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  1. Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training theguardian.com/books/2026/jul
    Group of major publishers accuses the tech giant of β€˜one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history’. No doubt Google will be making arguments about fair use in the future. #uslaw #uspol #copyright #publishing

  2. Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training theguardian.com/books/2026/jul
    Group of major publishers accuses the tech giant of β€˜one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history’. No doubt Google will be making arguments about fair use in the future. #uslaw #uspol #copyright #publishing

  3. Everybody Hates Data Centres:

    "The plaintiffs claim the center "generates significant noise pollution from diesel generators and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, including chillers, cooling towers, air-handling units, and condenser fans."

    The suit further states that the noise produced by the facility is "not only excessive, but consistent and pervasive."

    independent.co.uk/news/world/a

    #Microsoft #DataCentres #USLaw #Wisconsin #TechBros #NerdReich #Technology

  4. Everybody Hates Data Centres:

    "The plaintiffs claim the center "generates significant noise pollution from diesel generators and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, including chillers, cooling towers, air-handling units, and condenser fans."

    The suit further states that the noise produced by the facility is "not only excessive, but consistent and pervasive."

    independent.co.uk/news/world/a

    #Microsoft #DataCentres #USLaw #Wisconsin #TechBros #NerdReich #Technology

  5. Update. Now Mike Johnson is echoing the Clarence Thomas line that birthright citizenship (aka birthright tourism) devalues citizenship.
    thehill.com/homenews/house/595

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  6. Update. Now Mike Johnson is echoing the Clarence Thomas line that birthright citizenship (aka birthright tourism) devalues citizenship.
    thehill.com/homenews/house/595

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  7. Update. I should have noted Justice Thomas said this in his dissent.
    supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pd

    Thomas: "The Citizenship Clause 'added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.'…Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship."

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  8. Update. I should have noted Justice Thomas said this in his dissent.
    supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pd

    Thomas: "The Citizenship Clause 'added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.'…Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship."

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  9. "Professor fired over #CharlieKirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement."
    thehill.com/homenews/education

    This is just the latest in a series. Universities that disciplined professors for criticizing Charlie Kirk knew or should have known that they were violating those professors' free-speech rights. But they did it to align themselves with the Trump admin, even on the wrong side of the law. Consider these settlements and damage awards to be a cowardice tax.

    #Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  10. "Professor fired over #CharlieKirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement."
    thehill.com/homenews/education

    This is just the latest in a series. Universities that disciplined professors for criticizing Charlie Kirk knew or should have known that they were violating those professors' free-speech rights. But they did it to align themselves with the Trump admin, even on the wrong side of the law. Consider these settlements and damage awards to be a cowardice tax.

    #Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  11. Update.

    It follows that politicizing the #FTC feeds the growing European movement for #DataSovereignty -- the movement for #EU users, citizens, voters, companies, and governments to favor tech platforms based in the EU.

    This is not the first way that #Trump and #Trumpism are shafting US tech companies. Here's a separate thread on another way.
    fediscience.org/@petersuber/11

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  12. Update.

    It follows that politicizing the #FTC feeds the growing European movement for #DataSovereignty -- the movement for #EU users, citizens, voters, companies, and governments to favor tech platforms based in the EU.

    This is not the first way that #Trump and #Trumpism are shafting US tech companies. Here's a separate thread on another way.
    fediscience.org/@petersuber/11

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  13. #Republican protests about the #SCOTUS #citizenship ruling are eye-opening. From the NYTimes: "Kevin Roberts, the president of the #HeritageFoundation … [said that the decision] lessened the value of American citizenship."
    www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

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  14. #Republican protests about the #SCOTUS #citizenship ruling are eye-opening. From the NYTimes: "Kevin Roberts, the president of the #HeritageFoundation...[said that the decision] lessened the value of American citizenship."
    nytimes.com/live/2026/06/30/us

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  15. #Republican protests about the #SCOTUS #citizenship ruling are eye-opening. From the NYTimes: "Kevin Roberts, the president of the #HeritageFoundation...[said that the decision] lessened the value of American citizenship."
    nytimes.com/live/2026/06/30/us

    #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  16. "US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers."
    noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-ju

    This is big but complicated and confusing. Here's my take:

    US tech companies that want to sign up #EU users must promise (through a formal process administered by the US Commerce Dept) to comply with #GDPR #privacy protections, and submit to the oversight of an "independent" US agency -- until now the #FTC -- with the power to enforce those promises.

