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  1. Same Shit, Different Hat: A Timeless Fashion Statement in Political Extremism by Lawson Akhigbe

    Ah, the internet has done it again. While the rest of us are busy arguing over pineapple on pizza or whether socks with sandals constitute a war crime, some genius has distilled centuries of ideological garbage into one glorious, four-panel roast. Behold the meme that slaps you harder than your uncle at Thanksgiving: "Same Shit, Different Hat."

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/13/same

  2. Same Shit, Different Hat: A Timeless Fashion Statement in Political Extremism by Lawson Akhigbe

    Ah, the internet has done it again. While the rest of us are busy arguing over pineapple on pizza or whether socks with sandals constitute a war crime, some genius has distilled centuries of ideological garbage into one glorious, four-panel roast. Behold the meme that slaps you harder than your uncle at Thanksgiving: "Same Shit, Different Hat."

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/13/same

  3. ⚖️ The Supreme Court refused to force a proof-of-citizenship measure onto Michigan’s November ballot after supporters failed to meet signature requirements. democracydocket.com/news-alert

    #VotingRights #RuleOfLaw

  4. ⚖️ The Supreme Court refused to force a proof-of-citizenship measure onto Michigan’s November ballot after supporters failed to meet signature requirements. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts...


     #VotingRights #RuleOfLaw

  5. Exploring Transnational Justice Examples

    Corruption cases often exemplify transnational justice because illicit funds flow globally via banks, real estate, and shell companies, enabling foreign courts to assert jurisdiction based on territorial links (e.g., money laundering in their financial systems).

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/13/expl

  6. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. thepetitionsite.com/948/658/37

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  7. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. thepetitionsite.com/948/658/37

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  8. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372...

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  9. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372...

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  10. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372...

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  11. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  12. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  13. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  14. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  15. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  16. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  17. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  18. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  19. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  20. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  21. Wednesday, August 26, 2026

    Russian drone strikes border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova . . . . . "He's sort of like Hitler" — Trump's ex-Ukraine envoy Kellogg warns Putin won't stop at Donbas . . . . . US snubs joint UN rebuke of Russian strikes against Ukraine — again . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  22. The Speaker as a Herald: How Edo’s Power of the Purse Got Turned Upside Down by Lawson Akhigbe

    On the surface, it sounds like great news for infrastructure. But listen closely to the phrasing: "The Governor has told me that he’s going to construct so many roads… The Governor has even approved the construction… Another road that the Governor has said he will also do…"

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/28/the-

  23. “The White House and Congress have been battling over federal spending since Day 1 of the Trump administration, setting up a constitutional crisis — a breakdown of the division of power among the three branches of the federal government, according to several legal scholars. “

    “Now, in defying Congress on foreign aid that Trump himself agreed to spend, the administration is quietly escalating the battle.”

    #usaid #impoundment #ruleoflaw #foreignaid #rubio #lewin #vought

    propublica.org/article/trump-d

  24. A quotation from John Adams

    Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.

    John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
    Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas Jefferson

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass

  25. "Právo je pro lidi nesrozumintelné. Ombudsman kritizuje stát za chaos" -- "často vytváří situace, v nichž se občan v právním systému ztrácí. Dávno tak podle něj už nemůže platit, že neznalost zákonů neomlouvá." -- "diskriminace starých lidí je nejčastějším způsobem diskriminace u nás" -- "největší úspěch v roli ombudsmana, je to posílení role veřejného ochránce práv jako lidskoprávní instituce. 'Podařilo se mi snad přispět k pochopení, že lidská a občanské práva jsou skutečně pro všechny, a nikoliv jen pro ty, kteří se jich hlasitě domáhají. Snad přispět i k tomu, že rozdělování občanů na menšiny k ničemu dobrému nepovede a že potřebujeme nejen rozmanitost" -- " úřad veřejného ochránce práv dokáže účinně korigovat chyby státní správy. „V 97 procentech případů, ve kterých jsme upozornili úřady na jejich chybné jednání, tak svá nesprávná rozhodnutí napravily." -- "největší neúspěch naopak označil nedostatečnou součinnost některých institucí. Zejména tam, kde byla zjištění úřadu politicky či institucionálně nepohodlná"

    Česká Justice, ceska-justice.cz/2026/02/ombud

    #právnístát #ruleoflaw #ombudsman #contempt #opovržení #neférovost #unfairness #kafkaesque #kafkovský #czech #česko #czechia #czechrepublic

  26. @luciedigitalni

    And it's worthy noting that Tony Abbott's whimsy to demonise the unemployed was what set off the illegal RoboDebt program that was associated with the deaths of some 2000 Australians.

