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2 hours agoLawmakers introduce bills to stop ICE courthouse raids | KQED
California's publicly-funded preschool programs are growing but lack quality measures compared to other states.
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Philosophy
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1 month agoYou Can't Salvage A Bad Judge By Calling Them Postmodern - Above the Law
Postmodern analysis offers useful concepts for understanding contemporary disenchantment with traditional meaning systems, exemplified by judicial figures like Lawrence VanDyke who adopt unconventional approaches to legal writing.
fromianVisits
1 month agoOfficial announcement: It's time to end the tyranny of officially
Once upon a time, adding official to an announcement served a purpose. It distinguished fact from rumour, press release from pub chat. Sensible. Helpful. Civilised. But in recent years, the word has gone rogue. Nothing can simply happen anymore. It must be officially announced.
Media industry
fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoU.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America
Lake satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution. He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void. That includes the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers at the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the Voice of America.
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Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month agoThe Rule Of Law Joins America's Dead Pets On The Rainbow Bridge - Above the Law
Trump attorney John Lauro claimed the DOJ improved under Attorney General Pam Bondi, contradicting legal observers who view current conditions as a constitutional crisis threatening prosecutorial independence.
Law
frompatentlyo.com
1 month agoJudge Newman Asks the Supreme Court to Intervene: Framing Judicial Independence as a Constitutional Imperative
Judge Pauline Newman, barred from judicial duties since 2023 without impeachment or disability finding, petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act's bar on reviewing judicial council orders.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month agoSolicitor called court reporter he stalked his sex slave' in email, court hears
You made comments about him becoming your sex slave and hoping not to find a dead rodent, those are just examples there were more. He was genuinely fearful of you. I have no doubt that your contact has had an ongoing impact on him.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months agoDOJ Attacks Judge, Claims Judicial Immunity For Itself - Above the Law
If you are a lawyer, are interested in being an AUSA, and support President Trump and anti-crime agenda, DM me. We need good prosecutors. And DOJ is hiring across the country. Now is your chance to join the mission and do good for our country.- Chad Mizelle (@chad_mizelle) January 31, 2026
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months agoThe DOJ Can't Keep Up With Trump
For several hours last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi sat before the House Judiciary Committee with one apparent mission: Don't back down. The oversight hearing focused on the recent actions of the Justice Department, which has been consumed with the release of the Epstein files, as well as ongoing investigations into the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis.
US politics
US politics
fromWIRED
2 months agoJudge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished
A federal judge ordered DHS to explain whether Operation Metro Surge uses armed raids to coerce Minnesota into abandoning sanctuary policies; operations continue pending the response.
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US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 month agoDOJ Feels The Squeeze As DHS's Courtroom Pain Sponge - Above the Law
A federal judge threatened contempt charges against the US government three times for violating court orders regarding ICE's unlawful detention of long-term immigrants under a misinterpreted statute.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months agoTrump-Appointed Judge Rules ICE Violated Constitutional Rights of Minnesota Detainees Drops Hammer in Strict Order
A federal judge found ICE violated detainees' constitutional rights at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and imposed a temporary restraining order with strict requirements.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months agoVictory for Met Police as judges rule vetting can include unproved allegations
It seems to me that the nature of the exercise which is required in vetting is different from the exercise in disciplinary proceedings. In disciplinary proceedings, in common with many situations in which a decision-maker has to decide whether an event occurred in the past, the balance of probabilities is a sensible way to decide that question of fact. Either an event happened or it did not.
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