    With no independent FTC, and no alternative independent agency standing by, US companies may have to stop accepting personal info from EU citizens.

    #SCOTUS #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  17. "US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers."
    noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-ju

    This is big but complicated and confusing. Here's my take:

    US tech companies that want to sign up #EU users must promise (through a formal process administered by the US Commerce Dept) to comply with #GDPR #privacy protections, and submit to the oversight of an "independent" US agency -- until now the #FTC -- with the power to enforce those promises.

    With no independent FTC, and no alternative independent agency standing by, US companies may have to stop accepting personal info from EU citizens.

    #SCOTUS #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  18. Outcry over supreme court decision to grant Trump power to fire agency chiefs theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j
    Legal and labor experts say Trump v Slaughter decision upends settled constitutional law in favor of β€˜loyalty test’. #uslaw #uspol #SCOTUS

    Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the Slaughter decision β€œegregiously wrong”, arguing that the majority had upended settled constitutional law in a ruling that, she wrote, β€œpromises to unleash only chaos”.

    β€œToday, the court discards that democratic regime in favor of one that distorts the structure of government to fit the majority’s theory of unitary, total executive control. The result is a president who emerges with far greater power than ever before,” she wrote.

  19. Outcry over supreme court decision to grant Trump power to fire agency chiefs theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j
    Legal and labor experts say Trump v Slaughter decision upends settled constitutional law in favor of β€˜loyalty test’. #uslaw #uspol #SCOTUS

    Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the Slaughter decision β€œegregiously wrong”, arguing that the majority had upended settled constitutional law in a ruling that, she wrote, β€œpromises to unleash only chaos”.

    β€œToday, the court discards that democratic regime in favor of one that distorts the structure of government to fit the majority’s theory of unitary, total executive control. The result is a president who emerges with far greater power than ever before,” she wrote.

  20. #USFlagCode creates a framework for display and care of the flag. While it is #USlaw, it's not mandatory with no clear penalties. A criminal statute was later added that prohibited desecrating the flag before it was found unconstitutional in #USvEichman. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

  21. #USFlagCode creates a framework for display and care of the flag. While it is #USlaw, it's not mandatory with no clear penalties. A criminal statute was later added that prohibited desecrating the flag before it was found unconstitutional in #USvEichman. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

  22. Update. "Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against the maker of #Roundup weedkiller."
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

    The court ruled for #Monsanto because the #EPA said Roundup (#glyphosate) was harmless, not because the 𝘴𝘀π˜ͺ𝘦𝘯𝘀𝘦 said it was harmless. There's good evidence that that the EPA decision was flawed, if not cynical. It relied on studies written mostly by Monsanto staffers and the lead article has been retracted.

    Here's the #SCOTUS decision itself.
    supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pd

    The upside: The #RepublicanSchism will deepen. Some #MAGA voters side with the Trump EPA friendliness to corporate polluters. Others (including #RFKJr when he could speak freely) side with #MAHA opposition to glyphosate.

    The downside: More people will die from this poison.

    #GoldStandardScience #Medicine #Misconduct #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  23. Update. "Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against the maker of #Roundup weedkiller."
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

    The court ruled for #Monsanto because the #EPA said Roundup (#glyphosate) was harmless, not because the 𝘴𝘀π˜ͺ𝘦𝘯𝘀𝘦 said it was harmless. There's good evidence that that the EPA decision was flawed, if not cynical. It relied on studies written mostly by Monsanto staffers and the lead article has been retracted.

    Here's the #SCOTUS decision itself.
    supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pd

    The upside: The #RepublicanSchism will deepen. Some #MAGA voters side with the Trump EPA friendliness to corporate polluters. Others (including #RFKJr when he could speak freely) side with #MAHA opposition to glyphosate.

    The downside: More people will die from this poison.

    #GoldStandardScience #Medicine #Misconduct #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  24. Why didn't we actively encourage Texas to secede when we had the chance?
    #USpol #USlaw #UScorruption

    Republicans all militant about states rights... until they want to go around them.

    slate.com/news-and-politics/20

  25. Why didn't we actively encourage Texas to secede when we had the chance?
    #USpol #USlaw #UScorruption

    Republicans all militant about states rights... until they want to go around them.

    slate.com/news-and-politics/20