#Courts

The Death of SocratesPainting by Jacques-Louis David For the crime of impiety, the Athenian courts executed the Greek philosopher Socrates (469–399 B.C.) | If you’re interested read the thread
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Disclaimer: I am still in no way defending Coleman or advocating that he remain in the race.But this type of talk is exactly what’s wrong with the way far too
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1/nThis will be my last set of tweets on this topic, since there is no end to obfuscation (and you have not even addressed my previous strings of replies rebutting
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In rape cases the Jury is inevitably faced with making a choice between believing the victim or the accused. Corroborating evidence is scarce & usually circumstantial & the Jury has
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Thread : Some people have challenged me over ACB & the courts, asking why I’m so supportive of a nomination that would ostensibly make it likelier that my own (same-sex)
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I'm working on a literature review for a new project on the Congressional Review Act. Thought I'd share a few of the pieces in a thread that I'll add to
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The #Eurogroup has a deal! What does it mean? 1/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/04/09/report-on-the-comprehensive-economic-policy-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Compared to eg 2010, we are discussing much more openly
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1/SPOILER ALERT: Has anyone done a thinkity think piece comparing the relationship between Killmonger and T'Challa from @theblackpanther and Adelaide and Red from @JordanPeele 's @UsMovie? If so, 2/Bc here
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1. A British appeals court has overturned a July ruling which recognized the US-backed puppet Guaido as Venezuela's interim president. The Bank of England used this ruling by the High
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THREAD:Good morning, followers of Rudy's judicial hijinks and other interested parties. The First Amended Motion to Expedite the appeal of the Pennsylvania lunacy is now available.Let's see how big a
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If only ~10% of efforts (money, intelligencia etc) was used against any other ideology/religion as has been used against Islam, it would have been wiped away from the face of
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Democrats play nice, get burned..Democrats do nothing, get burned..I don't know who need to hear this but this bunch of Republicans do not adhered to rules and norms..They want to
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My attempt to cut through the endless shite and "im not a lawyer but..." posts about this takeover #nufc /1 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/12419163 Staveley as just been named a director of JV1
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Let me just use my “privilege” to rant for a quick hot minute. Anyone who tries to equate an isolated event of men being thrashed by female officers for entering
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A thread on one of the most important decisions @PresJGZuma made when he took over from former President Thabo Mbeki in 2009 to support Class Case Apartheid Reparations which former
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Today I try to answer what I see as the two core questions about the Supreme Court: 1. Should judicial review, the power to strike down statutes deemed unconstitutional, exist
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