As #NeoFeudalism takes hold, I guess I should (re-)read those who managed to beat the old feudalism. Smith, Mill come to mind. But can I be arsed? Its so much easier to skim what's going around ...
#LiberalDemocracy #RuleOfLaw
Unbelievable how gullible Wall Street is. I mean WTF were they thinking allowing the stock value to get pushed past a 100X P/E.
I had to tear a strip off my broker to get him to sell last month. I'm like, my dude you guys Do. Not. Get. What is coming.
The rule of law is the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Judge Delivers Crippling Blow to MAGA
Musk:“If ANY judge ANYWHERE can block EVERY Presidential order EVERYWHERE, we do NOT have democracy, we have TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY.”
Aka #RuleOfLaw.
Sorry, dude, guess they didn't have that where you ostensibly grew up.
https://share.newsbreak.com/ccefx9r7
Also note: this article has been disappeared from the Miami Herald.
You tell me.
ICYMI -
What to expect from a felon tyrant wannabe king who keeps getting stopped by a judiciary enforcing the #RuleOfLaw? That he continue to break laws and try to silence those who call it out and oppose him.
It’s also why he’s attacking law firms.
Brian Tyler Cohen and Glenn Kirschner run through this week’s judicial decisions refuting and rebuking the Trump regime’s attacks on individuals, Constitutional rights, and the rule of law.
Spoiler: Trump keeps acting without legal authority, the courts keep documenting it and ordering those unlawful actions stopped.
It’s no surprise he’s going after law firms and judges.
Independence UK style:
The Sentencing Council's guidelines on pre-sentencing reports have been derided as 'two-tier' guidance despite an extensive consultation process.
But, Shabana Mahmoud now says she will 'legislate if necessary' to stop such a change, by which she means if she doesn't get what she wants she'll change the law.
So much for the 'independence' of the Judiciary, then... although such political actions are hardly unprecedented!
#RuleOfLaw #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/28/sentencing-council-england-wales-rejects-calls-review-two-tier-justice-rules
One word is going to start coming up more & more as the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant tries to extend the influence of its decisions (such as those against diversity policies), and that word is:
'extraterritoriality' - the projection of national legal sovereign power into other jurisdictions.
The US has always used forms of extraterritoriality, but Trump may be about to make this a much more contentious issue as he tries to reach deep into other domestic jurisdictions.
Check and balances are not magical devices, but rather things people must be willing to follow and enforce.
The dollar in your wallet is just paper, but because we believe it is more, it is.
Ultimately, belief, or the lack there of, can be a very powerful and dangerous thing, if left unchecked.
#RuleOfLaw #Justice #Constitution #President #Potus
More than 50 bar organizations have joined the #AmericanBarAssociation to defend the #ruleoflaw and reject efforts to undermine the #courts and the #legal profession. Read the full statement: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/bar-organizations-statement-in-support-of-rule-of-law/ #law #lawfedi
Tim Cartwright, a retired JP Morgan executive from Ohio has become the indispensable watchdog and chronicler of #ICE #deportation flights, thus assisting everyone who is tracking the illegal transfer of refugees and foreign immigrants being #disappeared by the Trump regime.
#immigration #fascism #ruleoflaw #humanrights
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/ice-flight-tracker-deportations/682226/
‘Authoritarian governments generally try to bolster their legitimacy by using #laws, decrees, & #court hearings to justify their actions,…creating, twisting, interpreting, or manipulating laws…to punish resistance. In this regard, the #Trump administration is operating like other authoritarian gov’ts… Respect for the #ruleoflaw has been replaced by contemptuous propaganda that judges who uphold the law are “corrupt” & lawyers who oppose his policies are “scum.”’ | SLaw https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/ /2
My new column:
The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law
“Checks & balances among the three US branches of government are in tatters… It is unclear whether the #US legal system can withstand the Trump administration’s increasingly brazen threats against #judges & #lawyers.” | SLaw: Canada’s Online Legal Magazine https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/ #Trump #internationallaw #humanrights #ruleoflaw #DEI #immigration #law #lawfedi /1
A company truly outside Us Jurisdiction does NOT have terms and conditions concerning Us Customer and Us Laws, because they do not need them, because they do not apply to them. The same way, they do not need to include the other 200 or so, nations around the world.
It is rocket science. This is not hard to understand.
#RuleOfLaw #Proton #ProtonMail #ProtonPass #ProtonVpn #ProtonDrive #ProtonCalendar #ProtonWallet
" That is a choice of law clause for a potential civil lawsuit between the consumer and Proton. "Which you would only need to include for the countries of rule laws you are subject to. Period.
Been trying to anticipate wheather the next German coalition government [ #CDU #CSU #SPD ] will take the #fascist #Trump path, uphold #Democracy or do something in between.
And, trust me, it's a tough question. Can't share my dozens of links here but I found one (from Canada) who gives outsiders a pretty good oversight.
What speaks for the fascist path is the deep contempt of the CDU/ CSU for the #RuleOfLaw.
On the other hand, they respect parliamentary tradition.
We should know soon, if GOP SCJs believe that Trump still has impunity, & if due process and the rest of the Constitution, will be upheld.
“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Venezuelan Deportations Resume”
#Deportations #DueProcess #Sadism #Trump #ElSalvador #HumanRights #DHS #RuleOfLaw #Resist #USPol
#Rumeysa Ozturk #politics #alt #RuleofLaw #fascism #columbia #universities #censorship #antsemitism #arrests
Heather Cox Richardson Black Shirt Arrest Free Speech Univerities Bow Down
3/27/25
