#judge

NEW: Samantha Melamed reported at length on how Pennsylvania’s post-conviction legal system leaves those fighting wrongful convictions waiting years for lawyers to advance their cases. It left her wondering: Why didn’t judges hold lawyers accountable? https://www.propublica.org/article/post-conviction-legal-system-finley-judges-pennsylvania?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Pennsylvania #Law #Legal #Judge #CriminalJustice #Crime #Justice

#ScottColom was to be nominated #Federal #Judge in 2022. He was blocked. By #Mississippi #Republican #Senator #CindyHydeSmith Her reason: #Colom's support for #transRights So he ran for the #Senate If he wins, he will be the first #Black Senator from Mississippi since #Reconstruction (1875!). #MS is 37% black, highest % of black residents of any #USA state Now look at this #vote tally so far And tell me your vote doesn't matter

I have no doubt it’s true. Lawyers for Rep #IlhanOmar (D-Minnesota) on Friday accused federal authorities of ignoring key restrictions that a #judge placed on the search of the lawmaker’s DC residence this week & demanded the immediate return of all property seized from the home. #GiftArticle #Trump #law #DOJ #immigration #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #Congress #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #WhiteChristianNationalism #Islamophobia #Xenophobia #racism #sexism

These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained --- Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be deported rather than wait in detention centers. https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detention-judges-habeas-petitions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Law #Immigration #ICE #Judge #Mississippi #Louisiana #Oklahoma #Minnesota

The move comes after the White House floated a proposal to end the lawsuit in exchange for creating a $1.7 billion fund to compensate supporters of #Trump who felt they had been mistreated by Democratic admins [what?]. The #settlement would be agreed upon by Trump’s private lawyers & the #DOJ [Trump’s other private lawyers] without feedback from the #judge overseeing the case. #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy

The decision to dismiss the suit could also allow #Trump & the #DOJ to avoid a potentially embarrassing ruling from Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the Southern District of Florida finding that Trump’s suit was invalid. #Judge Williams has considered dismissing Trump’s suit because he effectively controls both his personal lawyers bringing the complaint & the government lawyers who are supposed to respond to it. #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy

#Judge Williams had ordered the #DOJ, which has yet to make an appearance or filing in the case, & #Trump’s lawyers to brief her by Wednesday to explain whether they were actually in opposition — or were colluding to achieve a mutually agreeable outcome. [oh, they are definitely colluding] In their filing on Monday, Trump’s lawyers said their dismissal meant that “no judicial analysis is appropriate” for the suit. [IOW no #oversight.] #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy

The tax provision emerged as the biggest sticking point on the eve of a scheduled #Judiciary Cmte vote. Cornyn, a former state #judge who lost a primary to a #Trump backed challenger, Ken Paxton [total POS], said he had received no written assurances from #ToddBlanche that the #IRS audit shield would not apply to future tax liabilities or be extended to a wider circle of people. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

Sanctioned ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou of the International Court (ICC) speaks about the problems the sanctions give him and his fellow judges and how his age helps him to remain defiant. #ICC #Judge #Guillou #Sanctions #Israel #WarCrimes

Final unsolicited opinion is that many people who feel outraged today need to go become lawyers and judges. I love that millions march and thousands will run for political office... but you know what the left REALLY needs? A couple thousand more lawyers on track to become judges. Yes I knows this is a caustic life course for many leftist... but for real we need a fair number more people to take this path! The long tail of this shit will be AFTER Dems retake and fumble power. #Law #Judge

Fmr #Wisconsin #Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade #ICE agents. A federal judge fined her $5k & cited her otherwise #law abiding life in issuing the sentence. Dugan, 67, was convicted of felony obstruction in December. Her lawyers argued that the #Trump admin sought to “crush” Dugan in an effort to ensure #judicial compliance with the ICE strategy of targeting immigrants as they showed up for #court hearings. [yup]