Big show of family support on the 1st day of #HunterBiden’s trial.
In addition to #POTUS’ statement, Hunter’s wife, Melissa Cohen, his sister Ashley Biden, his friend Kevin Morris, Peter Neal, who is married to Hunter’s daughter Naomi, & #FLOTUS Dr. #JillBiden are in attendance.
President #Biden will be in Wilmington, DL, w/no appearances scheduled. But he has given no indication that he would be in the courthouse — a possibility that would require considerable security arrangements.
…The responses of dozens of prospective jurors to questions in open court reflected some of the most pervasive & divisive issues in American society, w/jurors discussing their views on #gun ownership & #mistrust of the #judicial process.
And in a trial where the #criminal defendant has been public about his struggles w/ drug #addiction, the #jurors told the court about similar battles fought by their parents, children & friends.
8 #Republican senators announced Fri they would boycott #Democratic#legislative priorities & nominations as payback for #Trump’s #guilty#verdict.
In a joint statement, the senators said they would not “allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare.”
They also said they would refuse to vote to confirm President #Biden’s political & #judicial appointees & vowed to block “expedited consideration & passage of #Democrat#legislation or #authorities that are not directly relevant to the safety of the American people.”
The court, in a 4-3 ruling, ruled that the judge in the New York County trial prejudiced #Weinstein with improper rulings, including allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
The court — the highest court in New York state’s #judicial system — ruled that a #NewTrial must take place.
By looking to future, #SCOTUS may push #Trump’s DC trial past election
With the #immunity claims before the #SupremeCourt on Thurs, the #judicial branch is being asked to draw a clear line about what a president can or cannot do.
The high court, w/3 Trump nominees, has generally not been receptive to Trump’s assertions of immunity, forcing him to comply w/a #subpoena & rejecting his efforts to block #Congress from accessing his tax records.
1 wk before Trump’s#criminal trial in Manhattan, appeals court judge rejected effort to pause the case & move it to a diff location.
Judge #LizbethGonzalez issued the decision Mon afternoon after hearing arguments from Trump’s lawyers & lawyers from the Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg’s office.
#Republican-appointed judges raise alarm over #Trump attacks on #law
Federal DC Judge #ReggieWalton warned Trump’s attacks on #HushMoney trial judge & others could lead to #violence.
The Republican-appointed judge denounced Trump’s attacks against the judge presiding over his hush money trial in Manhattan & his daughter, calling them assaults on the #RuleOfLaw that could lead to violence & #tyranny.
“The #RuleOfLaw can only be maintained if we have #independent#judicial officers who are able to do their job & ensure that the #laws are in fact enforced & that the laws are applied equally to everybody who appears in our courthouse,” #ReggieWalton told CNN. He was prompted to speak out of concern for the “future of our country & the future of #democracy in our country,” Walton said, “because if we don’t have a viable court system that’s able to function efficiently, then we have #tyranny.”
Yesterday, the #scotus Supreme Court set in motion what might just be the biggest #judicial power grab since 1803. (That’s a reference to Marbury v. Madison for all history buffs out there.) It’s serious, it’s scary, and #ElieNYC explains it as only he can.
#Twitter, now known as #X, can still take its case to #SCOTUS. The case split the DC Circuit along partisan lines, w/ 4 Republican appointees saying #Trump should have been able to argue some of the info from X be withheld from the government.
“#Judicial disregard of #ExecutivePrivilege undermines the Presidency, not just the fmr Pres being investigated in this case,” (for twitter dms?) Judge Neomi Rao wrote for the disagreeing group.
…The #court’s senior #justice, he had spent years on the losing side of cases, writing minority opinions grounded in his strict #originalist interpretations of the #Constitution. Now that fmr President #Trump had given the court a #conservative supermajority, Justice #ClarenceThomas was a guiding voice for a new #judicial mainstream.
He was playing a long game, & his fmr #clerks were among its most important players.
Genocidal denial is not a secondary awful thing that follows genocide. It’s PART of the process of genocide. When the Biden Administration questions verified mass murders of Palestinian civilians by Israel, they’re actually participating in the genocide too. It’s more than mere support or funding.
Netanyahu says #Israel ‘at war’ after #Hamas attack; air force kills nearly 200 in #Gaza air strikes
Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu said “we are at war, & we will win it” Saturday after Hamas launched an assault & took captives following the 50th anniversary of the start of the #1973YomKippurWar.
“Jill & I are keeping in our prayers all of the families who have been hurt by this #violence. We are heartbroken by the lives that have been tragically cut short & hope for a swift recovery for all those who have been wounded,” #Biden said.
Biden remains closely in touch w/ #Netanyahu. Despite the WH’s invitation to Netanyahu to visit this yr, the 2 have a frosty relationship, stemming in part from Biden’s concerns about Netanyahu’s far-reaching changes to Israel’s #judicial system, changes.
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski @ProPublica
#Thomas has attended at least two #Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a #political network that has brought multiple #cases before the #SupremeCourt.
⚖️To what extent do #AI tools and #law feed each other? What is the impact of emerging technologies on access to judicial decisions in #luxembourg?
💡Frédérique Boulangeris a #PhD candidate at the University of Luxembourg. Her #research project is to find #legaltools and remedies to improve access to #judicial decisions at a large scale and also to frame the reuse of the #data contained into #court decisions.
A statewide committee is looking at doing something that hasn’t been done in Florida in more than 50 years — redrawing the boundaries of the state’s 20 circuit court districts, a projec…
A #lawyer allied w/Trump first laid out a plot to use #FakeElectors to subvert the #2020election in a previously unknown internal campaign memo that prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link in how the Trump team’s efforts evolved into a #criminal#conspiracy.
The #WisconsinSupremeCourt ordered the reappointment of #attorney James R. Troupis to the #JudicialConduct Advisory Committee for a term that runs until March 7, 2026. The court's 4 #conservative justices supported his reappointment while 3 liberal justices dissented.
Analysis: State considers combining court circuits: What would that mean for South Florida? (www.sun-sentinel.com)
A statewide committee is looking at doing something that hasn’t been done in Florida in more than 50 years — redrawing the boundaries of the state’s 20 circuit court districts, a projec…