#Courts

Catherine Baksi

legalhackette

I know it's Sunday, so apologies to go on, but the law change announced today to keep people locked up for EIGHT months BEFORE conviction is appalling & so's how

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

There's a lot of talk about Republicans focusing on voter fraud. I think that a lot of the talk about voter fraud is wildly overheated. I'm also noticing that the

Patrick Stokes

patstokes

If you're reading this thread and you've not seen SovCit/FotL before, all the stuff about crowns and oaths and homophones seems random. What holds it all together (apart from self-interest)

Tristin B. Brown, Esq.

mstrilliviapope

As a lawyer, I’m voting primarily for the sake of the judiciary. It doesn’t matter how many lawyers are litigating civil rights issues, another four years of Trump appointed judges

The Spacetime Man ©

SohaibBala

Clarification: Zones. Grids. Sectors. If MbS receives a pardon he would have a sector in the Najd, not an entire Grid. He may have committed crimes against Sunni Muslims. If

Richie. Game Industry Bizdev

richiedewit

The Kansspelauthoriteit (a Dutch organization that aims to protect players, prevent gambling addictions, and fights illegal gambling) has gotten word from the Dutch courts that they can fine Electronic Arts

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

Some late night thoughts on the FT article that the government is preparing to break its obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement (thread) 1) Bear in mind: at the moment this

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve

nvancleve

Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis: "Now is not the time rush to (judgment) & immediately condemn our officers...Officers' actions and training protocol will be carefully examined after the officers have

CAPWomen

CAPWomen

Even during a public health crisis, anti-abortion legislators at the state level continue to advance dangerous attacks on abortion rights. Our new issue brief breaks down the abortion restrictions that

Mangold

mang0ld

1/ I don't think telling anguished Bernie supporters that they will be wasting their vote (or voting Trump) if they don't vote Biden will be very effective. In fact, I

Bill Holohan

BillHolohanSolr

123 years ago today on 26 May 1897 Bram Stoker's Dracula was published by Archibald Constable & Co in London. Stoker who worked in law after he graduated from Trinity

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

Some facts to counter this #FakeLaw from @MoJGovUK. [THREAD]1. The Crown Court backlog dropped to a 10-year low in 2019 very briefly and only because the government created a huge

Jacob Woocher

jacobwooch

Here's a thread on California's eviction protections -- I'm seeing a lot of confusion about this, even from tenant organizers.The courts will supposedly open in mid-August. This is a disaster

Sojourn

SmitaMukerji

Do two-bit twitter gyanis even know the background of this?A brahmin had been executed by a qazi by Mohemmedan law. This was the occasion for Akbar to get this document

Chester A. Arthur

ZacAKAMadu

One thing that's smart about Joe Biden shifting the debate from the number of justice on SCOTUS to the _entirety_of_the_federal_judiciary is that Senate Republicans have over the years submitted many

Daniel Jacobson

Dan_F_Jacobson

1/Thread for law nerds: something not yet addressed in the briefing on whether state courts can apply state constitutions to Presidential elections is the 14th Amendment's text actually answers this