As #GOP investigates #prosecutors, experts worry about #JudicialIndependence

Investigate the investigators.

…The strategy has been effective in shaping #PublicOpinion….

But in the wake of 91 #criminal #charges against #Trump, the party’s blitz of attacks on prosecutors threatens to degrade an important precedent that protects prosecutorial #independence & the ability to fairly root out wrongdoing w/o partisan #influence or gain….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/09/republican-investigations-judicial-independence/

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives a middle finger to Congress: 'No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.'

https://www.businessinsider.com/samuel-alito-said-congress-cant-regulate-the-supreme-court-2023-7

#SupremeCourt #SamuelAlito #CongressAuthority #ConstitutionRegulation #JudicialIndependence #SeparationofPowers #Politics #News

https://www.kveller.com/these-jewish-celebrities-are-protesting-israels-judicial-reform-bill/?utm_source=Kveller_Maropost&utm_campaign=kveller&utm_medium=email&mpweb=1161-59987-301882

Very glad to see so many #Jewish celebrities (many of whom are #Israeli) out protesting the anti-democratic judicial gutting by the #Netanyayhu government.

#Israel #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #Judiciary #JudicialIndependence

Politico лийкват доклада на ЕК за върховенството на правото. Според него Комисията ще предприеме последните стъпки за пълното прекратяване на уж отпадналия “механизъм за сътрудничество и проверка”, известен и като “мониторинг”.

https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/05/COM_800_chapo_post_hebdo__CLEAN_.pdf

#ruleoflaw #ruleoflawreport #cvm #Bulgaria #eu #justice #media #mediafreedom #anticorruption #judiciary #judicialindependence

Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, initially assigned to oversee his case

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-appointee-initially-assigned-oversee/story?id=99956910

#ABCNews #JudgeAileenCannon #TrumpAppointee #CaseAssignment #LegalSystem #JudicialIndependence #Politics #News

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#Israel protests: Thousands march against #Netanyahu court reform

Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched again in nationwide protests against the government's plan to curb #SupremeCourt powers.

This is the 11th week of mass demonstrations, as opponents of the reforms accuse right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining #JudicialIndependence.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-65004993

Israel: Planned judicial overhaul divides the country

https://www.dw.com/en/israel-planned-judicial-overhaul-divides-the-country/a-64917682?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #judicialindependence #protests

@Shachihoko @TonyStark Now what needs to be investigated, how much Trump demanded for nominating 3 FedSoc justices & how much FedSoc offered & paid him for nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Coney Barrett.
And how many millions FedSoc paid ("GOP") senators for confirming the 3.

#RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #SeparationOfPowers #SeparationOfChurchAndState #CleanSCOTUS

@TonyStark Very likely all six SCOTUS majority justices are members of the Federalist Society, which (Opus Dei member) Leonard Leo has been the vice president of:
- John Roberts
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel Alito
- Neil Gorsuch
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett.

Justices put on #SCOTUS bench by Leonard Leo:
- John Roberts
- Samuel Alito
- Neil Gorsuch
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett.

#RuleOfLaw #JusticeMatters #JudicialIndependence #SeparationOfChurchAndState #SeparationOfPowers #CleanSCOTUS #SCOTUSReform #Insurrection #Rebellion
https://churchandstate.org.uk/2022/05/leonard-leo-opus-dei-and-the-radical-catholic-takeover-of-the-supreme-court/

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-18/ty-article-live/.premium/tens-of-thousands-set-to-rally-against-judicial-overhaul-for-seventh-consecutive-week/00000186-64e9-dba0-a5c6-76fd0af50000#1805827214

Very proud of the #Left in #Israel as they keep up the pressure on the #Netanyahu government in support of #JudicialIndependence

@kims @Dahlialith @heidilifeldman Thomas & many others [impeached] before him are proof, that the assumption, that lifetime appointments of judges & justices would guarantee judicial independence, may have been appropriate at the time of the Founders, when codes of honor used to be observed, but proves to be naively failing today, in times of broken #SeparationOfPowers & extreme partisanship.

#RuleOfLaw #JudicialTermLimits #JudicialIndependence #CourtReform #SeparationOfPowers #SeparationOfChurchAndState #BanFedSoc

Benched: what actually happens when a federal judge misbehaves? https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/02/10/federal-judges-misbehaviour-accountability/ #judicialindependence #GeoffreyWatson #SalvatoreVasta #DysonHeydon #SandyStreet #words_1000 #Analysis #Justice #justice #judges

New paper: "Institutions that Define the Policy-Making Role of Courts: A Comparative Analysis of the Supreme Courts of Scandinavia" – fortchoming in International Journal of Constitutional Law.

Preprint version: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4343049

#supremecourts #judicialindependence

#Israel: “…more than 100,000 people turned up for the demonstration” against “…the new government's plans to overhaul the judiciary… Justice Minister Yariv Levin said a simple majority in the Knesset would have the power to overturn Supreme Court decisions… Levin also wants to change the composition of the body that appoints judges to grant politicians more power in their appointments. Opponents say it would stifle judicial independence.” | DW https://www.dw.com/en/israel-tens-of-thousands-protest-against-judicial-reforms/a-64478655 #JudicialIndependence

#Israel: Tens of thousands protest against “…the new government's plans to overhaul the judiciary… Justice Minister Yariv Levin said a simple majority in the Knesset would have the power to overturn Supreme Court decisions… Levin also wants to change the composition of the body that appoints judges to grant politicians more power in their appointments. Opponents say it would stifle judicial independence.” | DW https://www.dw.com/en/israel-tens-of-thousands-protest-against-judicial-reforms/a-64478655 #JudicialIndependence

@noahshachtman The Federalist Society's Leonard Leo's & orthodox Catholic Opus Del's hands have been involved in too many selections, nominations & appointments of judges & justices, subverting the Separation of Church & State and placing legions of biased judges & justices on the bench.
Plus, the nomination & confirmation of them for lifetime terms by Executive & Legislative branches undermines the Separation of powers.

#RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #JusticeMatters #SeparationOfPowers #SeparationOfChurchAndState #SCOTUSCodeOfConduct #Ethics #BanFedSoc
https://churchandstate.org.uk/2022/05/leonard-leo-opus-dei-and-the-radical-catholic-takeover-of-the-supreme-court/

#HongKong chairman has power to block overseas #lawyer from #courtcase, we are losing #judicialindependence
https://hongkongfp.com/2023/01/04/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-30/

#Beijing will be invited to intervene to prevent #JimmyLai engaging UK #Barrister in his upcoming #NationalSecurityLaw trial after #HongKong’s top court upheld an earlier decision to allow Lai to engage the services of Tim Owen, KC.

So much for #OneCountryTwoSystems, #JudicialIndependence, and the #RuleOfLaw existing in Hong Kong.

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/28/breaking-hong-kong-asks-beijing-to-intervene-after-top-court-blocks-bid-to-stop-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-from-hiring-uk-lawyer/

The new UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, has opened a new Tw account focused on her work as UN SR. She also invites people to subscribe to her email newsletter: http://bit.ly/3VkB7iJ #UN #SpecialRapporteur #JudicialIndependence #IndependenceOfLawyers