#Precedent

David French

DavidAFrench

In today's newsletter, I did a deep dive into the web of court cases that created the conditions for Breonna Taylor's death and make future deaths like hers inevitable. The

Louise Mensch, M.A.

LouiseMensch

Whatever anyone tells you, Presidential pardons are criminal and invalid if granted for corrupt purposes. In 2001 Bill Clinton pardoned the fugitive Marc Rich. @FBI subsequently investigated the pardon to

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

Both of these things can be true: 1. Outrage about Republicans' attacks on the legitimacy of the US Pres election wholly justified.2. It is historically illiterate to claim such blatantly

George Peretz QC

GeorgePeretzQC

Here is the Bar Council’s response to the MoJ consultation on departure from retained ECJ case-law, to which I contributed on behalf of the Bar Council Law Reform Committee.https://www.linkedin.com/posts/george-peretz-qc-8a947227_bar-coun

Aral Balkan 🕷 (@[email protected])

aral

Right, so first off, fuck Parler and the fascist assholes behind it. Glad we got that out of the way. Now, here’s why this is a terrible precedent for the

Michelle Law

ms_michellelaw

This past week has been a good example of the insidious racism of White moderates. The Australian screen industry is a niche but clear case of how racism in Australia

Michael P Senger

MichaelPSenger

When @naomirwolf noted, very accurately, that lockdowns were entirely unprecedented before Xi invented them in Jan 2020, CCP propagandists stormed her feed to reeducate her on the fact that lockdowns

Brian Schatz

brianschatz

It’s simple. The President’s first job is to protect Americans. When the Capitol was physically under attack, he didn’t mobilize the federal government to stop it. 1/x But it’s not

Keith Rothfus

KeithRothfus

(1/6) Interesting case in #Pennsylvania re: #Election2020 & mail-in voting. Did PA’s General Assembly enact the mail-in voting law in violation of PA’s Constitution? More than 150 years of PA

Hansi Lo Wang

hansilowang

As a #2020Census reporter, I've been tracking signals since 2017 that President Trump would one day publicly call for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from the census numbers used to

glyph

glyph

The Discourse on the post-coup tech platform rejection of violent fascism is giving me hives so I just have to get my ~hot take~ in here.Sorry for the massive thread;

Declan Garvey

declanpgarvey

The GOP today is about 75% Trumpy, 25% not. But having bled out the suburbs the past four years, the party needs both factions to win national elections.Seems unlikely to

G Peters ♿️ It's still a pandemic btw.

mssinenomine

Non-disabled Canadians I need a minute of your time. If #BillC7 passes as it is expected to, it will be a crushing. And I am worried. I need you to

The Leftist Lawyer 🌹

TheRealWebstir

A quick thread on the recent #FreeAssange decision from a small town plaintiff lawyer’s perspective:In family law, which i don’t specialize in, but practice enough to know, we call the

Samantha Pritchard

thucydiplease

Tech platforms banning Trump or Parler does not in any way "give" new powers to Big Tech. They had these powers all along. They've always been able to do whatever

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

It's hard to find a precedent for the petrol the GOP is pouring on the US political system. The nearest might be the Conservative Party pre-1914, which armed paramilitaries and

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.