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  1. 🌱 Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Head Start is an investment in children, families, communities, and America’s future. Keep Trump’s hands off Head Start.
    open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...

     #ProtectDemocracy #RuleOfLaw

  2. 🌱 Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Head Start is an investment in children, families, communities, and America’s future. Keep Trump’s hands off Head Start.
    open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...

     #ProtectDemocracy #RuleOfLaw

  3. 🌱 Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Head Start is an investment in children, families, communities, and America’s future. Keep Trump’s hands off Head Start.
    open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...

     #ProtectDemocracy #RuleOfLaw

  4. The Simplest Way for the Supreme Court to Rule in the USPS Mail Ballots Case

    Two weeks ago, in Trump v. California, the Supreme Court held that a suit brought by several states to…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Democracy #Elections #Federalism #litigation #RuleofLaw #UnitedStates #Us #us-postal-service #USA
    newsbeep.com/724741/

  5. 15-hour hearings in İstanbul mayor’s trial may amount to torture: Turkish doctors group

    Court sessions lasting up to 15 hours in the mass corruption trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu…
    #EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #AKParty #AKP #democracy #Erdogan #humanrights #İstanbulMayorEkremİmamoğlu #Justice #law #oppression #ruleoflaw #theTurkishMedicalAssociation(TTB) #Turkey #Turkish
    europesays.com/turkiye/48937/

  6. The Cane, the Conference, and the Curious Case of Self-Sabotage by Lawson Akhigbe

    Behold the main character of British politics in 2026: a white, elderly gentleman, clearly leaning on a sturdy wooden cane for support, accredited badge swinging proudly from his neck at the Reform UK conference. Mouth open in mid-roar, eyes locked in righteous fury, he has somehow decided that the greatest threat to civilisation in that moment is a young woman holding a handbag. The crowd of fellow pensioners and patriots looks on with varying degrees of encouragement. Somewhere in the background, the usual sea of white hair and earnest lanyards nods along

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/05/the-

  7. The Safe Place for Bigotry and Crime by Lawson Akhigbe

    It has no postcode. It does not appear on Google Maps. There are no street signs pointing towards it. Yet, whenever one of its inhabitants is caught saying something outrageous or doing something politically or legally questionable, suddenly we are told that the offending words or conduct belonged there.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/05/the-

  8. When the Living Governor’s Pen Meets the Dead Monarch’s Signature: Nigeria’s Land Use Act Versus Britain’s 1925 Registration Revolution by Lawson Akhigbe

    In 1925, while Britain was still recovering from one war and quietly preparing for the next, its legislators decided that land law had become an expensive medieval farce. The result was a cluster of statutes, most notably the Land Registration Act 1925, working in tandem with the Law of Property Act 1925, that performed a quiet but decisive act of administrative hygiene. They did not nationalise the soil. They did not turn every landowner into a tenant of the state. They simply made the register the master of the title, and the process of dealing with land a matter of bureaucracy rather than political favour or ancestral archaeology.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/29/when

  9. 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-

  10. Reform UK’s Brexit immigration impact

    Reform UK’s perspective on Brexit and immigration is central to its identity: Brexit was meant to deliver control over borders and lower overall migration, but post-2016 (especially post-2021) governments primarily Conservative, failed to use that control effectively, leading to a non-EU migration surge that the party labels the “Boriswave.” Reform argues this undermined the Brexit promise, strained public services, housing, wages, and cultural cohesion, and necessitates far tougher policies.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/28/refo

  11. Friday, August 28, 2026

    Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  12. Friday, August 28, 2026

    Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  13. Friday, August 28, 2026

    Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  14. Friday, August 28, 2026

    Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  15. Friday, August 28, 2026

    Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  16. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anar

  17. 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

  18. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/23/when

  19. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/22/the-

  20. The Invisible Invasion: Britain’s Immigration Panic and the Arithmetic It Cannot Face By Lawson Akhigbe

    Black people account for roughly four percent of the population of England and Wales. More of them are in the EastEnders cast than are arriving on the asylum route in any given year. Yet Britain has contrived to make this the defining political question of the age. We should talk about that.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/19/the-

  21. The People Did Vote for Mass Immigration – Through Parliament by Lawson Akhigbe

    One of the most persistent slogans of Britain’s political far right is the claim that “the people did not vote for mass immigration.” It is a phrase repeated endlessly in television studios, social media posts, and political rallies. It sounds persuasive. It sounds democratic. It is also fundamentally wrong.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/19/the-

