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Adrián Vázquez, MEP: “The Commission’s report puts Spain’s rule of law on par with Hungary’s”

Following the publication this week of the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report (2…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #AdriánVázquezLázara #amnestylaw #corruptioninSpain #CourtofJusticeoftheEuropeanUnion #EuropeanParliament #GeneralCounciloftheJudiciary #judicialindependence #People’sParty #RuleofLawReport2026 #separationofpowers #StatePublicProsecutor’sOffice
https://www.europesays.com/europe/97453/

Backsliding by Procedure: Lessons from Israel and the Role of Courts

—Gonen Ilan, PhD Candidate in Law, Bar-Ilan University; General Secretary of the Israeli Chapter of ICON-S, focuses on…
#Israel #News #democraticbacksliding #Israeliconstitutionallaw #judicialindependence
https://www.europesays.com/3109330/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/190752/ Backsliding by Procedure: Lessons from Israel and the Role of Courts #DemocraticBacksliding #Israel #IsraeliConstitutionalLaw #JudicialIndependence

@Abdirahmanirro has officially opened #Somaliland's 10th #NationalJudicialConference, reaffirming his administration's commitment to #JudicialIndependence, #ConstitutionalGovernance & #EqualAccess to #Justice. The conference brings together #judges, #lawmakers & #LegalExperts to chart the future of Somaliland's justice sector. #RuleOfLaw

https://saxafimedia.com/president-10th-national-judicial-conference/

Turkey: Erdoğan moves to bury the opposition

The defeat of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a clear warnin…
#Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #authoritarianism #civicspace #civilsociety #competitiveauthoritarianism #democraticbacksliding #EkremImamoglu #elections #electoralcompetition #hír #hungary #judicialindependence #judiciary #Magyarország #Opposition #ÖZGÜRÖZEL #Politics #RecepTayyipErdogan #Repression #RepublicanPeople'sParty #Turkey #WestAsia
https://www.europesays.com/3042490/

Turkey: Erdoğan moves to bury the opposition https://www.byteseu.com/2081571/ #Authoritarianism #CivicSpace #CivilSociety #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #DemocraticBacksliding #Ekremİmamoğlu #Elections #ElectoralCompetition #Hungary #JudicialIndependence #Judiciary #opposition #OzgurOzel #Politics #RecepTayyipErdoğan #repression #RepublicanPeoplesParty #Turkey #WestAsia

https://www.europesays.com/people/102233/ Turkey: Erdoğan moves to bury the opposition #authoritarianism #CivicSpace #CivilSociety #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #DemocraticBacksliding #EkremImamoglu #Elections #ElectoralCompetition #Hungary #JudicialIndependence #Judiciary #opposition #OzgurOzel #Politics #RecepTayyipErdoğan #repression #RepublicanPeople’sParty #Turkey #WestAsia

Judicial Independence Redefined: AI's Algorithmic Shadow Looms

Supreme Court Justice Nagarathna warns AI's 'cognitive influence' could affect judicial independence. Discussed in Bengaluru on Saturday.

#JudicialIndependence, #AIinLaw, #BengaluruNews, #JusticeSystem, #LegalTech

https://newsletter.tf/ai-influence-on-judges-bengaluru-conference/

Judicial Independence Redefined: AI's Algorithmic Shadow Looms

Supreme Court Justice Nagarathna warns AI's 'cognitive influence' could affect judicial independence. Discussed in Bengaluru on Saturday.

#JudicialIndependence, #AIinLaw, #BengaluruNews, #JusticeSystem, #LegalTech

https://newsletter.tf/ai-influence-on-judges-bengaluru-conference/

Supreme Court Justice B.V. Nagarathna spoke about the risks of AI 'cognitive influence' on judges at a conference in Bengaluru.

#JudicialIndependence, #AIinLaw, #BengaluruNews, #JusticeSystem, #LegalTech
https://newsletter.tf/ai-influence-on-judges-bengaluru-conference/

Supreme Court Justice B.V. Nagarathna spoke about the risks of AI 'cognitive influence' on judges at a conference in Bengaluru.

#JudicialIndependence, #AIinLaw, #BengaluruNews, #JusticeSystem, #LegalTech
https://newsletter.tf/ai-influence-on-judges-bengaluru-conference/

Administration Culls Immigration Judges Amid Pro-Palestine Rulings

Six immigration judges fired by Trump administration, including two who dismissed deportation cases for students supporting Palestinian rights. Affects judicial independence.

