“The #Constitution does not tolerate this system of of government-mandated racial balancing,” Aguiñaga said. “I respectfully but firmly resist the premise that this comes to the court on a finding of specific discrimination by the state.”

Questioning Aguiñaga about the role of race in #redistricting, #Sotomayor says it’s always a factor.

#SCOTUS #law #VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

Free Software hasn't won https://lobste.rs/s/bf7uhe #law #philosophy
https://dorotac.eu/posts/fosswon/

The European Accessibility Act will make the Web Better for Everyone https://lobste.rs/s/tvxihj #a11y #law #web
https://denodell.com/blog/a-better-web-for-everyone-everywhere

Two Kinds of "Relicensing" via @LGUG2Z https://lobste.rs/s/twddhr #law
https://writing.kemitchell.com/2023/09/23/Two-Kinds-Relicensing

#TROOPS IN #US CITIES

#NationalGuard deployments by the #Trump admin

#Chicago area: 500
About 300 #Illinois troops & 200 #Texas troops are expected on the streets soon.

#Portland, #Oregon: Currently None
Federal judge temporarily blocked deployment of #California troops staged near the city.

#WashingtonDC: 2,400
Deployed in August in what the admin called a *crime* fighting push.

#LosAngeles: 300
Peaked at 4,700 in June. Trump is appealing a ruling that the deployment was #illegal.

#law

Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control https://lobste.rs/s/jljxt2 #cryptography #law #privacy
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/

A right to copy https://lobste.rs/s/aell4l #law
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-right-to-copy/

My Email to Tim Cook https://lobste.rs/s/fza6yj #ios #law
https://substack.com/inbox/post/175351960

#Chicago Mayor #BrandonJohnson said the #Trump admin has not told him where the #NationalGuard is, when it may arrive in Chicago or what its task will be.

“None of that has been made clear,” Johnson said at a Tuesday news conference. “That is what is so difficult about this moment, you have an administration that is refusing to cooperate with a local authority.”

The City of Chicago & state of #Illinois sued Trump Monday, seeking to stop the sending of National Guard troops to Chicago.

#law

What are PolyForm licenses? via @pushcx https://lobste.rs/s/5ngjnk #law
https://polyformproject.org/what-is-polyform/

Risk Rolls Downhill https://lobste.rs/s/lp2qpd #transcript #finance #law
https://corecursive.com/horizon-scandal-with-scott-darlington/

If it wasn't clear before, Friday's SCOTUS ruling shows that the Roberts Court is ignoring the US Constitution.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supreme-court-newest-decision-could-233108170.html
#SCOTUS #Impoundment #Trump #JohnRoberts #Law

#US Deports Planeload of #Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say

The #deportation flight to #Iran is the most stark push yet by the #Trump admin to deport immigrants even to places with harsh #HumanRights conditions.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/middleeast/us-iran-deportation-flight.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Insane asshole.
Will this include #Vancouver BC?

#Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made #movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend #Hollywood's global #business model.

The step signals Trump's willingness to extend *protectionist* #trade policies into #cultural industries, raising uncertainty for studios that depend heavily on international box-office revenue & cross-border co-productions.

#law #economy #RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-impose-100-tariff-movies-made-outside-country-2025-09-29/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#Trump announced the measure in a post on his Truth Social platform, claiming #US #movie-making is losing ground to international competition.

"Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing candy from a baby," he wrote.

However, it was not immediately clear what #legal authority Trump would use to impose a 100% #tariff on foreign-made films.

#law #economy #movies #film #business #inflation #jobs #recession #RevengePolitics

Stupidest thing ever. The Chicago River is not the freaking Rio Grande.

#BorderPatrol spotted with #guns on #ChicagoRiver in latest #Trump #deportation push

While federal officials said the boats were needed as part of their anti-#immigration blitz, at least one alderperson called the effort a “photo op.”

#law #intimidation #MafiaState #MilitaryState
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/25/border-patrol-chicago-river-immigration-enforcement-greg-bovino-deportation

Investigating a Forged PDF https://lobste.rs/s/vxzaqm #cryptography #law
https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/73317.html

Exclusive: #US could hit entire #InternationalCriminalCourt with #sanctions soon

The #UnitedStates is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire #ICC, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected #Israel #WarCrimes.

