The #TUC has voted for a non-compliance motion on #Tories anti-strike laws (specifically minimum service requirements).

Sometimes the #RuleofLaw is maintained by not complying with unjust laws - maintaining through #civildisobedience that the idea of the rule of law is being violated by unjust laws themselves, which those protesting such injustice should break.

This political manoeuvre has a long pedigree, from #civilrights movements across history;
can the TUC can tap into that history?

#ECJ: The promotion of judges to a higher court, based on an assessment of their work and conduct by members of that court is compatible with #EUlaw #RuleOfLaw #Romania 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

@kerouac666 @tchambers I’m not an attorney, but according to at least one site mugshots across the United States in all jurisdictions are part of the public record, just like court transcripts for example, and are in the public domain. I’d love a copyright expert to weigh in. Local and state laws / statutes are also public record and can not be paywalled if online. Why PACER isn't free is a whole other thing. https://www.pacerfeesclassaction.com/Home.aspx #CopyrightWars #RuleOfLaw

@scotttiger

I hope your optimism about the speed of the #ruleoflaw is warranted...

I’ve decided to dress up as a fake elector for #Halloween. Please help me choose! #fakeelectors #whynot #ruleoflaw

@davidallengreen on whether just having a written #constitution is the answer:

'Liberal constitutionalists need to realise that their opponents also care about constitutional arrangements & constitutional legitimacy, but do so in a very different way & within a very different narrative.

The battle is not about constitutionalism against anti-constitutionalism.

It is between two contrasting & irreconcilable views of constitutions & what can be done with them'

#ruleoflaw
https://davidallengreen.com/2023/08/constitutionalism-vs-constitutionalism-how-liberal-constitutionalists-sometimes-misunderstand-illiberal-constitutionalism/

The derails of the #AndrewMalkinson miscarriage of #justice just get worse.... after three years the evidence was there that pretty clearly threw his conviction into serious doubt... but it would be about THIRTEEN years until he was freed....

For the #ruleoflaw to be effective justice has to be seen to be done... the #Police & the #CPS in this case have served both the victim & Malkinson very badly.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/15/police-and-cps-had-key-dna-evidence-16-years-before-andrew-malkinson-cleared-of-rape

It never fails to impress me how any national problem can become an excuse for restoration of border controls. I wonder if the Commission will keep not demanding clear evidence of potential threats in line with CJEU case law

#Schengen #BorderControls #Denmark #RuleOfLaw

Questions for the #EU #law and #Poland #RuleOfLaw bubbles, please boost:

The terms of Polish #ECJ and #GC judges Safjan, Półtorak and Kowalik-Bańczyk have ended, but they are still active at the bench. (Recent cases mention them as members of the sitting chamber.)

1) Has Poland refused to nominate replacements or have the Polish candidates failed confirmation (by the 255 panel or other gov's)?

2) What is the legal basis for a #CJEU judge serving after tenure?

(see also #lastboost by @brekke)

@Midder @passenger @Andii

Hmmm.... while clearly correct that legality has been used to mask injustice & murder, the difficulty is what happens when you dispense with the #ruleoflaw;

for Anarchists, self-ordering human relations will emerge, but I'm less certain; I spent time thinking about these issues & ended up writing a book defending the Rule of Law, albeit in a qualified manner;

The alternative to a badly operating RoL is not to rid ourselves of it but to make it work better.

What the three #HGGE Summits tell us about China’s evolving science governance: https://issues.org/chinese-academics-good-governance-zhang-ouagrham-gormley-vogel/

#China #crispr #Jiankui_He #bioethics #RuleofLaw

On the one hand, good. On the other... not ignoring the #ruleoflaw crisis in the #EU would be far more efficient.

https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2023/07/31/17-local-media-outlets-awarded-funds-to-mitigate-news-deserts-in-the-eu/

🗓️SAVE THE DATE 👉 How have #covid measures increased democratic backsliding in Poland?

Join our hybrid event in Kraków on September 14, chaired by Natasza Styczyńska from Jagiellonian University!

Introducing the expert panelists: Anna Wójcik, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, & Michał Marek Ziółkowski. 🙌

@politicalscience @sociology

#pandemicpolitics #regroup #backsliding #law #ruleoflaw #democracy #pandemicresponse

Israel: Police are going full ACAB on protestors, using water cannons and "Skunk water".

Meanwhile the IDF, Shin Bet and Mossad[*] are opposing Netanyahu's judicial reforms.

How far will this escalate?

[*]No, I hadn't noticed their concerns about democracy in the Occupied Territories either. But apparently they have stronger principles in Israel proper.

#Israel #FarRight #Extremism #RuleOfLaw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_(weapon)

Israel: Netanyahu's security minister Ben-Gvir says the current Law is *only the first step* in the "democratisation" (sic!) of Israel.

Judicial Appointments Committee and "powers of prosecutors" are next.

#Israel #FarRight #Extremism #RuleOfLaw

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-24/ty-article-live/israel-on-strike-in-lead-up-to-crucial-knesset-vote-protesters-converge-on-jerusalem/00000189-861e-d5eb-abcb-ffdeeb1a0000#706880930

#ECJ - Fight against #EU fraud : national criminal prescription rules must allow effective prevention and repression #Romania #RuleOfLaw 👉https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

The #PostOffice IT scandal continues to offer opportunities for outrage at the treatment of innocent sub-postmasters, the impunity of the managers & IT firms involved and the general lack of interest in failures in the #ruleoflaw - this is an issue that goes to the heart of so much that is wrong in a country where the interests of #corporations outweigh social justice (or any justice for that matter)!

A sad & sorry take well explored here by Marina Hyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/post-office-scandal-cover-up-justice

Dear Europe,

This is how #rescue at sea looks like:

Best regards,
Thousands of people drowned in the Mediterranean

"Authorities established radio and visual contact with Doerr by air after picking up the distress call, (...). Two merchant vessels were diverted to the 6.5-metre sailing yacht’s location (...)."

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/07/solo-sailor-caught-in-huge-swells-in-great-australian-bight-issues-emergency-signal
#Refugees #asylum #righttoasylum #searescue #ruleoflaw #humanrights

Why do we call the #Republicans “conservative.” Call them what they are; #reactionary and #nationalist. They have no interest preserving what they find to be the best of the USA. They are radical nihilists who want to blow up whatever offends them on any given day. Their main goal seems to be to return us to the 19th century, hardly a conservative goal. There is nothing about this crowd that is restrained or respectful of institutions or the #ruleoflaw.

#Hungary just got the latest #ruleoflaw #memo from #Brussels/#Strasbourg. 6 out of 8 not fulfilled. #Hungarian #government #populist #bullshitbingo about demands not even mentioned. Also asking if #Hungarians' #money was sent to #Ukraine instead.

Heavily criticized #law on the #employment status of #teachers passed with 2/3 #govt #majority. #Opposition helpless against that.
#EUCommission wants the law text. Wouldn't be surprised if they get a customized version.

#EUCO #RuleOfLawConditionality