#ImmigrationJudges, #TrumpAdministration, #JudicialIndependence, #ProPalestine, #DeportationCases

https://newsletter.tf/trump-fires-immigration-judges-pro-palestine-rulings/

At least six immigration judges were fired this past weekend. This is part of a larger trend where 113 judges have been fired during the Trump administration.

#ImmigrationJudges, #TrumpAdministration, #JudicialIndependence, #ProPalestine, #DeportationCases
https://newsletter.tf/trump-fires-immigration-judges-pro-palestine-rulings/

"Chief Justice John Roberts is sending a message not only to Mr. Trump but also to the waiting world. Something along the lines of, 'People, this is what we’re dealing with.' The point being not that some fertilizers are now exempt from reciprocal tariffs but that a reckless president is sowing chaos in America and around the globe":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/tariffs-trump-john-roberts.html
copy: @renewedresistance #JudicialIndependence #SeparationOfPowers #GoodNews

"Chief Justice John Roberts is sending a message not only to Mr. Trump but also to the waiting world. Something along the lines of, 'People, this is what we’re dealing with.' The point being not that some fertilizers are now exempt from reciprocal tariffs but that a reckless president is sowing chaos in America and around the globe":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/tariffs-trump-john-roberts.html
copy: @renewedresistance #JudicialIndependence #SeparationOfPowers #GoodNews

The President of Latvia warns of a possible weakening of judicial independence https://www.byteseu.com/1817447/ #EarlyRetirement #EdgarsRinkēvičs #Featured #JudicialIndependence #JudicialSystem #Latvia #LawOnSpecialPensionsForJudgesAndProsecutors #RetirementAge #Saeima

What a joke

#JohnRoberts' annual report

The chief justice touted #JudicialIndependence & urged Americans to keep faith in the #Constitution in year-end statement

Focusing on the #DeclarationOfIndependence as the nation turns to its 250th anniversary, Roberts said the #founders chafed at the crown’s control of colonial courts & “corrected this flaw” by setting up a #judiciary that would operate without interference from the other branches.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report

What a joke

#JohnRoberts' annual report

The chief justice touted #JudicialIndependence & urged Americans to keep faith in the #Constitution in year-end statement

Focusing on the #DeclarationOfIndependence as the nation turns to its 250th anniversary, Roberts said the #founders chafed at the crown’s control of colonial courts & “corrected this flaw” by setting up a #judiciary that would operate without interference from the other branches.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report

His son Sebastien Lai said the family had expected a guilty verdict, “but that doesn’t make it any less devastating.”

“In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national security law has been molded & weaponized against someone who essentially said stuff that they didn’t like.”

#law #JimmyLai #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #FreePress #JudicialIndependence

His son Sebastien Lai said the family had expected a guilty verdict, “but that doesn’t make it any less devastating.”

“In the 800-page verdict they have there is essentially nothing, nothing that incriminates him,” he told reporters in London. “This is a perfect example of how the national security law has been molded & weaponized against someone who essentially said stuff that they didn’t like.”

#law #JimmyLai #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #FreePress #JudicialIndependence

#JimmyLai has spent 5 years in custody, much of it in solitary confinement, & his family said his health has declined rapidly.

Lai’s trial, conducted in a #HongKong court without a jury, has been closely monitored by the US, Britain, the EU & political observers as a barometer of #media freedom & #JudicialIndependence in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

#law #China #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress

#JimmyLai has spent 5 years in custody, much of it in solitary confinement, & his family said his health has declined rapidly.

Lai’s trial, conducted in a #HongKong court without a jury, has been closely monitored by the US, Britain, the EU & political observers as a barometer of #media freedom & #JudicialIndependence in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

#law #China #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress

Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security & conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

#JimmyLai was arrested in August 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national security #law that was implemented following massive anti-government protests in 2019.

#law #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence

Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security & conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

#JimmyLai was arrested in August 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national security #law that was implemented following massive anti-government protests in 2019.