  22. 1/2 Het is de hoogste tijd dat #MinPresJetten" zijn hoofd uit het kontgat van afwisselend #NaziTrump en #GenocidalNetanjahu haalt en beziet hoe de wereldorde is veranderd door de mislukte illegale aanvallen op #Palestine #Lebanon #Syria #Iran door de #LeadersOfTheFreeWorld. En #empathy #RuleOfLaw en #ethics weer bovenaan zijn waarden-lijstje zet. substack.com/home/post/p-21090 door  middleeastreport.substack.com

  23. Navigating the Void: Why Nigeria Needs a Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) Framework

    In a standard DPA regime, a company that self-reports and cooperates can avoid the "corporate death penalty" of a criminal conviction. In Nigeria, we are currently forced to rely on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015. While the ACJA provides for Plea Bargaining, it is a fundamentally different animal from a DPA:

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/01/navi

  24. Saturday, June 13, 2026

    "I didn’t recognize myself;" For Ukrainian soldiers with facial wounds, US surgeons help restore dignity ----- High probability of Russian missile launch from Oreshnik site over next day ----- What we know about Starobilsk strike Russia turned into propaganda flashpoint ----- Putin repeats maximalist war claims as battlefield reality shifts ..... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  25. I HAVE A DREAM
    Accountability under the law — no one is above it. Support peaceful, legal processes and full transparency for every public figure. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #CivicDuty #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #PeacefulProtest #Caturday #NoKings

  26. When tweets are treated as crimes, dissent becomes dangerous.
    How Pakistan’s cyber laws are being used to jail lawyers and silence speech, and why it matters for democracy.

    Read here:
    open.substack.com/pub/salmanme

    #FreeSpeech #Pakistan #HumanRights #DigitalRights #RuleOfLaw #Justice #CivilLiberties #PECA #LegalRights #Dissent

  27. When tweets are treated as crimes, dissent becomes dangerous.
    How Pakistan’s cyber laws are being used to jail lawyers and silence speech, and why it matters for democracy.

    Read here:
    open.substack.com/pub/salmanme

    #FreeSpeech #Pakistan #HumanRights #DigitalRights #RuleOfLaw #Justice #CivilLiberties #PECA #LegalRights #Dissent

  28. When tweets are treated as crimes, dissent becomes dangerous.
    How Pakistan’s cyber laws are being used to jail lawyers and silence speech, and why it matters for democracy.

    Read here:
    open.substack.com/pub/salmanme

    #FreeSpeech #Pakistan #HumanRights #DigitalRights #RuleOfLaw #Justice #CivilLiberties #PECA #LegalRights #Dissent

  29. When tweets are treated as crimes, dissent becomes dangerous.
    How Pakistan’s cyber laws are being used to jail lawyers and silence speech, and why it matters for democracy.

    Read here:
    open.substack.com/pub/salmanme

    #FreeSpeech #Pakistan #HumanRights #DigitalRights #RuleOfLaw #Justice #CivilLiberties #PECA #LegalRights #Dissent

  30. When tweets are treated as crimes, dissent becomes dangerous.
    How Pakistan’s cyber laws are being used to jail lawyers and silence speech, and why it matters for democracy.

    Read here:
    open.substack.com/pub/salmanme

    #FreeSpeech #Pakistan #HumanRights #DigitalRights #RuleOfLaw #Justice #CivilLiberties #PECA #LegalRights #Dissent

  31. "Část Nejvyššího soudu jednala zjevně protiústavně, protože povinnost vyhlásit rozsudek veřejně plyne přímo z ústavy a je bezvýjimečná." -- "Ústavní soud tomuto neústavnímu konání Nejvyššího soudu rozsvítil červenou." -- "veřejně označil za porušení ústavního práva." -- "V dané věci dokonce Nejvyšší soud jednal úskočně, když ve spise v protokolu uvedl, že byl rozsudek vyhlášen, aniž by však údajné vyhlášení oznámil účastníkům a veřejnosti. " -- "špatnou praxi Nejvyššího správního soudu."

    ceska-justice.cz/nazory/rozsud

    Cítím

    e x t r é m n ě s i l n é o p o v r ž e n í

    vůči českému🇵🇭*) režimu když toto vidím.

