TexasObserver , to Non Political Twitter
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

“We just can’t have a system that treats arrests more leniently than other ways of punishing your critics.”

This week's top story: A small-town dispute that spiraled out of control has landed at the U.S. Supreme Court, with potentially widespread consequences. https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

ProPublica , to Law
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

NEW: IRS Audit of Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million

The agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed tower.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

ProPublica , to Law
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

Promised to Fix How Challenges Are Handled.
A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse.

SB 189, which goes into effect in July, will give Georgia residents more time to contest the eligibility of fellow citizens’ inclusion on voter rolls.

The will make it easier to use questionable evidence in those challenges.

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-law-could-lead-to-more-voter-suppression

Nonilex , to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Thurs 9 May, 2024 🧵

The prosecution asks that the defense be precluded from asking whether she was arrested. Justice agrees w/the prosecutors, saying that “anybody can be arrested” & that it “doesn’t prove anything.”

The people call Stormy Daniels back to the stand

atty begins questioning by saying that in 2011, Daniels denied having had sex w/Trump.

ProPublica , to NYC
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

Looking Up an NYPD Officer’s Discipline Record?

Many Are There One Day, Gone the Next.

The department’s public site for tracking officers’ discipline is shockingly unreliable, a ProPublica analysis found.

Cases against officers frequently vanish for days — sometimes weeks — at a time.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-police-displicine-records-database-accountability-misconduct

ProPublica , to Law
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree.

The secretary of state told that had adequately punished a soldier who got community service for killing an unarmed .

Government officials call it a “mockery” and inconsistent with the .

https://www.propublica.org/article/blinken-israel-military-aid-human-rights-violations-leahy-law

Nonilex , to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

In addition to the court , courts has also made all available to the public on their website.

This includes the audio recordings of phone calls.

Direct link to the evidence click either “People” or “Defense” to view each side’s exhibits:

https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/Evidence/

andrew , to Law
@andrew@esq.social avatar

In my column this week I discuss the general idea of injecting progressivity into the property tax regime.

When property values go up, income doesn’t always follow suit. This gives rise to myriad breaks from the FMV—assessment paradigm, which brings with it … problems.

Key it to income. (Property) tax the rich. Full stop.

@law

https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/income-adjusted-property-tax-system-would-foster-homeowner-equity

Nonilex , to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Tues 7 May 2024 was another very interesting day in the leading to a loooong 🧵

So you don’t have to scroll, here’s the start:

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112399954265555747

seanfobbe , to Law
@seanfobbe@fediscience.org avatar

🔔 NEW Dataset 🔔

The Corpus of Resolutions: UN Security Council (CR-UNSC)

✅ 2722 resolutions (1946-2024)
✅ All six UN languages
✅ 82 Variables
✅ Enhanced OCR
✅ Citation Data
and
✅ Formats: CSV, PDF, TXT, GraphML, BibTeX

Full dataset: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.7319780

Source Code: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.7319783

Blog: https://seanfobbe.com/posts/2024-05-06_new-dataset-corpus-of-resolutions-un-security-council/

@histodons @law @politicalscience @rstats

huey , to Law
@huey@social.ketupat.me avatar

"When I was asked to beta test its AI research bot, I informed a major legal research provider that it worse than sucked. It was dangerous. Not only did it hallucinate... but it conflated almost all the critical distinctions that make law work. It failed to distinguish between jurisdictions, both states and state and federal, as well as majority, concurrences and dissents. To AI, it was all the same, words about law..."

https://www.lexblog.com/2024/05/03/all-rise-for-judge-ai/

Nonilex , to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

ICYMI

won the prestigious for “groundbreaking & ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding to reveal how a small group of politically influential wooed justices w/lavish gifts & travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct.” The prize is given to the staff of a news organization that performed “meritorious public service.”


https://www.propublica.org/article/pulitzer-prize-announcement-propublica-supreme-court

ProPublica , to Law
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

"Friends of the Court," ProPublica's investigation into Supreme Court justices' beneficial relationships with billionaire donors, has been awarded the Prize for Public Service!

Here are the highlights from the reporting (THREAD)

RememberUsAlways , to palestine group
@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar

If you have an opinion on the in minus the context of the , then you are missing the facts and should not be screaming or .
@palestine
@israel
Educate yourself here:
https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/icath/icath.html

RememberUsAlways OP ,
@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar

@Billybobbell

I said none of what you are suggesting. is brutal and are always the casualty.

Every nation is responsible for the safety and prosperity of it's population. failed to protect its after declaring in the streets of .

In short, if you are a or sympathetic to Islamic Jihad, you will be hunted.

