#ruleoflaw — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ruleoflaw, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1196714/ German MEP Demands EU Funding Freeze if AfD Takes Power in Saxony-Anhalt #AFD #AlternativeFürDeutschland #DanielFreund #EU #EUFunding #Europe #European #EuropeanCommission #Germany #RuleOfLaw #SaxonyAnhalt #UlrichSiegmund
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/419031/ Ghana’s Chief Justice Saga Is Over. Judicial Fragility Is Not #AfricanCourt #Ghana #institutions #RuleOfLaw
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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
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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
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Exploring ICC African Bias Critiques
The ICC established in 2002 under the Rome Statute to end impunity for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression, the ICC operates on complementarity, acting only when national courts are unwilling or genuinely unable to prosecute. Critics argue it disproportionately targets African leaders and situations, functioning as a neo-colonial instrument that polices the Global South while granting de facto immunity to powerful states.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/08/exploring-icc-african-bias-critiques/
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Exploring ICC African Bias Critiques
The ICC established in 2002 under the Rome Statute to end impunity for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression, the ICC operates on complementarity, acting only when national courts are unwilling or genuinely unable to prosecute. Critics argue it disproportionately targets African leaders and situations, functioning as a neo-colonial instrument that polices the Global South while granting de facto immunity to powerful states.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/08/exploring-icc-african-bias-critiques/
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Exploring ICC African Bias Critiques
The ICC established in 2002 under the Rome Statute to end impunity for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression, the ICC operates on complementarity, acting only when national courts are unwilling or genuinely unable to prosecute. Critics argue it disproportionately targets African leaders and situations, functioning as a neo-colonial instrument that polices the Global South while granting de facto immunity to powerful states.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/08/exploring-icc-african-bias-critiques/
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Exploring ICC African Bias Critiques
The ICC established in 2002 under the Rome Statute to end impunity for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression, the ICC operates on complementarity, acting only when national courts are unwilling or genuinely unable to prosecute. Critics argue it disproportionately targets African leaders and situations, functioning as a neo-colonial instrument that polices the Global South while granting de facto immunity to powerful states.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/08/exploring-icc-african-bias-critiques/
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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 -
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.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/05/the-safe-place-for-bigotry-and-crime-by-lawson-akhigbe/
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Did You Tell Them to Rescue the Kidnapped? Nigeria’s Politicians, Generals and the Confusion Between Policy and Operations by Lawson Akhigbe
There are some moments in political history that survive long after the politicians involved have left office. Not because of a great speech. Not because of a great policy. But because somebody asked a very simple question and refused to let it escape through the nearest political fire exit. -
"The Supreme Court has just granted Trump the right to litigate. And the ruling is downright infuriating. This is what you need to know about the legal doctrine known as jurisdiction."
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sq8bCXx_XMc #SCOTUS #JohnRoberts #corruption #Trump #Ballroom #RuleOfLaw
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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.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/29/the-ghost-who-keeps-signing-by-lawson-akhigbe/
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Edo State’s Land Reform Odyssey: From Land Grabbers to Digital Promises (and Back Again) by Lawson Akhigbe
In Edo State, land is never just dirt. It is history, inheritance, politics, and occasionally a full-contact sport. For years the system ran on a toxic mix of customary claims, Community Development Associations that behaved like private armies, multiple sales of the same plot, and a Certificate of Occupancy process so slow it could age a bottle of wine. Successive administrations have declared reform. The results have been a mixture of genuine progress, inherited messes, political score-settling, and the familiar Nigerian talent for turning every administrative problem into a morality play about fraud. -
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.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/28/reform-uks-brexit-immigration-impact/
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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 morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/friday-august-28-2026/
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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 morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/friday-august-28-2026/
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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 morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/friday-august-28-2026/
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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 morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/friday-august-28-2026/
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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. -
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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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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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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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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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. -
(Peru) The cost of investigating those in power: the case of Harvey Colchado
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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…" -
🏛️ 2026 Rule of Law Report: A Europe Divided Between Reform and Resistance https://europeantrends.net/2026/07/22/%f0%9f%8f%9b%ef%b8%8f-2026-rule-of-law-report-a-europe/ #democracy #ruleoflaw #EU #Europe #enlargement #freedom #humanrights
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https://www.europesays.com/people/158242/ Hungary’s president enacts constitutional amendment concluding his term #ÁgnesForsthoffer #ConstitutionalAmendment #Democracy #dissenters #Hungary #IndependentMedia #PeterMagyar #PowerSharing #RuleOfLaw #SovereigntyProtectionOffice #TamásSulyok #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán
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Abbott Orders Texas Rangers Investigation Into Fatal Shooting During Federal Immigration Operation https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/754063/ #Baseball #BorderPolicy #BorderSecurity #BreakingNews #DPS #FederalAuthorities #government #GregAbbott #Houston #HoustonPolice #immigration #Investigation #Justice #LawEnforcement #LorenzoSalgado #MLB #PublicSafety #Rangers #RuleOfLaw #Texas #TexasBorderBusiness #TexasNews #TexasRangers #TexasRangers
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Abbott Orders Texas Rangers Investigation Into Fatal Shooting During Federal Immigration Operation https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/754063/ #Baseball #BorderPolicy #BorderSecurity #BreakingNews #DPS #FederalAuthorities #government #GregAbbott #Houston #HoustonPolice #immigration #Investigation #Justice #LawEnforcement #LorenzoSalgado #MLB #PublicSafety #Rangers #RuleOfLaw #Texas #TexasBorderBusiness #TexasNews #TexasRangers #TexasRangers
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A Kushner‑backed luxury project in Albania becomes a litmus test for EU accession green standards.
