#judicial — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #judicial, aggregated by home.social.
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It's like getting picked last for dodgeball back in Jr High. 😆
"In tandem with naming Mr. #Najmi to helm the advisory committee, Mr. #Mamdani issued an #executiveorder that he said was intended to expand the pool of #judicial appointments and create a “merit-based, independent, fair, and publicly credible” process.
The executive order from Mr. Mamdani said committee membership “shall reflect the cosmopolitan population of the City of #NewYork.” Members serve four-year terms, except for members appointed at the recommendation of deans of #law schools, who serve for two years.
That promise contained in the executive order was not fulfilled, according to the four #Jewish #lawyers’ groups that signed the letter.
“To have no #Jews on the committee that’s selecting #NewYorkCity judges is pretty remarkable,” said #MatthewJKluger, the president of the #Bronx County Jewish #BarAssociation. “It certainly sends a strong message.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/nyregion/mamdani-judges-jewish.html
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After their first year on the court, a new Justice will run in an unopposed retention election, where voters will decide whether or not the Justice should continue to serve on the court.
If the public chooses to retain the Justice, the Justice will run in subsequent retention elections every six years.
https://ksbar.org/?pg=Retention-Surveys-COA
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Federal Judge Orders Review of Trump's Legal Settlement Amid Controversy
📰 Original title: Judge's hammer blow against Trump lawyers gets 'multiple wows' on MS NOW
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/13/france-president-marine-le-pen-prison-public-life. A very, very good question! If the #French #judicial #system worked as it should, Marine Le Pen would be in #jail, not running for #President! If the #US judicial system worked as IT should, Donald #Trump would be in jail, & not in the #WhiteHouse, @DoomsdaysCW!
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POPCORN TIME next Tue Jul 14
>First time SCotUS judges to #testify before #Congress in forever
Supposedly about #federal #judicial #budget request, but
>the mic's open for questions...
[ #Kagan, #ConeyBarrett to testify.]
[Remember when #Senator #DickDurbin called #Roberts and he said Nope, I'm above the #law(?) We remember.]
#fascist #USA #bought #captured #SCotUS #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #billionaire #playground #ethics #violations #bribed #UncleThomas #HarlanCrow
https://rollcall.com/2026/07/07/justices-to-face-congress-after-contentious-court-rulings/ -
Fmr #Wisconsin #Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade #ICE agents. A federal judge fined her $5k & cited her otherwise #law abiding life in issuing the sentence.
Dugan, 67, was convicted of felony obstruction in December. Her lawyers argued that the #Trump admin sought to “crush” Dugan in an effort to ensure #judicial compliance with the ICE strategy of targeting immigrants as they showed up for #court hearings. [yup]
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"The #Government & #judicial #system treat #farright #terrorism more leniently than #leftwing #dissent. So perhaps this should lead us to another answer to the question of how best to describe what we are seeing. It might be a nominally #Labour Government. But this is rightwing #authoritarianism." Only-too-true, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
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https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/te-tiriti-duplicity-honoured-abroad-but-dismissed-at-home/ :
'#Aotearoa is facing its sharpest constitutional crisis in modern history, as the government professes adherence to Te Tiriti abroad while dismantling it at home, writes international legal practitioner Nicola #Hoobin.''In signing the landmark New Zealand-#India Free #Trade Agreement in April this year, the current #coalition #government exported the #Treaty yet again, embedding a dedicated “Cultural, Traditional Knowledge and Economic Cooperation Chapter” that requires all actions to be executed in a “manner consistent with the Treaty of #Waitangi”.
'.....the contradiction it presents to domestic strategy creates a fatal blind spot.
'In New Zealand public law, courts frequently look to international treaties signed by the executive as extrinsic evidence to interpret the scope of the Crown’s fiduciary obligations.
'So, for example, if #iwi launch #judicial #reviews against the rollbacks of the 19 targeted #statutes — which cover critical resource management, #biosecurity, and primary #industries — the #FTA texts become powerful legal levers.
'The Crown cannot easily look a High Court judge in the eye and argue that statutory Treaty obligations are vague, unworkable, or a threat to democratic certainty when the executive branch has formally executed international documents telling the UK and EU the exact opposite.
'The explicit acknowledgments in the EU and UK agreements effectively block the Crown from downplaying the constitutional status of Te Tiriti in a domestic courtroom.
'This inescapable double standard shifts the ultimate burden of accountability from global panels directly onto our domestic judiciary.
'Will the New Zealand courts now hold the Crown strictly accountable for its own #international admissions, enforcing the principle that a sovereign government can’t legally define Te Tiriti as a cornerstone of our constitution to the rest of the world while treating it as entirely disposable at home?...' -
Change of Heart: A Novel (Wsp Readers Club) "Would you give up revenge against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love" Sale: $19 to $1.99 Jodi Picoult 4.5/5 (10,964 Reviews) #books #booksky #fiction #kindle #novel #grief #redemption #love #revenge #religion #judicial #emotional
Change of Heart: A Novel (Wsp ... -
In their filing, the fmr #judges alleged that #Trump had improperly used his suit against the IRS as a way to obtain “unlawful private benefits” for himself & his family, & to create a #SlushFund that would dole out #TaxpayersMoney “without constitutional or congressional authority.”
They also argued that Trump had tried to shield the deal from #judicial #oversight by rushing a #settlement & “short-circuiting” Judge Williams’s ability to examine its terms.
