slate Plus, Survivors, Trump, Victims#amicus #courts #dahliaWithwick #departmentOfJustice #doj #donaldTrump #epsteinEmails #epsteinFiles #federalCase #jamesComey #jeffreyEpstein #mimiRocah #november222025 #pamBondi #prosecutorialMalpractice #slate #slatePlus #survivors #trump #victims
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Epstein’s emails are a big problem for Todd Blanche and the Trump Bondi Department of Justice
Amicus, Nov 22, 2025 3:00 AM
The DOJ’s Prosecutorial Malpractice Keeps Spilling Out in Court
New developments in the Epstein and Comey sagas have revealed a lot about how justice can still break through the lawlessness of this moment.
https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=SLT9072587963&light=true
For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ.
Episode Notes
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by former federal prosecutor Mimi Rocah, who brings her extensive experience trying and supervising federal criminal cases to a discussion of what the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse can teach us about justice.
She suggests that the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour switchback tactic of calling for investigations of only Democrats speaks volumes about how the Justice Department is functioning these days, proving that vindictive prosecutions are the only game in town, bonus if they also have the effect of power-washing the president’s shadow from the scandal.
Next, they turn to the extraordinary scenes in a Virginia courtroom this week, as the DOJ’s case against former FBI director and Trump foe James Comey seemed ready to fall apart at the seams. As this administration’s practice of political interference in legal proceedings is supercharged by dear leader’s “Dear Pam” posts to “his” AG Pam Bondi, this conversation highlights why judicial integrity and the ever-expanding ranks of judges refusing to accept lies, are among the last best hopes for equal justice under the law in America.
Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Epstein’s emails are a big problem for Todd Blanche and the Trump Bondi Department of Justice
#amicus #courts #dahliaWithwick #departmentOfJustice #doj #donaldTrump #epsteinEmails #epsteinFiles #federalCase #jamesComey #jeffreyEpstein #mimiRocah #november222025 #pamBondi #prosecutorialMalpractice #slate #slatePlus #survivors #trump #victims
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SUMMARY + RESORCES – Internet Society Amicus Brief in Cox v. Sony – US Supreme Court – September 2025
FILING (ISOC) | SUMMARY + RESOURCES (Patreon)
ARCHIVE | PERMALINK
In the case of Cox v. Sony, in 2019, a Virginia jury awarded roughly $1 billion in statutory damages to a group of record labels, led by Sony, ruling that Cox had 'secondary liability' for copyright infringement by its users. In 2024, the Fou
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"The Court cannot draw a logical connection [... between X and Y] any more than an internal memo showing that a car dealership has not and will not require a blood sacrifice to buy a car would affect its negotiations with customers."
That's a hell of a thing to see in a legal brief.
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Retired #military leaders filed an #amicus brief Mon writing that #Trump’s #AbsoluteImmunity theory “has the potential to severely undermine the Commander-in-Chief’s #legal & #moral authority to lead the military forces, as it would signal that they but not he must obey the #RuleOfLaw.”
#law #SCOTUS #Jan6 #TrumpCoupAttempt #democracy #NationalSecurity #UnitedStates
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-939/307029/20240408130715170_No.%2023-939bsacRetiredFour-StarAdmiralsAndGenerals.pdf -
The authors of the #AmicusBrief are (I edited their credentials as they’re extensive)
Jill Lepore, Professor of History, Harvard University
David Blight, Professor of History & African American Studies at Yale University
Drew Gilpin Faust is President Emerita of Harvard University
John Fabian Witt, Professor of Law at Yale Law School#SCOTUS #amicus #law #legal #History #2024election #Trump #Insurrection #Jan6 #14thAmendment
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#introduction because everyone else is doing it:
Complete nerd, grew up on #SciFi lit like #Wells #Verne #Clarke #Asimov and #Aldiss while watching #Hammer and #Amicus Horror late night in the 80s (Cushing/Lee are the pinnacle)
Spent my life watching #StarTrek #StarWars and #DoctorWho. Spent my teens watching #XFiles #Babylon5 and #80sHorror
Food obsessive (#Scranodon) and #AFOL (#AdultFanOfLego). I run a website with all my #MOC's at:
https://scifibrickyards.weebly.com/
(He/Him/Bald/British/Beautiful)
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"Without some form of moderation, online communities die."
Laws in the states of Texas and Florida could affect how we all interact with the Internet. They seek to eliminate or strictly limit a platform’s ability to moderate content.
Good for trolls, bad for the rest of us.
Today we filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate these laws ⬇️
#MoodyvNetChoice #NetChoicevPaxton #NetChoice #amicus #amicusbrief #Internet #SupremeCourt
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Prof Franks cont. 5: "And one of the many, many self-defeating things about this way of looking at the world or choosing not to see the world is to think that it's not going to come for you too at some point, right? That we're making this world a dangerous place for everyone. Everyone's less safe. .."
http://slateprivate.supportingcast.fm/content/eyJ0IjoicCIsImMiOiIzMDMiLCJ1IjoiMTAyNTQ3OCIsImQiOiIxNTg1MDY4MzgzIiwiayI6ODV9fGMwYjk3MTQ5NzgxNzgwZWM0YTRmYThlM2VkZWE3ZDc2MmM4MTJjZTUyZWJmZjk3NTI0YTFmMGM0NTI1NWJmZjU.rss #slateplus link (no ads)
@Dahlialith #scotus #counterman #SupremeCourt #amicus #slate -
Democrats ask chief justice to investigate Clarence Thomas trips: ‘It is your duty’
Eight senators and eight representatives sent Chief Justice Roberts a letter on Friday to urge him to initiate an #investigation into any #unethical and “potentially #unlawful” #conduct that Justice #Thomas might have committed.
The letter states that the court has “barely acknowledged” the allegations so far.
The signers said an investigation should look into #who #accompanied #Thomas on these trips. They said they “have reason to believe” that #Crow is connected to multiple groups that have filed #amicus #briefs to the court, but the public does not know if anyone else on these trips had interests connected to Thomas’ “official duties.”
They said they will urge Congress to act to “restore ethics and accountability” on the court if Roberts does not act.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3940506-democrats-ask-chief-justice-to-investigate-clarence-thomas-trips-it-is-your-duty/ -
...a sympathetic blind resident in Amicus' Tales from the Crypt, the psychiatrist in Hammer's Demons of the Mind (both 1972) and the malevolent professor in Fulci's The Black Cat (1981). Mesmerising as the animal trader in "What Big Eyes", Nigel Kneale's tragic lycantropy riff for Beasts (1976).
#PatrickMagee #BornOnThisDay #BOTD #OTD #Amicus #HammerHorror #BritishHorror #HorrorMovies
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she gently spoofed the seductive, predatory image created in Hammer's #TheVampireLovers (1970) and #Countess Dracula (1971). She was subtly menacing as the registrar in Robin Hardy's #TheWickerMan (1973), joining the May Day sacrifice of Sgt. Howie. You will know her as #IngridPitt.
#BornOnTheDay #BOTD #OTD #Horror #Gothic #GothicHorror #FolkHorror #HammerHorror #Hammer #Amicus #Vampire
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