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The American Bar Association issued a statement on recent #Trump admin "attacks on constitutionally protected #BirthrightCitizenship, the dismantling of #USAID & the attempts to criminalize" #diversity initiatives as "wide-scale affronts to the rule of #law itself."
#TrumpCoup #democracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #SeparationOfPowers
Full #ABA statement:
Stricter #abortion laws may cause increased #infant #deaths − 2 maternal and #child #health researchers explain the data
Source: theconversation.com/stricter-a…
Those findings followed another #study that reported a 12.7% rise in infant mortality in #Texas after the implementation of Senate Bill 8, which bans #abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Except for medical emergencies, the law effectively makes abortions illegal in the state after about five to six weeks’ gestation.
#humanrights #law #usa #ethics #Religion #justice #Problem #kids #news
Stricter abortion laws may cause increased infant deaths − 2 maternal and child health researchers explain the data
The new study reinforces warnings from doctors about abortion laws with limited or no exceptions.The Conversation
Update: Got a few great people - thanks so much!
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I'm once again issuing a call re #SafeguardingResearch:
We're looking for lawyers / legal experts for copyright-/internet-law in the US and EU, who can give some advice and answer a few questions.
(Sadly only pro-bono, no funds at the moment)
#law #copyright #fedihelp
cc @SafeguardingResearch
You could reply here or ping me on Matrix (@schoeneh:matrix.org) or Signal (upon request via DM)
Seeking to abuse the power of the DOJ to fight Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, signature constitutional ideals is Pam Bondi's first violation of her oath of office, to also support & defend the Reconstruction Amendments ## 13, 14 & 15, which are meant to boost the acceptance of the nation's diversity, the enforcement of equal status & protection, and the inclusive integration of formerly abused, disenfranchised, discriminated & exploited human beings in all areas of daily life.
Adding to it, that Bondi has obviously never heard of "E Pluribus Unum" — "Out of many, one", the traditional motto of the United States.
Or she's intentionally ignoring it, coming from a traditionally Confederate state.
Statement from Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Right, condemning the confirmation of Bondi as U.S. AG:
civilrights.org/2025/02/04/civ…
#RuleOfLaw #DEI #UnitedInDiversity #StrongerTogether #EPluribusUnum #Law #Justice #Democracy #NationalSecurity #USPol #USPolitics
Civil Rights Coalition Condemns Confirmation of Pam Bondi as Attorney General - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Pam Bondi.Patrick McNeil (Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights)
#Trump #DOJ sues Illinois, #Chicago over #immigration enforcement
It appears to be the first *#Justice* Department lawsuit against local officials for allegedly interfering with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
This one’s just plain #weird
The day after #SeanDuffy was confirmed as #Trump’s transportation secretary, he signed a memo dictating how federal #transportation funds should be allocated.
The list of new criteria included one directive that stood out: All of the department’s grant & loan programs should prioritize projects in “communities with marriage & birthrates higher than the national average,” to the extent allowed by #law.
[a buses for pregnant women policy?]
nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/poli…
There are currently more than 30 lawsuits relating to Trump administration executive orders. Court Watch has compiled them all here and is keeping the list up to date.
#TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #USGovernment #Law #DonaldTrump
All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders
We put them all in one place.Court Watch
I do agree this is likely one of those obviously crazy & impossible #Trump comments designed to distract us from what is actually going on – such as #ElonMusk illegally accessing protected information & dismantling the #FederalGovernment, or #ConcentrationCamps of nonwhite immigrants in #Guantanamo Bay.
Reps of #billionaire #ElonMusk’s DOGE have arrived at federal #healthcare agencies, alarming govt workers w/requests for access to sensitive records….
#DOGE ofcls visited the offices of the #CDC in ATL & the Centers for #Medicare & #Medicaid Services….DOGE ofcls have also sought access to #HHS payment & contracting systems, which control hundreds of billions of dollars in payments to #health #providers, & appear to have gained access to at least some….
In another memo, #PamBondi will warn career #DOJ officials that they cannot substitute their own political beliefs for the arguments that the #Trump admin puts forward in court, & that if they try, they will be subject to disciplinary action or termination.
“The discretion afforded Justice Department attorneys with respect to those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute their personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election,” the memo reads.
#law
In one memo, #PamBondi will establish a “Weaponization Working Group” to review #law enforcement actions enacted under the Biden admin for any examples of “politicized justice.”
That review will cover cases brought by fmr #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith over #Trump’s mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments & 2020 #ElectionInterference, Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg’s hush-money case that led to a #conviction & a case from NYAG #LetitiaJames, in which she won a $454M civil #fraud judgment against Trump.
#law
Newly confirmed #Trump #AttorneyGeneral #PamBondi is expected to order a review of the cases brought against #Trump, including those undertaken by prosecutors in #NewYork who successfully #convicted him in court.
