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  1. 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

  2. #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

  3. #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

  4. #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

  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. #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

  7. #ToddBlanche’s confirmation hearing to become the 88th attorney general of the United States began with #Senate #Judiciary Committee #ChuckGrassley, #Republican of Iowa, welcoming him & giving opening remarks, followed by the tanking #Democrat on the committee, #DickDurbin of Illinois.

    Durbin’s remarks were worth hearing, the rest not so much. Grassley’s were prebuttal & defensive, Blanche’s were all lies.

    Sadly Durbin is retiring. He’s very good, but he is advanced in his years.

    #law #Trump

  8. #ToddBlanche’s confirmation hearing to become the 88th attorney general of the United States began with #Senate #Judiciary Committee #ChuckGrassley, #Republican of Iowa, welcoming him & giving opening remarks, followed by the tanking #Democrat on the committee, #DickDurbin of Illinois.

    Durbin’s remarks were worth hearing, the rest not so much. Grassley’s were prebuttal & defensive, Blanche’s were all lies.

    Sadly Durbin is retiring. He’s very good, but he is advanced in his years.

    #law #Trump

  9. #ToddBlanche’s confirmation hearing to become the 88th attorney general of the United States began with #Senate #Judiciary Committee #ChuckGrassley, #Republican of Iowa, welcoming him & giving opening remarks, followed by the tanking #Democrat on the committee, #DickDurbin of Illinois.

    Durbin’s remarks were worth hearing, the rest not so much. Grassley’s were prebuttal & defensive, Blanche’s were all lies.

    Sadly Durbin is retiring. He’s very good, but he is advanced in his years.

    #law #Trump

  10. #ToddBlanche’s confirmation hearing to become the 88th attorney general of the United States began with #Senate #Judiciary Committee #ChuckGrassley, #Republican of Iowa, welcoming him & giving opening remarks, followed by the tanking #Democrat on the committee, #DickDurbin of Illinois.

    Durbin’s remarks were worth hearing, the rest not so much. Grassley’s were prebuttal & defensive, Blanche’s were all lies.

    Sadly Durbin is retiring. He’s very good, but he is advanced in his years.

    #law #Trump

  11. #ToddBlanche’s confirmation hearing to become the 88th attorney general of the United States began with #Senate #Judiciary Committee #ChuckGrassley, #Republican of Iowa, welcoming him & giving opening remarks, followed by the tanking #Democrat on the committee, #DickDurbin of Illinois.

    Durbin’s remarks were worth hearing, the rest not so much. Grassley’s were prebuttal & defensive, Blanche’s were all lies.

    Sadly Durbin is retiring. He’s very good, but he is advanced in his years.

    #law #Trump

  12. 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

  13. Senator #SusanCollins, Republican of Maine, just voted for Schumer’s motion, the first #Republican to vote “yes.”

    This motion can still fail if three Republicans vote for it, if everyone is voting. Collins is up for re-election in a critical & competitive state.

    Senator #ThomTillis, who voted no, is not running for re-election.

    #Trump #law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund

  14. 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

  15. So freaking predictable

    🚨🚨

    #DOJ says not all #EpsteinFiles will be released by deadline

    Top #Democrats on #House #Oversight & #Judiciary cmtes threaten legal action

    Reps #RobertGarcia of California & #JamieRaskin of Maryland said in a joint statement that #Trump & the DOJ “are now violating federal #law.”

    They released the statement after a DOJ official said the department would only release a partial tranche of files related to #Epstein by a legally mandated deadline.

    #rape #CoverUp

  16. …Each judge who is terminated or resigns leaves behind thousands of cases, with those scheduled for this year now rescheduled to as far out as 2030. #Immigration advocates have warned the #layoffs contribute to the backlog.

    #Trump #law #ImmigrationJudges #ImmigrationLaw #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  17. NPR has tracked at least 140 #ImmigrationJudges who have been fired, quit or took an early retirement offer from the admin. At least 90 of them, including those who were supervisors, have received termination notices from the #Trump administration. Of the #judges fired between February & October this year, most had experience in #immigration defense, an NPR investigation found.

    #law #ImmigrationLaw #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  18. The #Trump admin claims to have authorized the use of #MilitaryLawyers as temporary #judges in an effort to streamline the millions-long backlog of #immigration cases in the #courts.

