"Republicans politicized the courts because the courts stood in the way of their racist, anti-gay, forced-birth agenda. If Democrats refuse to fight back, that agenda will be the law of the land, and elections will become the political force that doesn’t really matter."

~ Elie Mystal

#courts #judiciary #democracy #Wisconsin #impeachment #Republicans #Democrats

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-impeach-judges-elie-mystal/

NEW: Posters calling out judges who dropped charges against people accused of selling fentanyl have popped up on Mission near 22nd. They're getting strong pushback from San Francisco legal professionals.

“This is just wildly inappropriate. You could cause violence against judges.”
- @KirkCJenkins of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

#SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoNews #Courts #HarmReduction #Drugs #Fentanyl

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/anonymous-posters-singling-out-judges-for-leniency-in-drug-cases/

No Compliance Of UP's 'Anti Conversion' Law: Allahabad HC Junks Protection Plea Of 'Married' Inter-Religious Couple Who Are Distant Cousins

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected a protection plea filed by an inter-religious couple (who happen to be distant cousins) who purportedly married each other as per the Hindu rites and rituals.

https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-high-court-compliance-up-anti-conversion-law-protection-plea-married-inter-religious-couple-distant-cousins-236802

#UttarPradesh #AllahabadHC #InterfaithMarriages #InterfaithLove #conversions #religion #courts #india

#England’s #ConcreteCrisis could extend to #hospitals and #courts, experts say

#Labour demands urgent audit of government’s handling of longstanding fears about #Raac
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/02/uk-concrete-crisis-raac-problems-could-extend-to-hospitals-and-courts-experts-say
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure

Courts Remain Silent Spectators As Minorities Remain In Fear Amidst Rise Of Illiberal, Communal Forces: Justice (Retired) AP Shah

Justice (Retired) AP Shah recently expressed concerns over the rise of ‘illiberal and communal’ forces in the country, fuelled by extremist ideologies, and the attendant culture of hate, polarisation, and vilification of minorities, particularly Muslims, taking root across the nation. He also raised apprehensions about the weakening of formal institutions like the courts in India as well as the erosion of public trust in them.

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/justice-ap-shah-courts-silent-spectators-communal-forces-236776

#APShah #courts #communalism #muslims #minorities #islamophobia #HateSpeech #CAA #UAPA #india

Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed #RealEstate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights
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The new filing comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the #SupremeCourt justice’s beneficial relationship with the billionaire GOP megadonor. Thomas also reported three private jet trips provided by Crow.

#ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #SCOTUS #Courts #Transparency #Alito #SamuelAlito #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-disclosure-filing-harlan-crow-real-estate-travel-scotus?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#courts #Discrimination 1stAmendment North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, the only Black woman on the court, is being threatened with sanctions —including REMOVAL FROM THE BENCH — for TALKING about RACIAL AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1697222973990576189.html

#courts #Discrimination 1stAmendment North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, the only Black woman on the court, is being threatened with sanctions —including REMOVAL FROM THE BENCH — for TALKING about RACIAL AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1697222973990576189.html

#courts #Trial Trump's trial is on the official calendar

9:30am on March 4 ... in courtroom 9 https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1696210138154107341?s=20

#courts This is another one of those weeks where there is so much going on that if you blink, you’re going to miss something. We’ll try to stay on top of everything here, because it can be hard to predict where the most interesting action will take place. https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-week-ahead-33f?r=ziwt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

A Chicago #Cop Is Accused of Lying Under Oath 44 Times. Now #Prosecutors Are Dropping Cases That Relied on His Testimony.

Former #Chicago officer Jeffrey Kriv faces charges for #perjury and #forgery after getting out of dozens of #traffic violations by claiming his girlfriend had stolen his car.

Now, cases that stem from #arrests Kriv made are in jeopardy.

#Police #Illinois #CriminalJustice #Crime #Courts #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-officer-kriv-perjury-prosecutors-dropped-criminal-cases?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

I’m not so sure I feel as confident as some about our legal system as I read the laughing posts about the #trumpmugshot
The #courts are filled with Cannons, and #SCOTUS is not reliable
The hubris of the left is as dangerous as the idiocy of #maga
#trump is a symptom not the disease

Fabricated Evidence, Tutored Witnesses, Malicious Prosecution: How Police Lied & Subverted Path To Justice

Though perjury, or lying under oath, and fabrication of evidence remain widespread in India’s justice system, prosecutions for the two offences are rare. In the first of a two-part series, Article14 analyses five recent court judgements that reveal how the police followed a similar modus operandi of submitting false evidence in court in an atmosphere of impunity.

https://article-14.com/post/fabricated-evidence-tutored-witnesses-malicious-prosecution-how-police-lied-subverted-path-to-justice-64e580b7a0b1c

#perjury #justice #law #policing #courts #DelhiPolice #DelhiPogrom #DelhiRiots #UttarPradesh #maharashtra #MadhyaPradesh #assam #delhi #UAPA #india

Today, South Carolina's all-male Supreme Court upheld the state's 6-week #abortion ban.

We recently reported on how #SouthCarolina became the only state in the US with a men-only highest court:

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-carolina-ended-up-with-all-male-supreme-court

#ReproductiveRights #Pregnancy #Women #Men #WomensRights #News #Courts

"“They have no authority, not under their state constitutions or implementing statutes to decide what’s constitutional and what’s not constitutional. That’s what #courts have the authority to do, not #sheriffs,” McCord said". https://apnews.com/article/constitutional-sheriffs-5568cd0b6b27680a28de8a098ed14210

@cinema_s

Pour les fédinautes qui ne voient pas le résumé sur leur instance et qui veulent savoir ce que c'est avant de cliquer : c'est un #festival de #courts-métrages international, en plein air, gratuit, qui a lieu à #Paris du 25 août au 2 septembre

Every state and territory has its own supreme court and every supreme court has tremendous power over legal cases and public policy within its borders—but the resemblances end there. No two courts are exactly the same. Each has its rules and idiosyncrasies, each comes with different procedures for how someone becomes and stays a judge, and each has a distinct set of roles and functions. #courts https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/state-supreme-courts/

#courts #grandJury The FBI has joined an investigation into the “threats of violence” against Fulton County officials, including members of the Atlanta-area grand jury that voted to indict former President Trump and his allies.port for the Washington Post.

#Justice #Courts Military judge Col. Lanny J. Acosta Jr., handling the USS Cole bombing case, threw out confessions given by Saudi defendant Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri because the judge regarded them the product of torture. “Exclusion of such evidence is not without societal costs,

#trials #courts The Week Ahead
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