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  1. #malta : #journalism / #murder / #judiciary / #impunity

    „Tom Gibson, the deputy advocacy director of the #CommitteetoProtectJournalists, was in the courtroom for the verdict. [H]e said: “This is a heartbreaking verdict for the family after years of waiting for #justice. We will continue to stand by them while they seek #accountability for all of those involved in the murder.”

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    See also:

    „Truth and Justice - The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation“
    daphne.foundation/en/

  2. Nigerian Lawyers in Political Careers: A Historical, Structural, and Contemporary Analysis

    The intersection of law and politics in Nigeria is profound and longstanding. Lawyers have disproportionately shaped the country’s political landscape, from pre-independence nationalism to post-1999 democratic governance. Legal training emphasizing advocacy, constitutional interpretation, negotiation, evidence-based reasoning, and oratory equips practitioners exceptionally well for political roles. This pattern reflects both the profession’s prestige and Nigeria’s constitutional emphasis on legal expertise in governance.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/01/nige

  3. The Ghost Who Keeps Signing by Lawson Akhigbe

    The Land Use Act of 1978 vested radical title to land in the state governor. Customary authorities were meant to operate within that framework, not around it. Yet when the formal system becomes a source of frustration rather than facilitation, human ingenuity finds other routes. Enter the late Oba. His name carries historical weight. The palace, however, maintains no functional modern archive capable of systematic verification. Oral history is the dominant method, and most of the original participants are no longer available for cross-examination. The result is a paper trail that is difficult to audit and easy to exploit.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/29/the-

  4. Uncounted in Life, Unrecorded in Death: Nigeria’s Costly Dignity Deficit By Lawson Akhigbe

    here is an old, bitter administrative joke in Nigeria that you are only formally counted twice: never when you arrive, and certainly not when you leave. In between, your existence is largely an unverified rumor negotiated between your creator, your luck, and whatever age declaration affidavit you paid a court clerk two thousand Naira to stamp.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/24/unco

  5. The #StudentProtests in #India saw huge #police atrocities against the protesters. When activists went to India's #SupremeCourt asking for court's intervention, this is what the #ChiefJustice said.

    Indian
    #Judiciary has become just a tool supporting the ruling regime.

    "Don't waste our time," CJI SuryaKant on plea against police action on student protesters during #CJP march.
    "We are not interested in videos, we don't have time to watch," Cll tells lawyer who said there are videos showing police atrocities.

  6. Wednesday, July 1, 2026

    Ukraine signs deal with Sweden to purchase 16 Gripen E fighter jets . . . . . Russia to halt multiple railway checkpoints on borders with Finland, Estonia, Latvia . . . . . How Ukraine's ultimatum changed the equation for Belarus . . . . . Behind the lies of the latest guest on Tucker Carlson's podcast: a criminal Russian arms dealer . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  7. Pawar Condemns Chief Justice's 'Parasite' Remark on Youth

    Karjat MLA Rohit Pawar criticizes Chief Justice's 'parasite' remark on unemployed youth, calling it hurtful and a sign of intolerance.

    #RohitPawar, #ChiefJustice, #UnemployedYouth, #Democracy, #Judiciary

    newsletter.tf/pawar-criticizes

  8. Karjat MLA Rohit Pawar stated the Chief Justice's remarks about unemployed youth were unacceptable, unlike previous criticisms he made about a CBI probe into a plane crash.

    #RohitPawar, #ChiefJustice, #UnemployedYouth, #Democracy, #Judiciary
    newsletter.tf/pawar-criticizes

  9. A quotation from Lincoln

       The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
       The desirable things which the individuals of a people can not do, or can not well do, for themselves, fall into two classes: those which have relation to wrongs, and those which have not. Each of these branch off into an infinite variety of subdivisions. The first — that in relation to wrongs — embraces all crimes, misdemeanors, and non-performance of contracts. The other embraces all which, in its nature, and without wrong, requires combined action, as public roads and highways, public schools, charities, pauperism, orphanage, estates of the deceased, and the machinery of government itself.
       From this it appears that if all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Speech (1854-07-01?), fragment on government

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/3093…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #community #government #humanity #judiciary #lawenforcement #publicservices #publicworks #smallgovernment #welfare

  10. For instance, ​an attorney #ethics panel in Washington recommended last year that #JeffreyClark, a senior #DOJ official during Trump's first term ​as president, be #disbarred for conduct involving dishonesty.