Sworn in at the White House on Wednesday, Bondi intends to issue a series of memos aimed at curbing the so-called weaponization of the #DOJ….
She will order the review of the #criminal & #civil cases against Trump….
#Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder intended to prevent #transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. The order directs agencies to pull federal funding from #schools that do not comply & follows Trump’s frequent denouncements of transgender athletes during his presidential campaign
#law #CivilRights #USpol #bigotry #discrimination
nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/poli…
#CIA Sends #Trump White House an #Unclassified Email With #Names of Some #Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an #ExecutiveOrder to slash the federal #workforce.
#fascism #tyranny #USpol #law
nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/poli…
C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.David E. Sanger (The New York Times)
WTAF?
#CIA offers #buyouts to entire workforce to align with #Trump priorities
A CIA spox said in a statement the moves were meant to align the agency with the goals of Trump’s new ClA Director #JohnRatcliffe.
"Director Ratcliffe is moving swiftly to ensure the ClA workforce is responsive to the Administration's #NationalSecurity priorities. These moves are part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy," a CIA spox said.
#Google on Tues updated its #ethical guidelines around #ArtificialIntelligence, removing commitments not to apply the #technology to #weapons or #surveillance.
The company’s #AI principles previously included a section listing 4 “Applications we will not pursue.” As recently as Jan 30 that included weapons, surveillance, technologies that “cause or are likely to cause overall #harm,” & use cases contravening principles of #InternationalLaw & #HumanRights….
#law
blog.google/technology/ai/resp…
Responsible AI: Our 2024 report and ongoing work
We’re publishing our 2024 Responsible AI Progress Report and updating our Frontier Safety Framework and AI Principles.James Manyika (Google)
A group of 9 #FBI agents asked a federal judge on Tues to block the #Trump admin’s efforts to collect info on thousands of case agents across the country who worked on investigations tied to #Trump or the #Jan6 #insurrection.
Attys for the agents, who filed suit anonymously in US Dist Court for the DC, said any effort to use that info as a basis to fire FBI employees would be unlawful, retaliatory & a violation of civil service protections.
#Families, #LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block #Trump order on care for #transgender youth
The action follows a Trump admin order seeking to halt federal support of #gender transition care for those under 19.
#law #USpol #CultureWars #hate #discrimination #bigotry #health #medicine
washingtonpost.com/health/2025…
#Federal #layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
The assistant commissioner of a division of the #GSA [which #ElonMusk has infiltrated] told staff early this week that layoffs across the #FederalGovernment are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thurs, acc/to an email obtained by The Washington Post — the sharpest move yet toward forcibly removing many of the 2.3 million civilian federal employees.
The #EPA plans to demote career employees who oversee scientific #research, the #enforcement of #pollution laws, #HazardousWaste cleanup & the agency’s HR dept & replace them w/ #political appointees.
The move would give #Trump #loyalists more #influence over aspects of the agency that were traditionally led by #nonpartisan #experts who have served across Republican & Democratic admins.
#science #climate #ClimateCrisis #law #USpol #TrumpCoup
nytimes.com/2025/02/04/climate…
The Corruption Was Worse Than We Imagined - Vox Popoli
President Trump’s DOGE team discovers that Clown World had a siphon permanently attached to the US Treasury: The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to…VD (Vox Popoli)
#Trump #Treasury Secy #ScottlBessent gave reps of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Fri, acc/to 3 people…, handing #ElonMusk & the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor & potentially limit government #money.
#law #criminal #kleptocracy #TrumpCoup2 #robbery #GovernmentOverthrow #broligarchy #plutocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #technocracy #USpol #GiftArticle
"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer & data systems," one of the ofcls said. "That is creating great concern. There is no #oversight. It creates real #cybersecurity & #hacking implications." Ofcls affected by the move can still log on & access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.
#ElonMusk, #OPM & the #Trump WH did not respond to requests for comment.
And it’s done . . .
#ElonMusk’s team has gotten access to the most sensitive #Treasury Department’s payments system.
The system could give #Trump another mechanism to attempt to unilaterally restrict disbursement of #money approved for specific purposes by Congress, a push that has faced legal roadblocks.
#law #criminal #kleptocracy #TrumpCoup2 #robbery #GovernmentOverthrow #broligarchy #plutocracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #technocracy #USpol #GiftArticle
nytimes.com/live/2025/02/01/us…
#Trump has fired the director of the #Consumer #Financial #Protection Bureau, #RohitChopra, in the latest #purge of a #Biden admin ofcl.
Chopra was one of the more important #regulators from the previous admin. Chopra’s tenure saw the removal of #MedicalDebt from #CreditReports & limits on #overdrafts #penalties, all based on the premise that the financial system could be fairer & more competitive in ways that helped #consumers.
#TrumpCoup2 #GovernmentOverthrow #law
apnews.com/article/trump-chopr…
Trump fires Rohit Chopra, Consumer Financial Protection director
President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.JOSH BOAK (AP News)
This has to be actionable.
