#Courts

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

I worry that this seismic change to our constitution is not being given the attention it urgently warrants. So I'll say again:The government wants to abolish jury trials in order

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

According to the @Telegraph "Boris Johnson has speeded up plans to curb the judiciary". We must not be fooled by claims that this is about restoring "the sovereignty of Parliament".

Ingrid M

iMusing

there are others like Asher and Justin and Darren doing proper analysis of this, but here are the bolts of it: this government does not want to repay the money

Daniel Hemel

DanielJHemel

The liability provisions in McConnell’s “HEALS Act” do not reflect a serious attempt to address problems with the tort system. This is pure political posturing (thread) 1/ I say this

Russell Jimmies

CzarOfNEETs

1) A few theories on what is happening right now:1. Trump truly is too much of a threat that Elites can't afford to run out the clock to 2024...2. Elites

Abimbola Johnson

BarristerAbi

Imagine commissioning the 2017 @DavidLammy Review (see extract) that:- Highlighted racial inequality at every stage of criminal justice EXCEPT jury verdicts; - Made 37 recommendations Then instead of implementing any

David Menschel

davidminpdx

1. One thing I think doesn’t get enough attention/theorizing from the progressive prosecutor movement is the relationship of the Appeals sections of these offices to the progressive goals. 2. In

SSM

SwatySMalik

I’ve always been surprised at the misconceptions that women have about their rights in family law (custody, alimony, maintenance etc). Let’s do an #AMA session about Women’s Rights in family

John Doe

fedjudges

Amid all of the talk about phase 4 (or 5, I’ve lost count at this point) of the COVID stimulus, there’s a possibility that we’ll see some judgeships added to

Lily S. Axelrod

LilySAxelrod

BREAKING / thread: Trump & DHS are now in open defiance of the Supreme Court and several federal courts. Despite being ordered to restore the entire #DACA program (including new

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

campbellclaret

The reality of a crook/conman in the White House has always been a test of the guardrails of American democracy. Because he has normalised lying, cheating and narcissism and been

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Anyone telling you that we've seen pardons of this sort before—and therefore we can be sure of their legality under the Constitution—is blowing smoke. These pardons are a matter of

Mimi NL

MimiNguyenLy

Mayor @RudyGiuliani: "The case wasn’t rejected on the merits the case was rejected on standing. The answer to that is to bring the case now to the district court by

David Kaplan

DKaplanWTAE

Pat Toomey speaking now. Says he plans to speak again when and if PA is objected to.Toomey indicates his speech will touch on whether or not congress has the constitutional

Guilaine Kinouani

KGuilaine

I have been processing the judgement on puberty blockers in trans children, like many I am concerned. Here are a few reasons. Short thread. In the U.K. we already have

David Daley

davedaley3

BREAKING in NC: I'm told the new GOP state supreme court Chief Justice Newby has fired top court administrative officials including executive directors and general counsel. Described as "unprecedented and

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