#ruleoflaw — Public Fediverse posts
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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the European Parliament on September 17, 2026. Full speech.
https://www.youtube.com/live/T8lUxaXsDFk?si=jYGC6LFX4DR9YwyN
#Canada #EU #NewWorldOrder #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #HumanRights #Sovereignty #MarkCarney #ElbowsUp #Never51
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/167929/ CoE rights chief urges Turkey to release LGBT activists detained in nationwide crackdown #AKParty #AKP #Ankara #AntiLGBTCrackdown #CouncilOfEurope #DecadeOfTheFamily #democracy #Erdogan #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanConventionOnHumanRights #HumanRights #istanbul #Justice #KaosGL #law #LGBTQCivilSociety #LGBTQ+Rights #MichaelO’Flaherty #NachoSánchezAmor #oppression #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
The history of liberty is the history of the observances of procedural safeguards.
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McNabb v. United States, 318 U.S. 332, 347 (1943) [majority opinion]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/14…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #scotus #freedom #law #legalprotection #legalrights #liberty #procedure #process #ruleoflaw
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
The history of liberty is the history of the observances of procedural safeguards.
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McNabb v. United States, 318 U.S. 332, 347 (1943) [majority opinion]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/14…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #scotus #freedom #law #legalprotection #legalrights #liberty #procedure #process #ruleoflaw
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
The history of liberty is the history of the observances of procedural safeguards.
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McNabb v. United States, 318 U.S. 332, 347 (1943) [majority opinion]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/14…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #scotus #freedom #law #legalprotection #legalrights #liberty #procedure #process #ruleoflaw
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
The history of liberty is the history of the observances of procedural safeguards.
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McNabb v. United States, 318 U.S. 332, 347 (1943) [majority opinion]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/14…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #scotus #freedom #law #legalprotection #legalrights #liberty #procedure #process #ruleoflaw
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🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. https://www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372/?TAP=2954&source_id=TrumpKennedyCenter
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The End of Liberal Hypocrisy — The Ruling Coalition in Poland Violates Constitutional Law
In recent days, an unprecedented scandal has erupted in Poland: the liberal Civ…
#Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #DonaldTusk #AndrzejDuda #BronisławKomorowski #CivicCoalition #constitutionalconflict #Constitutionallaw #ConstitutionalTribunal #hypocrisy #KarolNawrocki #KoalicjaObywatelska #LawandJustice #MaciejBerek #NGOs #PiS #PolishPolitics #RuleofLaw #Sejm
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https://www.europesays.com/people/230106/ The End of Liberal Hypocrisy — The Ruling Coalition in Poland Violates Constitutional Law #AndrzejDuda #BronisławKomorowski #CivicCoalition #ConstitutionalConflict #ConstitutionalLaw #ConstitutionalTribunal #DonaldTusk #Hypocrisy #KarolNawrocki #KoalicjaObywatelska #LawAndJustice #MaciejBerek #NGOs #PIS #Poland #PolishPolitics #RuleOfLaw #Sejm
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How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-...
I've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
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How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-...
I've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
How right is Trump? The role o... -
How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-...
I've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
How right is Trump? The role o... -
How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-...
I've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
How right is Trump? The role o... -
How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-...
I've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
How right is Trump? The role o... -
How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-right-is-trump-role-of-executive-in.htmlI've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
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How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-right-is-trump-role-of-executive-in.htmlI've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
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How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-right-is-trump-role-of-executive-in.htmlI've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
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How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-right-is-trump-role-of-executive-in.htmlI've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
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How right is Trump? The role of the executive in industrial "accidents"
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-right-is-trump-role-of-executive-in.htmlI've properly blogged all this in one place, because we need to understand #AISafety #AISecurity #AIEthics #systemsAI #ruleOfLaw and #responsibility
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VdL calls for even further ties between respect of #RuleOfLaw and access to #EU funds! Thanks parliament for doing it in the last budget.