    Clark sought to enlist the DOJ in Trump's failed attempts to overturn his #2020election loss based on false claims of widespread voter fraud. A DC appeals court has yet to make the ​final determination on #disbarment.

    #Trump #law #LegalEthics #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ABA

  11. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  12. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  13. Meeting with Imran Khan | Can the Chief Justice Offer Any Help?| Ali Bukhari | Dawn News

    📺 Watch Dawn News Live Stream: Meeting with Imran Khan | Can the Chief Justice Offer Any Help?| Ali Bukhari | Dawn News عمران خان سے ملاقات۔۔۔۔ کیا چیف جسٹس کوئی مدد کرسکتے ہیں؟ #ImranKhan #ChiefJustice #PakistanPolitics #Judiciary #BreakingNews #CurrentAffairs #breakingnews #newsheadlines #pakistannewsurdu #livenews #latestpakistannews #latestnews #pakistannewstoday #dawnnews Dawn…

    fllics.com/en/video/meeting-wi

  14. Here is #JeffersonVanDrew’s #Jan6 revisionist #history section followed by 🚨🚨#TroyNehls yelling at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he “needs to be on medication.”🚨🚨

    #HouseRepublicans have no respect for the law, democracy, facts, or the people of the United States. If they did, they wouldn’t keep lying to you.

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

  15. Here is #JeffersonVanDrew’s #Jan6 revisionist #history section followed by 🚨🚨#TroyNehls yelling at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he “needs to be on medication.”🚨🚨

    #HouseRepublicans have no respect for the law, democracy, facts, or the people of the United States. If they did, they wouldn’t keep lying to you.

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

  16. Here is #JeffersonVanDrew’s #Jan6 revisionist #history section followed by 🚨🚨#TroyNehls yelling at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he “needs to be on medication.”🚨🚨

    #HouseRepublicans have no respect for the law, democracy, facts, or the people of the United States. If they did, they wouldn’t keep lying to you.

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

  17. Here is #JeffersonVanDrew’s #Jan6 revisionist #history section followed by 🚨🚨#TroyNehls yelling at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he “needs to be on medication.”🚨🚨

    #HouseRepublicans have no respect for the law, democracy, facts, or the people of the United States. If they did, they wouldn’t keep lying to you.

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

  18. Here is #JeffersonVanDrew’s #Jan6 revisionist #history section followed by 🚨🚨#TroyNehls yelling at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he “needs to be on medication.”🚨🚨

    #HouseRepublicans have no respect for the law, democracy, facts, or the people of the United States. If they did, they wouldn’t keep lying to you.

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

  19. Ok so it was POS #TroyNehls (R-TX) & other POS #JeffersonVanDrew (R-NJ).

    It was at the end of Van Drew’s inanity that Nelhs yelled at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he needed to be on medication. Beyond disrespectful.

    Here is the first half where Nehls’ gives his version of #revisionist #history part∶

    [Nehls is actually referring to the long debunked #RayEpps #ConspiracyTheory]

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #Jan6 #insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

  20. Ok so it was POS #TroyNehls (R-TX) & other POS #JeffersonVanDrew (R-NJ).

    It was at the end of Van Drew’s inanity that Nelhs yelled at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he needed to be on medication. Beyond disrespectful.

    Here is the first half where Nehls’ gives his version of #revisionist #history part∶

    [Nehls is actually referring to the long debunked #RayEpps #ConspiracyTheory]

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #Jan6 #insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

  21. Ok so it was POS #TroyNehls (R-TX) & other POS #JeffersonVanDrew (R-NJ).

    It was at the end of Van Drew’s inanity that Nelhs yelled at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he needed to be on medication. Beyond disrespectful.

    Here is the first half where Nehls’ gives his version of #revisionist #history part∶

    [Nehls is actually referring to the long debunked #RayEpps #ConspiracyTheory]

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #Jan6 #insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

  22. Ok so it was POS #TroyNehls (R-TX) & other POS #JeffersonVanDrew (R-NJ).

    It was at the end of Van Drew’s inanity that Nelhs yelled at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he needed to be on medication. Beyond disrespectful.

