NEW: IRS Audit of #Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million
The #tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed #Chicago tower.
The prosecution asks that the defense be precluded from asking #StormyDaniels whether she was arrested. Justice #Merchan 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
#Trump atty #Necheles begins questioning by saying that in 2011, Daniels denied having had sex w/Trump.
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.
The Corpus of Resolutions: UN Security Council (CR-UNSC)
✅ 2722 resolutions (1946-2024)
✅ All six UN languages
✅ 82 Variables
✅ Enhanced OCR
✅ Citation Data
✅ #OpenData and #RStats#OpenSource
✅ Formats: CSV, PDF, TXT, GraphML, BibTeX
"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..."
#ProPublica won the prestigious #PublicService#Pulitzer for “groundbreaking & ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding #SCOTUS to reveal how a small group of politically influential #billionaires 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.”
"Friends of the Court," ProPublica's investigation into Supreme Court justices' beneficial relationships with billionaire donors, has been awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for Public Service!
Here are the highlights from the reporting (THREAD)
I said none of what you are suggesting. #war is brutal and #civilians are always the casualty.
Every nation is responsible for the safety and prosperity of it's #civilian population. #Hamas failed to protect its #children after declaring #jihad in the streets of #gaza .
In short, if you are a #terrorist or sympathetic to Islamic Jihad, you will be hunted.
Ten Years After the Flint #Water 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.
⭐ 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.
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
@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 #genevaconventions #law
"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.
charges are falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments in lead up to 2016 election to #influence electorate
just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.
#StormyDaniels's lawyer, #KeithDavidson, 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.
#Transgender Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules
The states violated federal #law by banning coverage of certain treatments for transgender people but allowing it for others, according to a decision that could influence #courts around the country.
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.
80% of the #protestors 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.
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
I can't believe we had to go to trial to have a jury confirm that, yes, under the #ADA (aka the Americans with Disabilities Act), if a #blind 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.) #litigation#law#disability (1/6)