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Parties to the lawsuit, the fmr #judges claimed, “have plainly tried to shield this conduct from necessary #judicial scrutiny by short-circuiting” Williams’s examination into whether the lawsuit was “in fact an actual case or controversy.”
The list of signatories includes retired US district court judges, fmr magistrates & bankruptcy court judges & 5 retired federal appeals court judges. They are represented by the nonprofit group Democracy Defenders, Susman Godfrey, & Platkin LLP. -
After the plaintiffs asked to voluntarily “drop” the lawsuit, Williams dismissed & closed the case, noting that there was “no settlement of record.” Trump’s attorneys said in a court filing that they did not believe their deal with the #IRS required #judicial approval.
#Trump #law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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https://theconversation.com/why-has-the-us-indicted-former-cuban-president-raul-castro-283467. The #US has absolutely NO business doing any such thing, @ConversationUK! This is yet another egregious example of #American #judicial #imperialism, & it must be opposed!
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“The arresting officer, Andrew Babb, complained the giant inflatable member was causing a public spectacle and potential traffic hazard in the family-friendly Gulf town. When Gamble refused to “deflate” and remove the costume, things got physical: officers took the 62-year-old to the ground and cuffed her, struggling comically to subdue and stuff the oversized erection into a squad car.”
https://www.courthousenews.com/penis-costume-protester-prevails-in-court/
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The Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. issued a statement threatening all people, especially Americans.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXJaQ5iCCxv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
#freepalestine #congress #legislative #executive #judicial #iof #babykillers #rapists #idf #israel #zionism #naziism #trumpcrimefamily #israel #netanyahu #zionism #war #warcrimes #gaza #iran #lebanon #uspol #netanyahu #gaza #freepalestine #trump #cmdrbonespurs #trumpsteinclass #trumpstein #trumpcrimefamily #corrupt #corruption -
The firings of the judges, Roopal Patel & Nina Froes, marked the latest efforts by the #Trump admin to reshape the country’s #immigration courts.
The admin has dismissed dozens of immigration judges &, acc/to those on the bench, has put #judges under pressure to deny #asylum claims & order #deportations. Unlike federal judges in the #independent #judicial branch, & judges work for the #DOJ & are hired and fired by the attorney general [currently #ToddBlanche].
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Seriously messed up
#Louisiana #GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an #exonerated man
A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark #election in #NewOrleans promising to fix a #judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry & the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.
#law #NOLA #USpol #LApol #Republicans
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-criminal-clerk-calvin-duncan-exonerated-d247677aa601a85cac604645d50fc739 -
Because it's in the #news lately with a couple things, in case anyone doesn't understand...
The reason why #prosecutors (and on some level #defense #lawyers) are not supposed to have ulterior motivations for or against any of the involved parties is because, while they are supposed to argue the case to the best of their ability, their primary obligation is to the #law and the #judicial process. A prosecutor is not, for example, supposed to find ways to get around the #defendent's right to defend themself, especially not by witholding evidence as the #DA did in the Rust movie set shooting accident case. Yes, there is oversight, and yes, there are consequences including being disbarred, but the first line of defense against misconduct is that lawyers are supposed to avoid getting themselves into cases where they might be tempted to break the law.
Yes, they break this all the time, but this is how it's supposed to work.
If you see something about a #prosecutor being biased against a defendent, that's why.
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The #Trump admin has withdrawn all #federalized #NationalGuard #troops from US cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into #Democrat-run #states encountered #judicial roadblocks.
The pullout was quietly finalized late last month, occurring with no public acknowledgment from the #WhiteHouse or the #Pentagon. -
The #Democrats’ statement comes as time is running short, with another partial #government #shutdown threatening to begin Saturday. Among the Democrats’ demands are a requirement for #judicial #warrants, better identification of #DHS “officers”, new #UseOfForce standards & a stop to #RacialProfiling. They say such changes are necessary after 2 protesters were fatally shot by federal agents in #Minneapolis last month.
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But as the bipartisan talks get underway before a Feb 13 deadline, #Republicans are already balking at many of #Democrats’ proposals. Those include unmasking agents, requiring that they wear visible identification & mandating #judicial warrants.
#law #immigration #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #MafiaState
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Whether that is correct is a complicated question in light of another federal #statute, & it has not yet gotten sustained #judicial attention. But Judge Justin Walker, who was appointed to the US Court of Appeals for DC by #Trump, did consider the matter in a 2023 concurring opinion in a case arising from a #protest outside the White House in 2020.
#law #Constitution #federalism #StatesRights #CivilRights #autocracy #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #StateSponsoredTerrorism
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You don’t get much more official than executing a #judicial #warrant. Concealing #evidence after the fact is a separate offense that also fits what is publicly known about both the #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti cases. The resulting #criminal penalties would attach to anyone who conspired in that concealment. This could reach more senior figures in the #Trump admin who acted to hinder #justice by using #lies & #slander to deflect responsibility &—worse—to score political points from the deaths.
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When a #shooting victim then dies, penalties in #Minnesota for failing to aid the injured person can involve up to 2 yrs imprisonment.
In l #AlexPretti’s case, the #obstruction of key #evidence-gathering steps gives #state #prosecutors another potent opening, especially because #ICE agents acted in overt defiance of a #judicial #warrant. Minnesota has a #criminal #ObstructionOfJustice statute that applies to situations in which someone prevents officers from carrying out official duties.