    Tony seems to have learnt precisely nothing about the dangers of letting politicians' whimsy over-ride the legalities of a situation.

    #RoboDebt #RuleOfLaw #TonyAbbott #AusPol

  27. To be clear, the #sanctions levied against former EU Commissioner #Breton serve no purpose other than sending a warning shot to the current holder of the EU #Digital portfolio, EVP #Virkkunen. Caving to these bullying tactics will only make those behind them double down. The #EU must stand firm. #DigitalEU #digitalsovereignty #RuleOfLaw

  28. NSW Police again the beneficiary of apparent legal double standards, as judicial hearings involving serious drink-driving charges against a senior officer receive extraordinary court secrecy. The court registrar attempted (and failed) to have the entire trial process conducted in the absence of media. Nonetheless, there is a 40 year court order suppressing the identity of the officer, longer secrecy than is granted even for cabinet discussions. The individual allegedly consumed approximately 24-36 standard drinks at a single event before driving and crashing his vehicle in a tunnel, then departing the scene before his blood alcohol could be tested.

    A recent report from the police watchdog (LECC, see below) found that the senior detective was "treated more leniently in the way in which he was managed by his commander and in the police review of his driving”. It notes that other officers lost confidence in the integrity of their organisation as a result of this "favourable treatment".

    theguardian.com/australia-news
    (I would have used #InternetArchive for this weblink, but its save page feature is temporarily unavailable, apparently due to recent DDOS attacks)

    #NSWpolice #NSWpol #Auspol #transparency #GovernmentSecrecy #SecrecyLaws #RuleOfLaw #DoubleStandards #corruption

  29. Nobel prize for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
    500 years of European colonialism, extractivism and the resource curse

    "Among countries colonized by European powers during the past 500 years, those that were relatively rich in 1500 are now relatively poor. We document this reversal using data on urbanization patterns and population density, which, we argue, proxy for economic prosperity. This reversal weighs against a view that links economic development to geographic factors. Instead, we argue that the reversal reflects changes in the institutions resulting from European colonialism. The European intervention appears to have created an “institutional reversal” among these societies, meaning that Europeans were more likely to introduce institutions encouraging investment in regions that were previously poor. This institutional reversal accounts for the reversal in relative incomes. We provide further support for this view by documenting that the reversal in relative incomes took place during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and resulted from societies with good institutions taking advantage of the opportunity to industrialize."
    >>
    Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 117, Issue 4, November 2002, Pages 1231–1294 (PDF>)
    economics.mit.edu/sites/defaul
    #colonialism #extractivism #SettlerSociety #IndigenousPeoples #SocialRelations #PE #economics #democracy #RuleOfLaw #AuthoritarianRegime #populism #corruption #goverance #reforms #distrust #UnevenDevelopment #democracy #institutions #ResourceCurse #nobel

  30. #Merchan: “Such concerns will undoubtedly #interfere w/the fair administration of #justice & constitutes a direct attack on the #RuleOfLaw itself. Again, all citizens, called upon to participate in these proceedings, whether as a #juror, a #witness, or in some other capacity, must now concern themselves not only w/their own personal #safety, but w/the safety & the potential for personal attacks upon their loved ones. That reality cannot be overstated.”

    #law #Trump #ObstructionOfJustice

  31. @realTuckFrumper Mike Johnson no longer has his Confederacy (has been defeated), but is still on his own crusade against the Fourteenth (Reconstruction) Amendment, which Louisiana & the other ex-Confederate states had to ratify to regain representation in Congress.
    SCOTUS's 1965 decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (use of contraceptives) was based on the Fourteenth Amendment.

    P.S.: Leonard Leo's protégé Johnson is either intellectually unable or unwilling to tell contraception from abortion.

    concordlawschool.edu/blog/cons
    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #AbortionRights #ContraceptionRights #Contraception #Freedom #DueProcessClause #EqualProtectionClause #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheUnion #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Overthrow #CleanSCOTUS #JudicialInsurrection #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #DarkMoney #Bribery #MoneyLaundering

  32. @realTuckFrumper Mike Johnson no longer has his Confederacy (has been defeated), but is still on his own crusade against the Fourteenth (Reconstruction) Amendment, which Louisiana & the other ex-Confederate states had to ratify to regain representation in Congress.
    SCOTUS's 1965 decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (use of contraceptives) was based on the Fourteenth Amendment.

    P.S.: Leonard Leo's protégé Johnson is either intellectually unable or unwilling to tell contraception from abortion.

    concordlawschool.edu/blog/cons
    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #AbortionRights #ContraceptionRights #Contraception #Freedom #DueProcessClause #EqualProtectionClause #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheUnion #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Overthrow #CleanSCOTUS #JudicialInsurrection #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #DarkMoney #Bribery #MoneyLaundering

  33. @realTuckFrumper Mike Johnson no longer has his Confederacy (has been defeated), but is still on his own crusade against the Fourteenth (Reconstruction) Amendment, which Louisiana & the other ex-Confederate states had to ratify to regain representation in Congress.
    SCOTUS's 1965 decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (use of contraceptives) was based on the Fourteenth Amendment.

    P.S.: Leonard Leo's protégé Johnson is either intellectually unable or unwilling to tell contraception from abortion.

    concordlawschool.edu/blog/cons
    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #AbortionRights #ContraceptionRights #Contraception #Freedom #DueProcessClause #EqualProtectionClause #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheUnion #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Overthrow #CleanSCOTUS #JudicialInsurrection #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #DarkMoney #Bribery #MoneyLaundering

  34. @realTuckFrumper Mike Johnson no longer has his Confederacy (has been defeated), but is still on his own crusade against the Fourteenth (Reconstruction) Amendment, which Louisiana & the other ex-Confederate states had to ratify to regain representation in Congress.
    SCOTUS's 1965 decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (use of contraceptives) was based on the Fourteenth Amendment.

    P.S.: Leonard Leo's protégé Johnson is either intellectually unable or unwilling to tell contraception from abortion.

    concordlawschool.edu/blog/cons
    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #AbortionRights #ContraceptionRights #Contraception #Freedom #DueProcessClause #EqualProtectionClause #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheUnion #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Overthrow #CleanSCOTUS #JudicialInsurrection #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #DarkMoney #Bribery #MoneyLaundering

  35. @DeanObeidallah Trump continues to abuse the publicity-power of presidential office he formerly undeservedly & dishonorably occupied, because he can — due to unaccountability!

    It's dangerous, irresponsible & grotesque. A public danger.

    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #GoldenCalfTrump #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause

  36. @DeanObeidallah Trump continues to abuse the publicity-power of presidential office he formerly undeservedly & dishonorably occupied, because he can — due to unaccountability!

    It's dangerous, irresponsible & grotesque. A public danger.

    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #GoldenCalfTrump #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause

  37. @DeanObeidallah Trump continues to abuse the publicity-power of presidential office he formerly undeservedly & dishonorably occupied, because he can — due to unaccountability!

    It's dangerous, irresponsible & grotesque. A public danger.

    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #GoldenCalfTrump #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause

  38. @DeanObeidallah Trump continues to abuse the publicity-power of presidential office he formerly undeservedly & dishonorably occupied, because he can — due to unaccountability!

    It's dangerous, irresponsible & grotesque. A public danger.

    #RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #GoldenCalfTrump #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause

  39. @ZhiZhu What Confedered senator Tom Davis apparently meant to say:
    “At some point in time, the right of the white state to see the unborn white child born does take precedent over the white woman’s right to her body.”

    Now, as we all may know the former slaveholder states always had their militant issues with the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution.

    Nonetheless, quite some time ago the then not FedSocuted Supreme Court of the United States held in its 7-2 ruling, that
    "State criminal abortion laws... violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy."
    And neither SCOTUS nor single (or conspiring, insurrectionary) states can invalidate the Due Process Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment or the human right of women to bodily self-determination, for the racist sake of white "Volksgemeinschaft".

    #RuleOfLaw #DefendTheConstitution #DefendTheUnion #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #Confedereds #Rebellion #Insurrection #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause #WomensRights #HumanRights #AbortionRights #PrivacyRights #RoeVWade #CleanSCOTUS #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateTheSix #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #TermLimits #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #InspectorGeneral

  40. @ZhiZhu What Confedered senator Tom Davis apparently meant to say:
    “At some point in time, the right of the white state to see the unborn white child born does take precedent over the white woman’s right to her body.”

    Now, as we all may know the former slaveholder states always had their militant issues with the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution.

    Nonetheless, quite some time ago the then not FedSocuted Supreme Court of the United States held in its 7-2 ruling, that
    "State criminal abortion laws... violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy."
    And neither SCOTUS nor single (or conspiring, insurrectionary) states can invalidate the Due Process Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment or the human right of women to bodily self-determination, for the racist sake of white "Volksgemeinschaft".

    #RuleOfLaw #DefendTheConstitution #DefendTheUnion #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #Confedereds #Rebellion #Insurrection #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause #WomensRights #HumanRights #AbortionRights #PrivacyRights #RoeVWade #CleanSCOTUS #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateTheSix #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #TermLimits #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #InspectorGeneral

  41. @ZhiZhu What Confedered senator Tom Davis apparently meant to say:
    “At some point in time, the right of the white state to see the unborn white child born does take precedent over the white woman’s right to her body.”

    Now, as we all may know the former slaveholder states always had their militant issues with the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution.

    Nonetheless, quite some time ago the then not FedSocuted Supreme Court of the United States held in its 7-2 ruling, that
    "State criminal abortion laws... violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy."
    And neither SCOTUS nor single (or conspiring, insurrectionary) states can invalidate the Due Process Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment or the human right of women to bodily self-determination, for the racist sake of white "Volksgemeinschaft".

    #RuleOfLaw #DefendTheConstitution #DefendTheUnion #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #Confedereds #Rebellion #Insurrection #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause #WomensRights #HumanRights #AbortionRights #PrivacyRights #RoeVWade #CleanSCOTUS #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateTheSix #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #TermLimits #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #InspectorGeneral

  42. @ZhiZhu What Confedered senator Tom Davis apparently meant to say:
    “At some point in time, the right of the white state to see the unborn white child born does take precedent over the white woman’s right to her body.”

    Now, as we all may know the former slaveholder states always had their militant issues with the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution.

    Nonetheless, quite some time ago the then not FedSocuted Supreme Court of the United States held in its 7-2 ruling, that
    "State criminal abortion laws... violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy."
    And neither SCOTUS nor single (or conspiring, insurrectionary) states can invalidate the Due Process Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment or the human right of women to bodily self-determination, for the racist sake of white "Volksgemeinschaft".

    #RuleOfLaw #DefendTheConstitution #DefendTheUnion #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #Confedereds #Rebellion #Insurrection #EqualProtectionClause #DueProcessClause #WomensRights #HumanRights #AbortionRights #PrivacyRights #RoeVWade #CleanSCOTUS #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateTheSix #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #TermLimits #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #InspectorGeneral

  43. @LouisIngenthron That's all? DeSantis & his co-conspirators just need to redraw the map?

    That's all they get for violating the Constitution/ Reconstruction Amendments????

    Hasn't justice been tempered with mercy for too long already, to the blatant disadvantage of people of color in southern ex-slaveholder states, which ratified the Reconstruction Amendments to regain congressional representation, only to habitually violate those Amendments in those states after having infiltrated Congress again?

    #RuleOfLaw #Confedereds #Racists #ReconstructionAmendments #Abolition #Emancipation #EqualProtectionClause #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #14thAmendmentSection2 #14thAmendmentSection3 #UnitedInDiversity #AmericaMoves #StrongerTogether