Concerning issues in Albania’s rule-of-law are being exposed through the cracks of the so-called ‘Flamingo Revolution’ affair – and far beyond nature conservation – to the extent that its EU accession may be at stake.
#Albania #EU #RuleOfLaw #Kushner #FlamingoRevolution #EUAccession #Environment #NatureConservation
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1-3 A nation built on the rule of law cannot survive if power becomes a shield for self-enrichment.
The question is no longer whether the warning signs are visible.
The question is whether Americans will stand up before corruption becomes the new normal.
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I love this phrase:
"presumption of regularity”
It is in the lawsuit, filed by former CIA Director John Brennan against the DOJ and Trump administration, it states that the Trump/DOJ can no longer be trusted - the DOJ "no longer deserves the presumption of regularity”.
For lawyers, the phrase “presumption of regularity” has a specific legal meaning.
It refers to the longstanding principle that government officials are generally presumed to perform their duties lawfully and in good faith unless compelling evidence suggests otherwise.
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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 morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/06/saturday-june-13-2026/
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Albanien wants to join the EU – rule of law is the condition, say the treaties. The reality: Rama privatises nature reserves for Kushner millions, lets protesters be dragged across the beach, and knows exactly: geopolitics buys patience in Brussels. NATO member, pro-Western, useful. The criticism comes – and fades away.
Money beats the rule of law. For now.
https://www.fr.de/politik/jared-kushner-investiert-milliarden-dollar-sicherheitsdienst-schleift-demonstranten-ueber-strand-94336870.html -
Ah! what could our Family do without the moralist? He has always been our stay, our support, our friend; today he is our only friend. Whenever there has been dark talk of assassination, he has come forward and saved us with his impressive maxim, “Forbear: nothing politically valuable was ever yet achieved by violence.” He probably believes it. It is because he has by him no child’s book of world-history to teach him that his maxim lacks the backing of statistics. All thrones have been established by violence; no regal tyranny has ever been overthrown except by violence; by violence my fathers set up our throne; by murder, treachery, perjury, torture, banishment and prison they have held it for four centuries, and by these same arts I hold it today. There is no Romanoff of learning and experience but would reverse the maxim and say: “Nothing politically valuable was ever yet achieved except by violence.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83906/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #assassination #despotism #history #moralist #morals #oppression #politicalhistory #politicalviolence #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence
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Philip Alito son of #Republican #maga #federalistSociety #leoleonard #SupremeCourt #Justice #SamuelAlito quietly working as lawyer in #Trump #Treasury Dept #Bessent. NOTUS reported Philip Alito’s position in Treasury Dept Office of #GeneralCounsel is a “closely guarded secret,” as the son of the #conservative jurist does not have a public LinkedIn profile, and the Treasury Department makes no mention of him on its official website. #corruption #collusion #SCOTUS #taxes #finance #ruleoflaw #IRS
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/249007/ ICPC Denies ADC Leaders Access to El-Rufai Over Court Order #ADC #AntiGraft #Corruption #CourtOrder #ElRufai #ICPC #Kaduna #Nigeria #politics #RuleOfLaw
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USCIS Makes Major Change Compelling Aliens To Return Home For Proper Processing Of The Adjustment Of Statuses
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) formally announced a major change that will compel aliens seeking the adjustment of status to return to their respective countries and go through the consular processing via the Department of State. The change marks the USCIS’ return to the law’s original intent to ensure that aliens navigate America’s immigration system properly.
To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the USCIS’ official announcement. Some parts in boldface…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a new policy memo reiterating the fact that, consistent with long-standing immigration law and immigration court decisions, aliens seeking adjustment of status must do so through consular processing via the Department of State outside of the country.
Officers are directed to consider all relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether an alien warrants this extraordinary form of relief.