⬇️ #SOTEU
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https://www.europesays.com/people/229786/ Handwritten lists expose early blueprint for Erdoğan’s takeover of Turkey’s judiciary #AbdullahŞahin #BirolErdem #CrackdownOnGülenMovement #GülenMovement #HumanRights #İsmailRüştüCirit #JudicialIndependenceTurkey #KemalAçıkgöz #MehmetAkarca #MuhsinŞentürk #MustafaElçim #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #SupremeCourtOfAppeals #TheSupremeBoardOfJudgesAndProsecutors(HSYK) #Turkey #UnityInTheJudiciaryPlatform(YBP)
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Vanishing Alma Maters: Why Tinubu Refuses to Retreat by Lawson Akhigbe
In season three of The Wire, when Avon Barksdale hesitates over a gangland war sparked by flawed premises, his pragmatically ruthless lieutenant, Slim Charles, cuts through the existential noise with cold street poetry: “If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.” -
Vanishing Alma Maters: Why Tinubu Refuses to Retreat by Lawson Akhigbe
In season three of The Wire, when Avon Barksdale hesitates over a gangland war sparked by flawed premises, his pragmatically ruthless lieutenant, Slim Charles, cuts through the existential noise with cold street poetry: “If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.” -
Vanishing Alma Maters: Why Tinubu Refuses to Retreat by Lawson Akhigbe
In season three of The Wire, when Avon Barksdale hesitates over a gangland war sparked by flawed premises, his pragmatically ruthless lieutenant, Slim Charles, cuts through the existential noise with cold street poetry: “If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.” -
Vanishing Alma Maters: Why Tinubu Refuses to Retreat by Lawson Akhigbe
In season three of The Wire, when Avon Barksdale hesitates over a gangland war sparked by flawed premises, his pragmatically ruthless lieutenant, Slim Charles, cuts through the existential noise with cold street poetry: “If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.” -
Vanishing Alma Maters: Why Tinubu Refuses to Retreat by Lawson Akhigbe
In season three of The Wire, when Avon Barksdale hesitates over a gangland war sparked by flawed premises, his pragmatically ruthless lieutenant, Slim Charles, cuts through the existential noise with cold street poetry: “If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.” -
The Courtroom is Closed: Why the Case Against Tinubu Must Move to the Court of Public Opinion by Lawson Akhigbe
There is a peculiarly Nigerian brand of optimism that believes the Supreme Court exists to do the dirty work politicians were too distracted to handle during campaign season. Whenever an election outcome tastes like ash, the losing side inevitably sprints to the appellate bench clutching heavy binders, confident that the judiciary will casually unravel an entire presidential mandate on a crisp technicality. -
The Courtroom is Closed: Why the Case Against Tinubu Must Move to the Court of Public Opinion by Lawson Akhigbe
There is a peculiarly Nigerian brand of optimism that believes the Supreme Court exists to do the dirty work politicians were too distracted to handle during campaign season. Whenever an election outcome tastes like ash, the losing side inevitably sprints to the appellate bench clutching heavy binders, confident that the judiciary will casually unravel an entire presidential mandate on a crisp technicality. -
The Courtroom is Closed: Why the Case Against Tinubu Must Move to the Court of Public Opinion by Lawson Akhigbe
There is a peculiarly Nigerian brand of optimism that believes the Supreme Court exists to do the dirty work politicians were too distracted to handle during campaign season. Whenever an election outcome tastes like ash, the losing side inevitably sprints to the appellate bench clutching heavy binders, confident that the judiciary will casually unravel an entire presidential mandate on a crisp technicality. -
The Courtroom is Closed: Why the Case Against Tinubu Must Move to the Court of Public Opinion by Lawson Akhigbe
There is a peculiarly Nigerian brand of optimism that believes the Supreme Court exists to do the dirty work politicians were too distracted to handle during campaign season. Whenever an election outcome tastes like ash, the losing side inevitably sprints to the appellate bench clutching heavy binders, confident that the judiciary will casually unravel an entire presidential mandate on a crisp technicality. -
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/us-democracy-indicators-lowest-for-50-years. "Key #indicators of #democracy in the #US have fallen to their lowest levels in 50 years, with the #global #ruleoflaw significantly undermined by the #Trump administration’s 'threats & actions', #data from a leading #thinktank shows." See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/global-state-democracy-2026-democracy-age-conflict?lang=en.
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A NATIONAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense)On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense) by Lawson Akhigbe
WHEREAS Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) declares—perhaps optimistically—that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”; -
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense)On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense) by Lawson Akhigbe
WHEREAS Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) declares—perhaps optimistically—that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”; -
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense)On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense) by Lawson Akhigbe
WHEREAS Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) declares—perhaps optimistically—that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”; -
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense)On the Capture of the Republic by Corruption, Procedural Acrobatics, and Other Lawful Nonsense) by Lawson Akhigbe
WHEREAS Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) declares—perhaps optimistically—that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”; -
https://www.europesays.com/people/161108/ Turkey cleared public workers only after they died following 2016 coup dismissals #AkParty #AKP #BülentUçar #Democracy #Erdogan #GülenMovement #HumanRights #law #oppression #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #TheFailedCoup2016 #Turkey
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/132767/ Turkey cleared public workers only after they died following 2016 coup dismissals #AKParty #AKP #BülentUçar #democracy #Erdogan #GÜlenMovement #HumanRights #law #oppression #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #TheFailedCoup2016 #Turkey
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31 Years On, Srebrenica Genocide Denial Resurges in Bosnia https://www.byteseu.com/2183359/ #accountability #AntiMuslimDiscrimination #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #CrimesAgainstHumanity #DaytonPeaceAgreement #Europe #EuropeanUnion #genocide #Herzegovina #InternationalCriminalLaw #InternationalJustice #Islamophobia #LocalVoices #Nationalism #PeaceAgreements #Peacekeeping #persecution #RuleOfLaw #Russia #Srebrenica #treaties #UnitedNations(UN) #WesternBalkans #Yugoslavia
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/106801/ Turkish court jails 33 female students over alleged Gülen links #Adana #AKParty #AKP #Aydın #Balıkesir #Bilecik #democracy #Denizli #Düzce #Erdogan #GÜlenMovement #HumanRights #Isparta #İzmir #Justice #Kütahya #law #Manisa #Niğde #oppression #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey #Uşak
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When the Clouds Begin to Part: Reading the Signs of Democracy’s Renewal – January 13, 2026 – A DWD Editorial
Silhouetted Americans standing together as storm clouds part and sunlight rays form signposts over the U.S. Capitol dome.The clouds may not be gone yet — but the signposts are visible.
