On this day in 1975, Joan Little was acquitted for the murder of her rapist. She was the first American woman to be acquitted of murder committed in self-defense against a sexual assault.
#OnThisDay #History #BlackWomen #CivilRights #SexualAssault #JudicialSystem #Abolition #SelfDefense #BodyAutonomy
#bodyautonomy #selfdefense #abolition #judicialsystem #sexualassault #civilrights #blackwomen #history #onthisday
The Supreme Court Must Be Stopped
https://www.theroot.com/the-supreme-court-must-be-stopped-1850647088
#SupremeCourtMustBeStopped #JudicialSystem #JusticeSystem #ChecksAndBalances #ConstitutionalCrisis #DemocracyUnderThreat #Politics #News
#supremecourtmustbestopped #judicialsystem #justicesystem #checksandbalances #constitutionalcrisis #democracyunderthreat #politics #news
A Federal Judge Asks: Does the Supreme Court Realize How Bad It Smells?
#SupremeCourt #FederalJudge #Ethics #BadSmells #JudicialSystem #LegalReform #Politics #News
#supremecourt #federaljudge #ethics #badsmells #judicialsystem #legalreform #politics #news
AOC's Warning to Chief Justice Roberts Amid Calls for Ethics Reform
https://www.newsweek.com/aocs-warning-chief-justice-roberts-amid-calls-ethics-reform-1810375
#Newsweek #AOCWarning #ChiefJusticeRoberts #EthicsReform #SupremeCourt #JudicialSystem #Politics #News
#newsweek #aocwarning #chiefjusticeroberts #ethicsreform #supremecourt #judicialsystem #politics #news
Trump Threatens to Appoint ‘Maybe Even Nine’ Supreme Court Justices if Elected
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-moms-for-liberty-supreme-court-1234782045/
#RollingStone #TrumpSupremeCourt #SupremeCourtAppointments #PresidentialElection #USPolitics #JudicialSystem #Politics #News
#rollingstone #trumpsupremecourt #supremecourtappointments #presidentialelection #uspolitics #judicialsystem #politics #news
Let us sing of the Judge's wise rule
That says Trump's team cannot play the fool
And release info from discovery
That was meant to be a solemn secrecy
For they are not the ones in control
And their actions must have a certain toll
#trump #judicialsystem #supremecourt #classifieddocuments #ode #poetry
#trump #judicialsystem #supremecourt #classifieddocuments #ode #poetry
Trump loves to delay trials. But the courts seem to be catching on.
#MSNBCOpinion #AileenCannon #TrumpIndictment #DelayingTrials #JudicialSystem #CourtAccountability #Politics #News
#msnbcopinion #AileenCannon #trumpindictment #delayingtrials #judicialsystem #courtaccountability #politics #news
Sen. Whitehouse: Supreme Court justices are ‘in a fact-free zone as well as an ethics-free zone’
#TheHillNews #SupremeCourt #FactFreeZone #EthicsFreeZone #SenWhitehouse #JudicialSystem #Politics #News
#thehillnews #supremecourt #factfreezone #ethicsfreezone #senwhitehouse #judicialsystem #politics #news
Poll: most don’t trust Supreme Court to decide reproductive health cases
#TheHill #SupremeCourtTrust #ReproductiveHealthCases #JudicialSystem #PublicOpinion #LegalDecisions #Politics #News
#thehill #supremecourttrust #reproductivehealthcases #judicialsystem #publicopinion #legaldecisions #politics #news
U.S. #judicialsystem’s #bias against #workers
https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2023/05/03/u-s-judicial-systems-bias-against-workers/
#judicialsystem #bias #workers
Opinion | The justices’ ethics are to blame for the court’s legitimacy problems
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/supreme-court-ethics-clarence-thomas/
#SupremeCourt #Ethics #Legitimacy #Justices #JudicialSystem #Opinion
#supremecourt #ethics #legitimacy #justices #judicialsystem #opinion
As it dug into the information, #rolodexter discovered a potential #conflict of #interest. It found #evidence suggesting that some of the #lawfirms Jane worked with had argued #cases before #ChiefJusticeRoberts shortly after paying her substantial sums of money. This raised concerns about the impartiality and integrity of the #judicialsystem.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrmfOKGpCLy/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
#rolodexter #conflict #interest #evidence #lawfirms #cases #chiefjusticeroberts #judicialsystem
Dominion's archived website of #legaldocuments in case against #FoxNews & #FoxCorporation - worth noting as other cases continue: "#Lies and #misinformation have severely #damaged our company and #diminished the #credibility of #USelections, subjecting hardworking public officials and #Dominion employees to #harassment and #deaththreats. #Dominion is taking steps to right these #wrongs through our #judicialsystem. https://web.archive.org/web/20230420211753/https:/www.dominionvoting.com/legal-updates-learn-how-we-are-defending-dominion/ #legalresearch #Election2020
#legaldocuments #foxnews #foxcorporation #lies #misinformation #damaged #diminished #credibility #uselections #dominion #harassment #deaththreats #wrongs #judicialsystem #legalresearch #election2020
I was able to verify that a ton of #butts have passed through the judicial system of my state.
(I did a search for the last name "Butt".)
#butts #judicialsystem #state #humor
I detest the amount of time our system wastes on matters that could otherwise be resolved in a quicker fashion. #timewasting #court #judicialsystem #justice
#timewasting #court #judicialsystem #justice
Division in Israel
Lawmakers search for compromise
Secret talks abound
#israel #judicialsystem #compromise #secrettalks #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/world/middleeast/israel-judiciary-compromise-meetings.html
#israel #judicialsystem #compromise #secrettalks #haiku #poetry
A fascinating #podcast about #juryNullification in the #UnitedStates
#jury #juries #juryDuty #juror #jurors #judicialSystem #judiciary #rightsAndResponsibilities #community #US #USA #Justice #unjustLaws
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLndueWMub3JnL3JhZGlvbGFi/episode/Y2I4Yzg5NmUtMGY4NS00MDI2LWEzYzAtMzQ3ZDE2NTg0MjI3?ep=14 via #wnyc @radiolab@journa.host @radiolab@bird.makeup
#Podcast #jurynullification #unitedstates #jury #juries #juryduty #juror #jurors #judicialsystem #judiciary #rightsandresponsibilities #community #US #usa #Justice #unjustlaws #wnyc
Why did Dominion limit its law suit against Fox News to $1.6 billion? Is it too late to double up?
#FoxNews #Dominion #TheBigLie #Justice #JudicialSystem
#judicialsystem #justice #thebiglie #dominion #foxnews
"The ADF presented the case to a federal court in Amarillo, Texas, under Trump-appointed Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. He [previously] worked as a lawyer for First Liberty Institute, a conservative Christian organization."
https://www.tpr.org/news/2023-02-14/anti-abortion-organizations-sue-to-ban-abortion-inducing-drug
#antiabortion #trump #matthewkacsmaryk #judicialsystem