#law #China #HongKong #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark “national security” trial

#JimmyLai, the pro-#democracy former #HongKong media mogul & outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted Monday in a landmark national security trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

#law #China #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-verdict-collusion-beijing-c2cd16f4c289a52d514591efe4aed389?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-14-Breaking+News

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark “national security” trial

#JimmyLai, the pro-#democracy former #HongKong media mogul & outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted Monday in a landmark national security trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

#law #China #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreedomOfThePress #FreePress #JudicialIndependence
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-verdict-collusion-beijing-c2cd16f4c289a52d514591efe4aed389?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-14-Breaking+News

Great news, Pakistan. Democracy has finally been upgraded. Courts trimmed, power packed, one man extended till 2030. Truly a masterclass in ‘reform’. Read how the 27th Amendment rewrites the rules for the powerful few. #Pakistan #27thAmendment #JudicialIndependence #RuleOfLaw #CivilLiberties #DemocracyUnderThreat #ConstitutionalCrisis #PakistanPolitics #StatePower #MilitaryInfluence #SaveTheConstitution

https://open.substack.com/pub/salmanmehdi/p/a-state-betrayed

RT @TheWJP
The Global Rule of Law Recession is ACCELERATING. 🚨

68% of countries measured in the WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 saw a decline in their scores this year—a sharp increase over last year.

See how your country fares across all 8 factors (from Constraints on Gov Powers to Civil Justice).

Explore the data NOW: http://worldjusticeproject.org/index

Share the data. Use the data. Strengthen the rule of law.

#WJPRuleofLawIndex2025 #RuleOfLaw #RuleofLawRecession #Governance #Policy #Justice #FreeSpeech #JudicialIndependence

RT @TheWJP
The Global Rule of Law Recession is ACCELERATING. 🚨

68% of countries measured in the WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 saw a decline in their scores this year—a sharp increase over last year.

See how your country fares across all 8 factors (from Constraints on Gov Powers to Civil Justice).

Explore the data NOW: http://worldjusticeproject.org/index

Share the data. Use the data. Strengthen the rule of law.

#WJPRuleofLawIndex2025 #RuleOfLaw #RuleofLawRecession #Governance #Policy #Justice #FreeSpeech #JudicialIndependence

"In tossing out (one of Trump's) lawsuits, U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen — an appointee of Donald Trump — lamented what he described as the White House’s months-long smear of the federal judiciary":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/26/trump-judge-rebukes-white-house-smear-00525450
#ChecksAndBalances #JudicialIndependence #politics

"In tossing out (one of Trump's) lawsuits, U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen — an appointee of Donald Trump — lamented what he described as the White House’s months-long smear of the federal judiciary":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/26/trump-judge-rebukes-white-house-smear-00525450
#ChecksAndBalances #JudicialIndependence #politics

Three federal immigration judges fired with just an email. Hear their story in their own words #ImmigrationCourt #JudicialIndependence #RuleOfLaw

Happy “Independence Day” I guess?

H.R.1 slashes court funding and boosts congressional control over judges, undermining #JudicialIndependence. It ends most #Asylum after 14 days, adds steep fees for #Migrants, and throws billions at #ICE and Border Patrol. It weakens the judiciary, harms #Democracy, and targets #Immigrants by design.

#ExileAsTherapy #HR1 #Project2025

In a recent segment, CNN's Pamela Brown sparked critical discourse by challenging Stephen Miller on the Trump administration's inconsistent responses to court rulings. She highlighted the contradiction in labeling judges "rogue" when outcomes are unfavorable, raising questions of accountability and respect for judicial independence. Miller's dismissive replies unveiled a concerning stance towards the judiciary.

Read more at https://crooksandliars.com/2025/05/scumbag-stephen-miller-fumes-cnn-telling
#CNN #StephenMiller #PamelaBrown #SupremeCourt #JudicialIndependence #TrumpAdministration

Kevin Breuninger’s article reveals that Judge Richard Leon has definitively deemed President Trump's executive order against WilmerHale unconstitutional. Leon's 73-page ruling highlights the importance of an independent judiciary, scorches the administration's claims as "absurd," and warns against undermining constitutional principles. This decision reflects a troubling pattern of the former president's attacks on opposing legal entities. For the full story, click here: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/trump-leon-wilmerhale-mueller.html
#DonaldTrump #WilmerHale #JudgeRichardLeon #ExecutiveOrder #ConstitutionalLaw #JudicialIndependence

But in the following year, as Kennedy reverted to greater agreement w/the Chief Justice, #Souter found himself on the minority side of far more split decisions.