When the Clouds Begin to Part: Reading the Signs of Democracy’s Renewal
Opinion • DrWeb’s Domain
For many Americans — and for millions around the world who have watched the United States as a democratic north star — the period since January 2025 has felt like standing inside a gathering storm. Institutions strained. Norms bent and some broken. Constitutional guardrails tested. Who truly expected the Supreme Court of the United States to roll over for Trump as it has? That is not right-wing. That is simply crazy. The noise has been relentless, the rhetoric exhausting, and the stakes unmistakably historic.
Yet history teaches something equally important: democratic collapse does not arrive all at once — and neither does democratic recovery.
Recovery begins with signs. Subtle at first. Then unmistakable.
If one listens closely beneath the thunder of daily crisis, it becomes clear: the clouds may be parting.
The First Signs: Institutions Remember Who They Are
One of the earliest and most hopeful indicators of democratic renewal is institutional memory reasserting itself.
Courts have continued to issue rulings that quietly but firmly reinforce constitutional boundaries. Career civil servants have refused unlawful directives. Inspectors General, auditors, election officials, and local administrators — the so-called “invisible infrastructure” of democracy — have held their posts. Many have done so under extraordinary pressure.
Democracy does not survive because of speeches. It survives because ordinary people inside extraordinary systems decide, again and again, to do their jobs.
That is happening.
Public Resistance Has Shifted from Outrage to Organization
Another critical sign: the public response has matured.
In 2017–2021, resistance was loud, emotional, and often reactive. In 2025–2026, it has become something more durable: structured, patient, legally grounded, and strategically national.
Voter registration is surging. Grassroots legal funds are multiplying. Journalists are collaborating across outlets and borders. State governments are coordinating constitutional defenses. Universities, bar associations, unions, faith groups, and veterans’ organizations are issuing joint statements rooted not in ideology but in constitutional principle.
This is what civic adulthood looks like.
Authoritarian Power Always Overreaches — and the Overreach Is Now Visible
History is unambiguous on this point: authoritarian atttempts collapse under the weight of their own ambition.
The more power attempts to centralize, the more resistance it creates — not just among citizens, but within the machinery of the state itself. Fractures are now visible inside political coalitions that once appeared unified. Economic confidence wavers when rule of law is threatened. International alliances grow cautious. Investors, courts, businesses, universities, and professional associations begin to hedge against instability.
Power that depends on fear is always fragile.
The World Is No Longer Standing on the Sidelines
Another hopeful signal: the global democratic community is no longer silent.
Foreign courts, human-rights bodies, election monitors, international media, and allied governments are actively documenting events inside the United States. This matters. It constrains excess. It preserves record. It establishes future accountability.
Democracy is no longer merely an American inheritance. It is now a shared global responsibility.
What Comes Next: The Great Recovery of Democracy, 2026
If the past year was about resistance, the coming year will be about reconstruction.
The Great Recovery of Democracy will not arrive through one election alone. It will unfold through a sequence:
- Legal clarification of constitutional limits
- Electoral realignment driven by turnout
- Institutional reforms reinforcing checks and balances
- A generational renewal of civic participation
- A recommitment to shared factual reality
This is how democracies heal — not by erasing conflict, but by re-anchoring legitimacy.
How We Will Know We Are Winning
We the People are winning when:
- The rule of law reasserts itself over political convenience
- Elections regain their authority as final arbiters
- Extremism begins to fracture from the inside
- Public trust inches upward
- Young Americans choose engagement over despair
Most of all, we will know we are winning when fear no longer drives the national conversation.
Looking Up Through the Clouds
Looking Up Through the CloudsThe clouds have not yet vanished. But the sky is changing. Keep watching the skies!
And history shows: once democratic momentum returns, it moves with extraordinary force.
After 250 years, the American experiment has learned its hardest lesson once again — and it is remembering its purpose.
The road ahead is long.
#AuthoritarianRule #democracy #DrWeb #DWDEditorial #Hope #Institutions #RoadAhead #RuleOfLaw #SCOTUS #Signposts #Trump #USConstitution
But the signposts are now visible.
And they are pointing forward…
With Hope, DrWeb
