#Courts

After having a chance to take a step back from the report today and reflect on the past year, I need to say this: EOIR Director James McHenry is a
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I'm gonna stop tweeting updates on this because the #s keeps changing, but since this story pubbed last Thursday, 6 more federal judges have announced retirement plans, meaning they hung
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Proud to see my fellow barristers fighting for rule of law. But attacking international treaties isn’t just about principles & rights. It’s damaging UK’s ECONOMY. Thread for people who care
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If Biden wins & Senate doesn't flip, climate agenda will depend on executive/regulatory power. Priorities should be new power sector carbon standards, ambitious fuel efficiency standards for cars/trucks, methane rules
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Here we see the mayor again, for at least the second time this week, making ignorant, nonsensical remarks about the criminal justice system in NYC. 1/https://twitter.com/gloriapazmino/status/1281602191657230336 The courts have been
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The Hamilton Bar met today to discuss the weekend courts proposal. We voted not to participate in weekend courts. The vote was unanimous.https://twitter.com/scottishlegal/status/1296449207176437760 I was the only solicitor in the
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THREAD: Powerful rebuttals from @arminkahelic, @SalBrinton, @natalieben, @baronessnewlove & Baroness Gardner against a concerning amendment to introduce 'parental alienation' into the definition of domestic abuse in the #DABill
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Yesterday I was honoured to appear on behalf of the Ontario Association of Child Protection Lawyers to argue an appeal of a judge's decision that gave the Children's Aid Society
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People don't realize it yet, but Biden is now in a lot of trouble. The Republican Senators led by Josh Hawley along with Ted Cruz and some other prominent officials
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NEW: Biden's team is telling Democratic senators to send him recs for nominees for all existing district court vacancies by Jan. 19 -- and that he really wants professional diversity,
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FWIW Errors in Defendants' Briefs~PA et al claim the TX complaint have been heard and rejected by other state/federal courts.~On that basis, they claim, there is no purpose served in
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Federal officers are entitled to protect federal properties. However, Trump is sending federal troops to a city or two at a time not to protect federal property but to instill
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Research on self-representation in family law proceedings from @JaneWangmann, Miranda Kaye, Tracey Booth and @ANROWS finds high numbers of women self-representing is because of cost and eligibility criteria for legal
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This 1 min clip has my take. Not a mixed bag. Serious loss for Trump. Ct (incl his own appointees) rejected his immunity args as made up. Even Cong looks
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Conservative MP Nus Ghani is pushing for an amendment to the Trade Bill allowing judges to certify that a trade partner is committing genocide. Here's the version of the amendment
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Something has been rotten in the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York for quite some time. Now, Geoffrey Berman, "the powerful US attorney" is refusing to
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