    However, that backlog has only gotten worse as immigration courts, which are housed within the #DOJ, have seen efforts to restructure their workforce.

    #law #immigration #ImmigrationLaw #civil #military #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  19. "Given the administration's unlawful terminations of qualified #judges, & their plan to leverage the power of temporary positions to speed up their mass deportation agenda, the risks of grave injury to families, fairness, & #DueProcess have expanded," he said.

    #Trump #law #immigration #ImmigrationLaw #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  20. …"The #Trump administration's willingness to fire experienced #judges & hire inexperienced or temporary 'deportation judges,' especially in places like California, has fundamentally impacted the landscape of our justice system," Schiff told NPR in a statement.

    #law #immigration #ImmigrationLaw #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  21. The firings come as the admin seeks to reshape who serves on #courts & makes decisions about which #immigrants are allowed to stay in the #US.

    There are no #Republican cosponsors on the measure, meaning it's unlikely to pass in a #GOP-controlled #Congress. But the #legislation adds to the scrutiny that #Democrats have brought to the adminn's approach to #immigration courts & their personnel.

    #Trump #law #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  22. The #legislation was introduced after the admin fired at least 14 #ImmigrationJudges in the last 2 weeks, acc/to the #union that represents them, with many of those having been terminated after years of experience on the bench. Those layoffs add to >90 other terminations so far this year, acc/to a count kept by NPR & the union that represents #immigration #judges.

    #Trump #law #ImmigrationLaw #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  23. Such limits would preclude much of the admin's effort to authorize up to 600 #MilitaryLawyers [#JAG — what’s left of them after #Hegseth purged their ranks] to be temporary #ImmigrationJudges; as part of that move, the White House scrapped the requirement that temporary #immigration #judges must have #ImmigrationLaw experience.

    #Trump #law #civil #military #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  24. A bill introduced Wednesday by California's Sen Adam Schiff & Rep Juan Vargas would authorize the AG to appoint temporary #immigration judges that have served on appellate panels, are administrative judges in other agencies, or have 10 years of #ImmigrationLaw experience.

    #Trump #law #ImmigrationJudges #civil #military #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #judiciary #Congress #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers

  25. And if #Trump went that route, there would be no turning back, according to Raquel Aldana, a law professor at the University of California, Davis: “The reality is that, once he does, the powers can be unlimited & we are in a #MilitaryState.”

    #law #ImmigrationLaw #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #ImmigrationJudges #military #PosseComitatusAct #DOJ #immigration #judges #MartialLaw

  26. It’s “frightening,”VanLandingham said of the plan, because “the use of #military courts to hear #civilian cases is the essential component of #MartialLaw.”

    “What you end up with,” Maurer added, “is military officers under #federal control who are running civilian courts.”

    #Trump #law #ImmigrationLaw #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #JAG #ImmigrationJudges #PosseComitatusAct #DOJ #immigration #judges #MilitaryState

  27. The #DOJ may now designate “any lawyer” as a temporary immigration judge for 6 months — a period that can be renewed indefinitely. The #Trump admin claimed that the change promoted increased “flexibility,” while rejecting critics who raised doubts about whether it would increase the risk of biased judges.

    #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #ImmigrationJudges #military #DOJ #immigration #judges #MilitaryState

  28. Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.

    govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-202

    #Trump #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #ImmigrationJudges #judges #MilitaryState

  29. Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.

    govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-202

    #Trump #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #ImmigrationJudges #judges #MilitaryState

  30. Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.

    govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-202

    #Trump #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #ImmigrationJudges #judges #MilitaryState

  31. Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.

    govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-202

    #Trump #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #ImmigrationJudges #judges #MilitaryState

  32. Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.

    govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-202

    #Trump #law #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #ImmigrationJudges #judges #MilitaryState

  33. Unlike courts in the #judicial branch, where the Senate confirms #judges to life tenure to ensure their #independence, #immigration courts are part of the #ExecutiveBranch. They are run by the #DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (#EOIR). Still, while #ImmigrationJudges are department employees, they are supposed to act as neutral arbiters.

    #Trump #law #ImmigrationLaw #judiciary #Pentagon #MilitaryLawyers #military #MilitaryState