#Musk aides lock #GovernmentWorkers out of computer systems at #US #FederalAgency
Aides to #ElonMusk charged have locked career #CivilServants at #OPM out of computer systems that contain the #personal #data of millions of federal #employees…
Since taking office, #Trump has embarked on a massive govt makeover, firing & sidelining hundreds of civil servants & installing more loyalists.
#law #cybersecurity #oversight #NationalSecurity #InfoSec
reuters.com/world/us/musk-aide…
“Your whole job is to pay the #bills as they’re due. It’s never been used in a way to execute a partisan agenda. …You have to really put bad intentions in place for that to be the case,” Mazur said.
In the 2023 fiscal year, the payment systems processed nearly 1.3B payments, accounting for about $5.4T, nearly 97% made electronically, according to the #Treasury Dept. Every payment was made on time.
#law #economy #USpol #FederalAgencies #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
#ElonMusk’s Department of Government Efficiency, originally conceived as a nongovernmental panel, has since replaced the US Digital Service.
The #ExecutiveOrder #Trump signed creating #DOGE also instructed all #FederalAgencies to ensure it has “full & prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, & IT systems,” which would appear to include the #Treasury payment systems.
#law #economy #USpol #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
The clash reflects an intensifying battle between #ElonMusk & #FederalAgencies as the #Trump admin nears the conclusion of its second week. #Musk has sought to exert sweeping control over the inner workings of the #USgovernment, installing longtime surrogates at several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, which essentially handles federal HR, & the General Services Admin, which manages #RealEstate. (Musk was seen on Thurs visiting #GSA….)
Officials affiliated w/ #ElonMusk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” #DOGE have been asking since after the election for access to the system… — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after #Trump’s inauguration.
…When #ScottBessent was confirmed as #treasury secretary on Monday, #DavidLebryk ceased to be the acting agency head.
#law #TreasuryDepartment #economy #USpol #FederalAgencies #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
#DavidLebryk, who served in nonpolitical roles at #Treasury for several decades, is expected to leave the agency soon. #Trump named Lebryk as acting secretary upon taking office last week. Lebryk had a dispute w/ #ElonMusk’s surrogates over access to the payment system the #US government uses to disburse trillions of dollars every year….
#law #TreasuryDepartment #economy #USpol #FederalAgencies #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
The highest-ranking career official at the #TreasuryDepartment is departing after a clash with surrogates of #billionaire Elon #Musk’s #DOGE who sought access to sensitive payment systems.
#law #Treasury #economy #USpol #FederalAgencies #kleptocracy #plutocracy #broligarchy #tyranny #autocracy
washingtonpost.com/business/20…
#Settlement discussions between #Paramount reps & #Trump are now underway….
#ShariRedstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, strongly supports the effort to settle…. Redstone stands to clear billions of dollars on the sale of Paramount… in a deal w/ #Skydance, an entertainment company backed by the #billionaire #LarryEllison & run by his son #DavidEllison.
#law #FreePress #tyranny #authoritarianism #autocracy #democracy #plutocracy #capitulation #propaganda #revisionism
#Trump sued #CBS for $10B days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a #60Minutes interview w/VP #KamalaHarris, many #legal experts dismissed the litigation as a far-fetched attempt to punish an out-of-favor news outlet.
Now Trump is back in the WH, & execs at CBS’s parent company, #Paramount, believe #settling the lawsuit would increase the odds that the Trump admin does not block or delay their planned multibillion-dollar #merger….
This is insane. Under questioning by Sen Angela #Alsobrooks, #RFKJr claims #Black people need fewer #vaccines than #White people. This is pure disinformation & utterly backwards thinking. This guy is interviewing for the job of running all of the #health agencies of the #UnitedStates.
#law #USpol #PublicHealth #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories
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Capitulation to the tyrant:
#Meta agreed to pay $25M to settle #Trump lawsuit alleging #censorship
Meta settled a lingering 2021 lawsuit brought by Trump who alleged the #tech giant improperly suspended his #SocialMedia accounts after the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
#MarkZuckerberg told investors during an earnings call Wed that Trump’s recent election gave the company a new opportunity to rewrite its fraught relationship w/the American govt.
buff.ly/4hgaqq9
#museums #advocacy #UncommonCourses
This class uses museums to show law students the high art of curating ideas
Trial lawyers, like artists, have to connect with different audiences and push them to look at legal issues, people and ideologies in new ways.The Conversation
This class uses museums to show law students the high art of curating ideas
Trial lawyers, like artists, have to connect with different audiences and push them to look at legal issues, people and ideologies in new ways.The Conversation
#Trump fires at least 17 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for Trump to install #loyalists in crucial roles of identifying #fraud, waste & #abuse in the #government.
The IGs were notified by emails from the WH personnel director that they had been terminated immediately….The dismissals appeared to violate federal #law, which requires #Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire the IGs.