#law #Trump #criminal #felon47
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-could-hit-entire-international-criminal-court-with-sanctions-soon-2025-09-22/

@D_J_Nathanson
STFU Friday comes only seven days a week, David!
#STFUFriday #Police #Law #PublicSafety

#GiftArticle

America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier #Vaccine System

#Poor kids will be hardest hit by #RFKJr's #AntiVax crusade.

#PublicHealth #Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy #law #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc

Introducing the Forklift Certified License via @alper https://lobste.rs/s/a0zy9r #law
https://aria.dog/barks/forklift-certified-license/

EC DMA compliance workshops https://lobste.rs/s/dgmsyu #law
https://f-droid.org/2025/09/18/ec-dma-compliance-workshops.html

Trump expected to fire US attorney for refusing to file false charges against NY Attorney General Letitia James.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-poised-fire-us-attorney-025845991.html
#Trump #Law #Justice #NY #Trump&Epstein #Epstein&Trump

Draft #legislation is circulating at the White House & Capitol Hill that would hand #Trump sweeping #power to wage #war against drug #cartels he deems to be “#terrorists,” as well as against any nation he says has harbored or aided them…

A wide range of #legal specialists have said that #US #military attacks this month on 2 boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the #Caribbean Sea were #illegal. But Trump claims the Constitution gives him the power to authorize it.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/trump-drug-cartels-war-authorization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

It was not clear who wrote the draft congressional authorization or whether it could pass the #Republican-led #Congress, but the White House has been passing it around the executive branch.

The broadly worded proposal, which would grant sprawling #authority to #Trump for FIVE YEARS to use #US #military force in a drug trafficking *war*, has set off alarm bells in some quarters of the executive branch & on Capitol Hill….

#law

#Disney Pulled #JimmyKimmel As Pressure Built On Multiple Fronts

For #BobIger & his leadership team at Disney & #ABC, time was running out.

Jimmy Kimmel, one of the company’s biggest stars, was preparing to tape the Wednesday edition of his late-night show in Hollywood at 4:30PM. And he had written an opening monologue that would address a cascading political firestorm head-on.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #StochasticTerrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/business/media/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Conservatives had accused #JimmyKimmel of mischaracterizing the #politics of the man accused of killing the #FarRight activist #CharlieKirk. #Trump’s chair of the #FCC had just warned #ABC of serious consequences, telling the network that “we can do this the easy or the hard way.” And a #Texas-based owner of many #ABCaffiliates was preparing to pull #Kimmel from its stations indefinitely.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #autocracy #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #StochasticTerrorism

#BobIger, #Disney’s chief executive, & #DanaWalden, his head of #TV, were also hearing from skittish #advertisers & #employees who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed #JimmyKimmel’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #autocracy #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #StochasticTerrorism

“You can call that free speech or not,” #Trump said. “He was fired for lack of talent.”

#JimmyKimmel, in fact, was not fired. #ABC pulled his show “indefinitely,” but network executives Thursday were hoping to find a path for their late-night star to return to the airwaves soon.

This account is based on interviews w/more than a half-dozen people closely involved in the deliberations that led to Kimmel’s sudden absence. All requested anonymity to share details…

#law #FirstAmendment #MafiaState

When a judge dismisses terrorism charges, he’s not unearthing Truth with a capital T. He’s choosing one language game over another, enforced by the hierarchy of law. Murder is real. “Terrorist” is up for grabs.
https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/18/luigi-mangioni-is-not-a-terrorist

#Language #Philosophy #Legal #Postmodernism #Semantics #Law #Justice #Luigi #nyc #linguistics #Meaning #news #politics #healthcare #crime #murder #terrorism #judge

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Luigi Mangione in courtroom

#SCOTUS backs #Trump on aggressive #immigration raids

The US #SupremeCourt again backed Trump's hardline approach toward immigration on Monday, letting federal agents proceed with #raids in Southern #California targeting people for #deportation based on their #race or #language.