“We’re returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation’s immigration system properly. From now on, an alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes. When aliens apply from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who decide to slip into the shadows and remain in the U.S. illegally after being denied residency,” said USCIS Spokesman Zach Kahler.
“Nonimmigrants, like students, temporary workers, or people on tourist visas, come to the U.S. for a short time and for a specific purpose. Our system is designed for them to leave when their visit is over. Their visit should not function as the first step in the Green Card process. Following the law allows the majority of these cases to be handled by the State Department at U.S. consular offices abroad and frees up limited USCIS resources to focus on processing other cases that fall under its purview, including visas for victims of violent crime and human trafficking, naturalization applications, and other priorities. The law was written this way for a reason, and despite the fact that it has been ignored for years, following it will help make our system fairer and more efficient.”
Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? If you are an American citizen, do you agree with the USCIS’ change of policy and processes with regards to aliens who are already present in the United States while seeking to adjust their respective statuses? Do you think this latest change will somehow bring down the number of illegal immigrants/aliens present in America? Do you think it makes sense for aliens in America to go back home to their respective countries to apply for change of status at the U.S. consular?
You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.
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#Equality #EqualTreatment #GenderDiscrimination #FundamentalRights #RuleOfLaw
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All this talk of #housing #Budget2026. Isn’t it staggering how not one politician or media outlet is talking about protecting #RentersRights? #RuleOfLaw should be fully operational protecting the people doing it toughest. We should be looking after people better. #auspol #Shame
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A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #absolutepower #abovethelaw #assassination #civilization #despotism #greatergood #killing #lawlessness #morality #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence -
Magyar siegt deutlich: #Ungarn erlebt historischen Machtwechse
https://dauckchristian.home.blog/2026/04/13/magyar-siegt-deutlich-ungarn-erlebt-historischen-machtwechsel/
#Hungary #PeterMagyar #TiszaParty #HungaryElection #Democracy #EU #NATO #RuleOfLaw
#Magyarország #PéterMagyar #TiszaPárt #Választás2026 #Demokrácia #EU #NATO #Jogállamiság #VoterTurnout -
Viktor Orbán, Russland, die USA und Europas strategische Sackgasse
https://dauckchristian.home.blog/.../viktor-orban.../
#Hungary #ViktorOrban
#OrbanRegime #Europe #EU
#UkraineWar #Russia
#Putin #Trump #EuropeanSecurity
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #Sanctions #PeaceInEurope #Geopolitics #PoliticalAnalysis #StrategicAutonomy #StandWithUkraine #CentralEurope #FutureOfEurope -
"A federal judge just delivered a huge win for the rule of law, for the American people and - not hyperbole - for global security, and a huge loss for Donald Trump, and one of his flunkies, Kari Lake.
DC Federal District Judge Royce Lamberth just ordered 1000 federal employees to be allowed to return to work at Voice of America, ruling that Kari Lake had been unlawfully trying to dismantle the agency."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOVCNNf8xl4 #Trump #ruleOfLaw #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #KariLake #JudgeRoyceLamberth
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@FranceskAlbs I feel
c o n t e m p t
towards the German, French and Czech regimes when I am seeing this.
Also:
https://blisty.cz/art/131705-ceska-televize-zase-lze-pritom-se-domaha-koncesionarskych-poplatku.html#smearcamaign #gaslighting #impunity #persecution #dissident #criminalgovernments #stateterrorism #francescaalbanese #manipulated #manipulation #unspecialrapporteur #hypocrisy #hypocrite #hypocrites #westernhypocrisy #westernhypocrites #hypocriticalwest #falseaccusation #integrity #brave #internationallaw #ruleoflaw #icc
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NSW Premier #ChrisMinns continues to undermine norms that uphold the #RuleOfLaw by seeking to influence a putatively independent watchdog.
After the widespread and gratuitous police violence towards peaceful anti-genocide protesters in the middle of #Sydney on Monday night, at a scale and severity unmatched in my lifetime, it would be obvious that an independent investigation ought to occur, indeed several (not just into the shocking police behaviour, but also into the degree to which the Premier and/or Police Minister might have constrained the Police Commission's operational discretion; there are many in public statements that police may well have been directed towards precisely this outcome).
To be credible, an investigation must be (and be seen to be) genuinely independent of influence by either police or government. Yet Premier Minns and Police Minister Catley have repeatedly and firmly rejected the need for any investigation, declaring immediately that police did nothing wrong.
Now that the (chronically underfunded) police watchdog #LECC has announced it will launch an investigation, the Premier has undermined confidence in any exculpatory findings, since people will wonder the degree to which he put his finger on the scales and improperly influenced LECC's deliberation.
Trumpian.