    *) Je to filipínská vlajka a ne česká🇵🇭. Používám ji místo české🇵🇭, protože český🇵🇭 režim zavedl přestupek 352/2001 Sb. § 13 ((2), (1) a)), § 1 ((2), (1) b)), § 7 (6) e-sbirka.cz/sb/2001/352/2022-0 ohledně české🇵🇭 vlajky, takže používám podobně vypadající vlajku, která prokazatelně není českou🇵🇭 vlajkou, aby se český🇵🇭 režim nemohl mstít za kritiku nebo dissent prostřednictvím lawfare. Cítím za to

    e x t r é m n ě s i l n é o p o v r ž e n í

    vůči českému🇵🇭 režimu.

    #ústava #protiústavní #soud #ústavnísoud #právnístát #česko #českárepublika #nejvyššísoud #opovržení #contempt #court #unconstitutional #constitution #constitutionalcourt #ruleoflaw #czech #czechia #czechrepublic #supremecourt

  32. @iurecz (Krác. z dův. cenzury Mastodonem)Dle mého náz. (DMN) toto je český🇵🇭*)režím v kostce:

    1)Čes.🇵🇭rež. se zde DMN doznal a propis. na papír podepsal doznání,že"Česká republika[...]nadále porušuje ustanovení čl. 15 odst. 1 Směrnice Evropského a Rady 2002/58/ES[...].Tím dochází k neoprávněnému zásahu do Vašich osobnostních práv."
    2)Režimní omluva je DMN falešná,prot. se oml. za něco,o čemž se souč.DMN doznává,že dělá dál a že to ještě porušuje platn.práv.normu a neopráv.zasahuje do práv.

    Potěšilo mě,že se čes.🇵🇭režim v mých očích takto DMN explic.,do očí bij.způsobem tot. diskreditoval,a ještě se pod to propis.na papír(se zl. hvězdič., konfetami a lentilkami!)podepsal,a tak si již nemusím lámat hl. ani s nejmenšími pochybn.,zda nejsem vůči režimu DMN pohrůžkou násilí ovládajícímu teritorium, na kterém jsem se narodil,nepřiměř. kritický😂

    Toto je DMN next level.

    Mohl bych býv. důstojníkovi Rudých Khmérů, 40 let působícímu diktátorovi សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន អតីត​នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា(samdeč akeamohásenápadejdečó hun sén, adit nijurokmontrej naj prearičináčak kámpučia,Lordovi Nejvyššímu Megavůdci a Vojenskému Vůdci Mocnému Hun Senovi,bývalému Ministerskému Předsedovi Svaté Královské Říše Kambodžské)navrhnout,že se má ještě co učit,že pokud chce opravdu veřejnosti dát facku do oblič. ohledně legitimity státu a práv,tak ať nějaké takové doznání porušování práv. norem režimem napíše na lentilk. konfet. papír a podepíše propis.

    *) Je to filipínská vlajka a ne česká🇵🇭.Používám ji místo čes.🇵🇭,protože čes.🇵🇭režim zavedl myšlenkový zločin 352/2001 Sb.§13((2),(1)a)),§1((2),(1)b)), §7(6)e-sbirka.cz/sb/2001/352/2022-0 ohledně čes.🇵🇭vlaj.,takže používám podobně vypadající vlaj.,která prokazat. není čes.🇵🇭vlajkou,aby se čes.🇵🇭režim nemohl mstít za kritiku nebo dissent prostř.lawfare.Cítím za to

    e x t r é m n ě s i l n é o p o v r ž e n í

    vůči čes.🇵🇭režimu.

    #hunsen #cambodia #ruleoflaw #dictatorship #totalitarianism #contempt #czech #czechia #czechrepublic

  33. 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 Clouds

    The 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.

    But the signposts are now visible.

    And they are pointing forward…

    With Hope, DrWeb

    Tags: Authoritarian Rule, democracy, DrWeb, DWD Editorial, Hope, Institutions, Road Ahead, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Signposts, Trump, U.S. Constitution
    #AuthoritarianRule #democracy #DrWeb #DWDEditorial #Hope #Institutions #RoadAhead #RuleOfLaw #SCOTUS #Signposts #Trump #USConstitution