#law #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ActivistCourt
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-backs-trump-aggressive-immigration-raids-2025-09-08/

#SCOTUS granted a #DOJ request to put on hold a federal judge's order temporarily barring agents from stopping or detaining people without "reasonable suspicion" they are in the country illegally, by relying on #race or #ethnicity, or if they speak #Spanish or English with an #accent, among other factors.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ActivistCourt

#SCOTUS’ 3 liberal justices publicly dissented.

Los Angeles-based U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong had issued the order on July 11. Frimpong found that the #Trump admin's actions likely violated the #US #Constitution's #4thAmendment protection against unreasonable searches & seizures. The judge's order applied to her court's jurisdiction covering much of Southern #California.

#law #immigration #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ActivistCourt

…A group of #Latino people caught up in the #raids, including some who are US #citizens, mounted a proposed class action lawsuit against #Trump admin officials in Los Angeles federal court in July.

The lawsuit alleged a pattern of "roving" patrols by masked & heavily armed agents conducting interrogations & detentions based on #RacialProfiling that resemble "brazen, midday kidnappings."

#law #immigration #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #StateSponsoredAbduction #WhiteSupremacy #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt

One plaintiff, Jason Gavidia, claimed that agents roughed him up after disbelieving his statements to them that he is a #US #citizen, demanding to know the name of the hospital where he was born.

"Individuals with #brown skin are approached or pulled aside by unidentified federal agents, suddenly & with a show of force, & made to answer questions about who they are & where they are from," the lawsuit stated.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #WhiteSupremacy #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt

Frimpong issued the temporary restraining order [#TRO] halting agents from using race or #ethnicity, #language, presence at a particular #location such as a car wash or tow yard, or type of #work, to carry out stops or arrests, as none of those factors alone can establish "reasonable suspicion" of illegality.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #StateSponsoredAbduction #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt

The San Francisco-based #9thCircuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 1 denied the administration's request to lift Frimpong's order.

But apparently #SCOTUS doesn’t give a shit about the US #Constitution.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #Gestapo #Nazis #StateSponsoredAbduction #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #ActivistCourt

Individual sailors and soldiers who destroyed boat Tuesday may have committed war crimes.

"'…zero evidence of self-defense…Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea,' according to Adam Isacson, director for defense oversight at…Washington Office on Latin America. 'Even if…drugs aboard…not a capital offense.'"

Lethal force against civilians in international waters 'is a war crime if not in self-defense,” according to Isacson."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-drug-boat-attack-video-b2819566.html

#USpol #Venezuela #WarCrimes #law

Here come the #stormtroopers

#Pentagon approves use of #Navy base for #Chicago #ICE operations

*#Defense* officials have said the installation also could be used by #military forces who are called on to *assist* ICE.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #Trump #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/04/chicago-navy-base-great-lakes-pritzker-trump-ice/

The #Pentagon has approved the use of a #Navy base on the outskirts of #Chicago as a staging ground from which the #Trump admin can [purportedly] launch operations against undocumented immigrants….

#NavalStationGreatLakes will serve as a hub in upcoming operations overseen by #DHS….

It could also potentially be used as a place to house #NationalGuard or active-duty #military #ServiceMembers, if #Trump orders a surge of #US #troops to the city, as he did in #LosAngeles & #WashingtonDC.

#law

#Trump again calls #Epstein case a ‘hoax’ as #survivors demand #accountability

Trump decried the #JeffreyEpstein scandal as a "Democrat hoax" on Wednesday, saying, "Really, I think it's enough."

Trump said that "thousands & thousands of documents" had been released but that the "Democratic hoax" would continue.

"No matter what you do it's going to keep going," Trump said, adding, "Really, I think it's enough."

#law #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors #RapistInChief
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-again-calls-epstein-case-a-hoax-as-survivors-demand-accountability

'We know their names': #Epstein victims say they are making their own list

Victims of sex offender #JeffreEpstein are compiling a list of his known associates, claiming the US government has not published everything it knows.

#law #CoverUp #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors #TrumpIsARapist #RapistInChief
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpwywe5ee84t

…If #Maduro is no longer in power following #US pressure, "no one will be crying," one #Trump administration official told Axios' Marc Caputo.

Meanwhile, another suggested "this could be Noriega part 2," referencing the U.S. military's 1989 operation to capture Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.

#geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #WarMongering #Venezuela #Caribbean #military