    Here is the first half where Nehls’ gives his version of #revisionist #history part∶

    [Nehls is actually referring to the long debunked #RayEpps #ConspiracyTheory]

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #Jan6 #insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

  23. Ok so it was POS #TroyNehls (R-TX) & other POS #JeffersonVanDrew (R-NJ).

    It was at the end of Van Drew’s inanity that Nelhs yelled at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he needed to be on medication. Beyond disrespectful.

    Here is the first half where Nehls’ gives his version of #revisionist #history part∶

    [Nehls is actually referring to the long debunked #RayEpps #ConspiracyTheory]

    #law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #Jan6 #insurrection #SeditiousConspiracy #coup

  24. JFC

    #StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.

    Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.

    #law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
    cnn.com/politics/live-news/jac

  25. 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
    cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/jo

  26. Thompson cited statements by Republican President #Trump & #DHS Secy #KristiNoem portraying #immigrants as criminals & a drain on #US society.

    "These statements reflect a stereotyping of the immigrants protected under the #TPS program as criminal invaders & perpetuate the discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population," wrote Thompson….

    #law #immigration #racism #WhiteSupremacy #GreatReplacementTheory #judiciary

  27. #US #courts set to run out of money, begin furloughs as #shutdown lingers

    The US federal court system starting on Monday will begin curtailing non-essential functions & furloughing some employees after exhausting what funds the #judiciary had left to sustain paid operations during the US #GovernmentShutdown.

    #law #Trump #OrchestratedShutdown
    reuters.com/legal/government/u

  28. Trump’s bid to deploy the #military on #US soil over local opposition has triggered a conflict with #BlueState governors. In #Oregon, a judge over the weekend blocked the Guard’s deployment to #Portland.

    The #Trump admin has portrayed the cities as war-ravaged & lawless amid its crackdown on illegal #immigration. Officials in #Illinois & Oregon, however, say military intervention isn’t needed & that federal involvement is inflaming the situation.

    #law #judiciary #PosseComitatusAct #tyranny

  29. 2) 10 of 12 judges who spoke to NBC News said the Supreme Court should better explain those #rulings, noting terse #decisions leave #lower #court judges w little guidance for how to proceed. But they also have a new and concerning effect, the judges said, validating Trump administration’s criticisms. A short rebuttal from the Supreme Court, they argue, makes it seem like they did shoddy work and are #biased against Trump. #SCOTUS bending #law for #trump against #judiciary nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-c

  30. 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

  31. …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

  32. 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

  33. Other new #immigration “fees”:

    - $250 bond for ALL nonimmigrant #visa applicants

    - $550 for “parole” work permits

    - $1,500 fee for applying to adjust status to get a #GreenCard before a judge.

    The bill would also dramatically increase immigration #enforcement #funding.

    $45B for #ICE #detention, assuming $4.5B/year, that would be nearly a 250% annual increase to the current $3.4 detention budget.

    #law #House #Republicans #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch #judiciary

  34. The prohibitive fees continue:

    2 "fees" are actually penalties:

    - $5,000 "fee" for being ordered deported for missing a court hearing.

    - $5,000 "fee" for being an inadmissible *alien* apprehended between ports of entry.

    This new fee is grotesque:

    - $500 for any Special Immigrant Juvenile [#SIJ] Status application — these are abused, abandoned or neglected kids, ya think they have $500?

    #law #immigration #judiciary #Republicans #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch

  35. More prohibitive #immigration“fees” — these are just for trying to defend your status in #court:

    - $100 fee for ANY continuance (except in "exceptional” circumstances)

    - $1,050 fee for ANY waiver application

    - $900 fee for all appeals except bond (currently $100)

    - $1,500 fee for non-Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) cancellation (currently $100)

    #law #JimJordan #House #judiciary #Republicans #GOP #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch #AbuseOfPower

  36. Crazy

    At the end of the #House #Judiciary reconciliation bill, there are 2 major restrictions on the judiciary & #litigation:

    First, as noted above, it bans judges from enforcing #contempt unless there was an FRCP 65(c) bond (rare in #CivilRights suits). Obviously aimed to stop Judges like #Boasberg & #Xinis, among others.

    Second, they would bar money damages in settlements. [see pic]

    #law #Republicans #GOP #ConstitutionalCrisis #LegislativeBranch #JudicialBranch #AbuseOfPower