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  1. Ontario's cash bail law is unconstitutional – and Ford knows it. BUT "they deliberately undermine confidence in #courts, plow under the Charter and #civilliberties, and use real human suffering to manufacture a political grievance." canadianlawyermag.com/news/opi

    #onpoli #judiciary

  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. #ToddBlanche, the acting US #AG, confirmed in writing [1 unsigned] on Sunday night that the #DOJ would abandon “elements” of the deal it struck with #Trump to “resolve” his lawsuit against the #IRS, conceding to demands from Republican senators who had threatened to block his nomination as attorney general.

    #law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
    nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/poli

  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. 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

  8. Former #DOJ special counsel #JackSmith is set for a closed-door interview with #House #Republicans Wednesday after lawmakers rebuffed his offer to testify publicly about his investigations into #Trump.

    The private #deposition is part of an ongoing investigation by the Republican-led House #Judiciary Cmte into the DOJ’s #criminal inquiries of Trump during the #Biden admin.

    #law #whitewashing #Jan6
    apnews.com/article/jack-smith-

  9. US Dist Judge #SaraEllis blasted the approach, restricted the #UseOfForce & ordered #Bovino to appear before her for daily check-ins. An appellate court later put a hold on those restrictions & called off the daily meetings, & the plaintiffs in the underlying case moved to dismiss it after Bovino & his team left last month.

    Tricia McLaughlin, propagandist for #DHS, has insisted that #immigration enforcement efforts aren’t winding down in #Chicago.

    #Trump #law #judiciary #PoliceBrutality #CBP

  10. “The deal is a deep betrayal of US law enforcement, whose agents risked their lives to apprehend the gang members,” said Douglas Farah, a US contractor who worked with federal officials to investigate & help dismantle the #MS13 gang.

    Nixing the agreements also threatens to damage the credibility of the #DOJ, which routinely relies on #informants to build cases against high-level criminals, ofcls said.

    #law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary #Trump #Rubio

  11. While the outlines of the quid pro quo have been public for months, the #Trump admin’s willingness to renege on secret arrangements made with #informants who had aided #US investigations has not been previously reported.

    …The deal would give #Bukele possession of individuals who threatened to expose the alleged *deals* his govt made with #MS13 to help achieve #ElSalvador’s historic drop in violence, officials said.

    #law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary

  12. JFC!

    #MarcoRubio promised to betray #US #informants to get #Trump the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT for #deportations
    To secure Washington’s access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, the secretary of state made an extraordinary offer to President Nayib Bukele.

    #GiftArticle

    #law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary
    wapo.st/4nbNiM4

  13. “Just last week in letters to the #Trump administration, I raised serious concerns about #transparency, #accountability, & the #humane treatment of detained individuals, particularly in light of repeated reports of #detainee #mistreatment & inadequate #MedicalCare,” US Sen #DickDurbin [D-IL], chair of the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte, tells WIRED.

    #immigration #law #HumanRights #Healthcare #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

  14. #Trump Admin #Illegally Prepares to #Deport More #Immigrants Under Wartime #Law

    Govt notified #Venezuelan men in #custody that they are at imminent risk of #deportation, illegally stepping up use of #AlienEnemiesAct

    Firsthand accounts, along w/ court documents & flight tracking data, reveal the admin’s calculated race to send alleged *gang members* to #ElSalvador before a court can halt their plans.

    #law #immigration #DueProcess #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers
    wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-

  15. literally what the fuck does this even mean?
    gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-lea

    If you were curious about my legal permission to breathe within this un-submerged Earthling solid angle,
    it's that.

    If any UK book botherers want to enlighten me, please do.
    Thank you for exactly zero legal advice in advance.

    I will not be relying on it at all. (And frankly am at non-zero chance of forgetting it soon after.)

    It is my understanding I'll maintain the same status but lapsed proof.

    It is my experience and expectation that I'll become undocumented, and therefore human scum [sic].

    #legal #law #lawyer #paralegal #barrister #appellant #judiciary #jurisprudence #court #CrownCourt #solicitor #immigration #migrant #emigrant #immigrate #immigrant #immigrants #ImmigrantLife #UK #British #English #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #TERFisland