…The 1992-93 decline of the Souter-O'Connor-Kennedy trio led some observers to highlight how Kennedy had moved back rightward, but Paul Barrett of WSJ contended that actually the "most striking development" was Souter's "emerging #liberal streak."

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

But in the following year, as Kennedy reverted to greater agreement w/the Chief Justice, #Souter found himself on the minority side of far more split decisions.

…The 1992-93 decline of the Souter-O'Connor-Kennedy trio led some observers to highlight how Kennedy had moved back rightward, but Paul Barrett of WSJ contended that actually the "most striking development" was Souter's "emerging #liberal streak."

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

…Casey was the most important case of the 1991-92 term, but there were other impressive Souter successes. He, Kennedy & O'Connor also came together, again joined by Blackmun & Stevens, in a crucial #EstablishmentClause case, Lee v. Weisman, where they struck down the recital of #religious prayers at #PublicSchool graduation ceremonies.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #Constitution #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

…Casey was the most important case of the 1991-92 term, but there were other impressive Souter successes. He, Kennedy & O'Connor also came together, again joined by Blackmun & Stevens, in a crucial #EstablishmentClause case, Lee v. Weisman, where they struck down the recital of #religious prayers at #PublicSchool graduation ceremonies.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #Constitution #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

Harry Blackmun's concurrence accurately termed the #Souter-O'Connor-Kennedy joint opinion "an act of personal courage & constitutional principle," & Blackmun added that "what has happened today should serve as a model for future Justices & a warning to all who have tried to turn this Court into yet another #political branch."

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

Harry Blackmun's concurrence accurately termed the #Souter-O'Connor-Kennedy joint opinion "an act of personal courage & constitutional principle," & Blackmun added that "what has happened today should serve as a model for future Justices & a warning to all who have tried to turn this Court into yet another #political branch."

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

“But when the Court does act in this way, its decision requires an equally rare precedential force to counter the inevitable efforts to overturn it & to thwart its implementation. Some of those efforts may be mere #unprincipled emotional reactions; others may proceed from principles worthy of profound respect.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

“But when the Court does act in this way, its decision requires an equally rare precedential force to counter the inevitable efforts to overturn it & to thwart its implementation. Some of those efforts may be mere #unprincipled emotional reactions; others may proceed from principles worthy of profound respect.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

“It is the dimension present whenever the Court's interpretation of the #Constitution calls the contending sides of a national controversy to end their national division by accepting a common mandate rooted in the Constitution.

"The Court is not asked to do this very often, having thus addressed the Nation only twice in our lifetime, in the decisions of #Brown & #Roe.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

“It is the dimension present whenever the Court's interpretation of the #Constitution calls the contending sides of a national controversy to end their national division by accepting a common mandate rooted in the Constitution.

"The Court is not asked to do this very often, having thus addressed the Nation only twice in our lifetime, in the decisions of #Brown & #Roe.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

Then #Souter moved to the core of his argument, 2 paragraphs that rank among the most memorable lines ever authored by an American #jurist:

"Where, in the performance of its judicial duties, the Court decides a case in such a way as to resolve the sort of intensely divisive controversy reflected in #Roe & those rare, comparable cases, its decision has a dimension that the resolution of the normal case does not carry.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

Then #Souter moved to the core of his argument, 2 paragraphs that rank among the most memorable lines ever authored by an American #jurist:

"Where, in the performance of its judicial duties, the Court decides a case in such a way as to resolve the sort of intensely divisive controversy reflected in #Roe & those rare, comparable cases, its decision has a dimension that the resolution of the normal case does not carry.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

That background had not been fully understood by the commentators & Senators who had debated what his 1990 nomination meant for the future of #Roe & other fundamental rights. If they had, what was now happening in Casey would not have come as a surprise.

#Souter's analysis reflected a realism not always found in high court pronouncements:

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

That background had not been fully understood by the commentators & Senators who had debated what his 1990 nomination meant for the future of #Roe & other fundamental rights. If they had, what was now happening in Casey would not have come as a surprise.

#Souter's analysis reflected a realism not always found in high court pronouncements:

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

"The essential holding of #RoeVWade should be retained & once again affirmed," they wrote in language that also spoke for Blackmun & Stevens.

"Roe's essential holding, the holding we reaffirm, has 3 parts. First is a recognition of the right of the #woman to choose to have an #abortion before viability & to obtain it without undue interference from the State.…

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics