#ruleoflaw — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ruleoflaw, aggregated by home.social.
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"International Criminal Court President Akane Tomoko...vowed she will not be intimidated by the threats..."
"Akane told reporters: ”The ICC will never be defeated. Justice will and should prevail, and we will stay true to that belief.” "
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260826_19/
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Hey lads and lasses and other, quick question, The Epstein Files, does anyone remember them, wot happened and what is going to happen, especially given that Todd Blanche has been emplaced as Attorney General?
No conflict of interest there, amirite, given that he is was Trumps rabidly loyal PERSONAL lawyer and has also refused to pledge to act 'independently' of the administration...?!
#EpsteinFiles #toddblanche #USjustice #landofthefree #sextrafficking #USPolitics
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EDITORIAL: Osun election, the rise of civic action, and 2027 by PREMIUM TIMES
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State was re-elected for a second term in the 15 August governorship contest. It was an off-cycle election like no other before it, in the build-up, with its eerie elements of tension, violence and resultant deaths. -
A federal appeals court ruled Trump cannot force cities to adopt his immigration and homelessness policies to receive transportation and housing grants. Turns out federal funding isn’t supposed to be a presidential obedience collar. #RuleOfLaw
Source: Reuters
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Anarchism in judicial robes, by Owei Lakemfa
My mind raced back to British jurist, Lord Denning who famously declared in 1964: “Justice has no place in darkness or secrecy. When a judge sits on a case, he himself is on trial… If he is suspicious, biased, or unfair, then the judge is the one who is condemned in the eyes of public opinion.” But these words of wisdom seem not to have any meaning to Justice Lifu, shockingly, a former lecturer of Public and International Law, University of Ibadan. For me, what was more distressing was that despite the uproar, Justice Lifu seemed oblivious of the damage he had done to the body polity, the judiciary and his thirty five years post-call to bar history.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anarchism-in-judicial-robes-by-owei-lakemfa/
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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 morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/wednesday-august-26-2026/
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Ten Years After the Circus: Brexit and the Undefeated Champ Called Reality
Just weeks ago, Keir Starmer announced his resignation, making him the seventh Prime Minister to be chewed up and spat out by the British political machine in ten years. It turns out that whether you approach Brexit with right-wing bravado or Labour's "sensible manager" energy, objective reality remains entirely undefeated. -
The US administration's push to formalize a
$100,000± H-1B visa fee bypasses federal
court rulings, signaling an illiberal shift away
from democratic checks and balances.
Claiming to "protect American workers" is a facade: no domestic wages are raised, while tech innovation, healthcare, and higher
education are crippled simply to evade the
rule of law and consolidate executive power.
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A federal judge struck down Trump’s visa-processing freeze covering 75 countries. Turns out immigration law still requires actual legal authority, not a Sharpie, a podium and vibes. #RuleOfLaw
Source: Washington Post / AP
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When Laws Become Optional: Suspicious Deaths, Colonial Legacies, and the Dignity Deficit in Nigeria by Lawson Akhigbe
The difference between the United Kingdom and Nigeria is not primarily in the letter of the law. It is in the general application and consistent enforcement of that law. This divergence reveals a deeper reality about how the Nigerian state relates to its citizens. -
The Tragedy of Victory Reviewers: Alfred Ilenre
The Tragedy of Victory is a book written by Brigadier General Alabi Isama, providing the inside knowledge and information about the separatist war in Nigeria from 1967- 1970https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/23/the-tragedy-of-victory-reviewers-alfred-ilenre/
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The EU is urged to use an obscure blocking statute to protect the ICC from Trump sanctions.
The EU has been urged to hit back at Donald Trump’s administration’s sanctions campaign against the International Criminal Court – by invoking a little-known ‘blocking statute’ that would ban companies and banks from complying with the sanctions.
#InternationalCriminalCourt #EU #ICC #InternationalLaw #RuleOfLaw #Justice #Legal #Trump #Sanctions
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An appeals court blocked DOJ subpoenas targeting NY AG Letitia James because Trump ally John Sarcone was unlawfully serving as the prosecutor. Weaponize government first, check the appointment paperwork later.
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The Inquisitor’s Gavel: Oshiomhole, MOWAA, and the High Cost of Political Spite by Lawson Akhigbe
Central to the indictment was the breathless lamentation over the demolition of the old Benin Central Hospital. Listening to the rhetoric, one would assume the facility was a pristine sanctuary of modern medicine arbitrarily flattened to make way for art. -
The admin didn't hide it — they admitted in court they cut research grants based on which states voted Harris. Documented corruption is still corruption. By @bledewitz.bsky.social
#AmericanPolitics #ConstitutionalCrisis #RuleOfLaw #Science #Accountability
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The Great Silence at JAMB’s Send-Off: When Snakes Swallow Millions and the Press Swallows Its Tongue by Lawson Akhigbe
At the recent television and press send-off for the immediate past Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, this ritual reached a high art. The man who spent a decade at the helm was rightly credited with making JAMB more technology-driven, more orderly, and less of a cash-and-carry bazaar than the one he inherited. Fair enough. Reforms happened. Remittances improved. The board stopped resembling a particularly leaky colander. One can acknowledge progress without descending into hagiography. -
The Decentralized Rifle: Can Nigeria Survive State Policing? By Lawson Akhigbe
We are told this is the silver bullet for our security paralysis. But as Nigeria stands on the precipice of altering Section 9 and dismantling Item 45 of the Exclusive Legislative List, we must ask: Are we solving a modern security crisis, or are we reawakening old ghosts that once broke the back of our democracy?