I don't make the , I'm simply of it.
https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/icath/icath.html

@palin @israel @ExpertPlus

ProPublica , to Law
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

Ten Years After the Flint Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger

A city is forever changed, and so is residents’ relationship with their water.

The betrayal of trust by the institutions meant to protect Flint’s residents has made some of them extra cautious as they look to keep themselves and their community safe.

https://www.propublica.org/article/flint-michigan-water-crisis-ten-years-after

crecente , to Law
@crecente@games.ngo avatar

⭐ Congratulations to the District Attorney's Office in El Paso for receiving a $500,000 grant which will reinstate their Domestic Violence Unit & educate judges, attorneys, and LE about IPV.

😞 Most law schools do not require domestic violence be taught. As a result, many lawyers know little about this complex, but pervasive, issue.

🌐 https://www.ktsm.com/news/district-attorneys-office-looks-to-reinstate-domestic-violence-unit/

@law @publichealth @stopTDV

Sherifazuhur , to palestine group
@Sherifazuhur@sfba.social avatar

12-year-old Rimas from Gaza sells homemade "ka'ak" to afford her heart disease medication amid the hard conditions resulting from the Israeli occupation's horrific war on Gaza.
t.me/pal_Online9 @palestine

https://x.com/onlinepaleng/status/1786398397429088626?s=12&t=uM8me4uwdP7D0z4nanVVuw

RememberUsAlways ,
@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar

@DavidBruchmann
Allow me to clarify.
The conventions of war are quite clear. Israel has broad powers to rescue hostages using any methods from negotiation to assassination. It is why the hostage negotiation has been constant for 6 months.
Educate yourself here:
https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/icath/icath.html

@Sherifazuhur @palestine @israel

CultureDesk , to Law
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

"We all know he's guilty," says the Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters of Harvey Weinstein. She looks into some of the consequences of MeToo accusations — who has lost their job or been brought to justice, and who hasn't — and what might happen next.

https://flip.it/dBF3SE

Nonilex , to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

🧵 Thurs, May 2

charges are falsifying business records to hide payments in lead up to 2016 election to electorate

just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.

's lawyer, , to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.

ProPublica , to Law
@ProPublica@newsie.social avatar

Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules

The states violated federal by banning coverage of certain treatments for transgender people but allowing it for others, according to a decision that could influence around the country.

https://www.propublica.org/article/transgender-health-care-ruling-north-carolina-west-virginia

skykiss , to Random stuff
@skykiss@sfba.social avatar

University of Utah says most arrested at pro-Palestine rally are not students.

Data point. Going to see more of this data point.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/university-of-utah-says-most-arrested-at-pro-palestine-rally-were-not-students/ar-AA1nX07S

skykiss OP ,
@skykiss@sfba.social avatar

Before Columbia called for NYPD's assistance, law enforcement officials said they believed the protests had been taken over by outside agitators. Most arrested not students.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/campus-protests-live-updates-students-occupy-columbia-university-rcna149926

🧵 2/

skykiss OP ,
@skykiss@sfba.social avatar

80% of the arrested at Arizona State were not students.

UPDATE: ASU officials said most of the 69 people who were arrested for setting up an encampment at the Tempe campus overnight were not students, staff or faculty.

https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/police-remove-pro-palestinian-protesters-from-asu/75-7aef3345-782e-47ee-bf17-104ffe86784b

🧵 3/

GaryRLundberg , to Random stuff
@GaryRLundberg@newsie.social avatar

We’re in big trouble. Netanyahu’s government is in league with the world’s genocidal authoritarians. It makes little difference whether it’s implicit or explicit, useful idiots or active agents. Many active measures hope to precipitate and stoke violence in America. I hope protesters can be steadfastly peaceful.

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

https://apnews.com/article/f5e14fd176d69f9c4e23b48f3ab5af6a

RememberUsAlways ,
@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar

@GaryRLundberg @FrankFrank
Neither Netanyahu, nor Hamas, will be negotiating the

Chose the
Chose the
Chose the

@Andreas24071958 @palestine @israel

krisnelson , to Law
@krisnelson@legal.social avatar

I can't believe we had to go to trial to have a jury confirm that, yes, under the (aka the Americans with Disabilities Act), if a business owner comes to a government office to file her paper form, staff do need to read and write on official forms under her direction instead of sending her away to figure it out for herself. And it isn't illegal to help like that either! (I can't believe they argued that.) (1/6)

https://trelegal.com/posts/jury-trial-victory-for-blind-business-owner/

Nonilex , to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Day 4 🧵 starts here.

Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.

Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.

Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711

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