Over 100 years ago, El Paso became the first city in the USA to ban marijuana. Now, #Texas is renewing its commitment to tradition with a bill that will destroy 10,000s of jobs if it goes into effect, fully banning all products with THC despite years of normalization of their usage in our state.
My latest for the @TexasObserver: https://www.texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/
#drugs #health #cannabis #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #law #police
#Fraudster #Trump said on Sunday that he would delay imposing a 50% #tariff on all imports from the #EU until July 9 to allow more time for #trade negotiations [or to make money by shorting the market].
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he had spoken to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, about his recent #threat to enact the #tariffs on June 1 if a trade deal could not be reached in the next week.
#law #securities
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-european-union-tariff.html?smid=url-share
#NPR & #PublicRadio stations sue #Trump over funding ban
NPR & 3 #Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tues in federal court against the admin over the #ExecutiveOrder purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for #NPR & #PBS.
"It is not always obvious when the government has acted with a retaliatory purpose in violation of the #FirstAmendment. 'But this wolf comes as a wolf,'" states the #legal brief….
#law #Congress #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413094/npr-public-radio-lawsuit-trump-funding-ban
The #corruption is overwhelming
#Trump Pardoned #TaxCheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
#PaulWalczak’s #pardon application cited his mother’s support for Trump, including raising millions of dollars & a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.
#law #USpol #plutocracy #kleptocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=212B8F5D-CA9A-4035-999B-5C9AC5F92D99
#Trump admin halts scheduling of ALL new #StudentVisa appointments
Trump ordered US #missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student & #exchange visitor #visa applicants as the #State Dept prepares to expand #socialmedia vetting of all #ForeignStudents, acc/to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tues.
#law #AbuseOfPower #immigration #surveillance #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #tyranny #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/
The chaos that unfolded in #LosAngeles over the weekend was sparked by …#ICE raids at #workplaces, a controversial #policy that seems designed to appease the #Trump admin’s desire to increase the number of #deportations at all costs.
The policy to #raid workplaces, reportedly pushed by WH Deputy Chief of Staff #StephenMiller & other top #Trump admin ofcls, comes as ICE has tried to increase its deportation numbers.
#immigration #law #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/la-protest-ice-raid-trump-immigration-dhs-national-guard-workplace-raid/
#Trump Loses Another Battle in His War Against #LawFirms
A judge struck down an executive order targeting #WilmerHale, in the latest victory for the handful of #law firms that have fought back against a Trump admin crackdown.
#Republican *lawmakers* & #Trump admin ofcls lined up on Sun morning to support Trump’s decision to activate 2k members of the #California #NationalGuard to #LosAngeles as part of a crackdown on #protests over #immigration enforcement.
Trump’s decision to deploy #troops came in direct opposition to the wishes of Gov #GavinNewsom & #LA Mayor #KarenBass, both #Democrats, who said that local authorities have it under control.
#law #Title10 #democracy #RightToProtest
https://www.notus.org/us-news/republicans-line-up-to-back-trumps-l-a-national-guard-deployment
Good. POS.
#SeanCombs loses mistrial bid in #SexTrafficking trial
Sean "Diddy" Combs lost a bid for a mistrial in his sex-trafficking case on Wednesday, after his lawyers argued that prosecutors were improperly trying to suggest that the hip-hop mogul had evidence tied to an alleged arson incident destroyed.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/sean-diddy-combs-lawyer-seeks-mistrial-sex-trafficking-trial-2025-05-28/
Disgusting. Outrageous. Unacceptable.
#Trump said he would "take a look at" #pardons for 2 men #convicted of conspiring to #kidnap & #murder #Michigan Governor #GretchenWhitmer in 2020.
Barry Croft Jr. & Adam Fox were found guilty as the leaders of an anti-government #extremists group who wanted to grab Whitmer, a #Democrat, at her vacation home, kill her & start a #CivilWar.
#law #RevengePolitics #PoliticalViolence
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-will-take-look-possible-pardons-men-convicted-plotting-kidn-rcna209512
Federal #trade #court blocks #Trump from imposing sweeping #tariffs under *#EmergencyPowers* #law
The ruling from a 3-judge panel at the New York-based Court of #InternationalTrade came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his #authority, left US trade policy dependent on his whims & unleashed economic chaos.
#economy #inflation #recession #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-trade-court-0392dbd59f548e49ad4f64254ae3f94a
In a sign of #California’s widening anger at the #Trump admin, including from the political center, the #LosAngeles Civic Alliance, a coalition of #business & #civic leaders that for years has served as the voice of the establishment in the Los Angeles region, condemned the deployment of the #NationalGuard in SoCal as an “#unconstitutional action” on Monday & charged that Trump had acted illegally.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/09/us/la-protests-immigration-ice-trump/ea69e3ad-ed95-5dfc-bb15-352685fd2fe2?smid=url-share
#LosAngeles #ICE #raids fuel controversy over #masked agents
Images of federal #immigration agents wearing masks & balaclavas as they conduct raids in Los Angeles & other US cities have ignited a politically charged debate over whether they are protecting their identities or engaging in intimidation tactics.
#Trump #law #accountability #identification #LawEnforcement
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/los-angeles-ice-raids-fuel-controversy-over-masked-agents-2025-06-09/
A sweeping #tax & spending #bill passed by #House #Republicans would devote an estimated $150B to #immigration enforcement, an unprecedented sum that seeks to deliver #Trump’s goal of mass #deportations & lock down the US Mexico border.
The bill would provide funding for 10k new immigration enforcement officers & $46.5B for a *wall* along the border while placing new *fees* on applications for #asylum & other #humanitarian protections.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-seek-cement-trumps-immigration-legacy-sweeping-bill-2025-05-29/
Firearm #deaths of #children & #teenagers rose significantly in states that enacted more permissive #GunLaws after #SCOTUS in 2010 limited local govts ability to restrict gun ownership, a new study has found.
In states that maintained stricter laws, gun deaths were stable after the ruling, researchers reported, & in some, even declined.
#Guns are the leading cause of death in the #US for people ages 1–17, acc/to the #CDC.
#PublicHealth #GunControl #GunViolence #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/health/gun-deaths-children.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.2WvW.KDuRZQyg1WN1&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
‘Wildly underprepared’: #NationalGuard troops sleeping on floors
The #troops — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived WITHOUT federal funding for #food, #water, #fuel, #equipment or #lodging, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under SF Chronicle policies. This person said #state ofcls & the #California National Guard were not to blame.
#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #LosAngeles #immigration
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php
#Trump gives #Harvard 30 days to contest end of international student enrollment
The Trump admin on Thursday backed away from plans to immediately revoke #HarvardUniversity's ability to enroll #InternationalStudents & would instead give it 30 days to contest those plans through a lengthier administrative process.
The #DHS sent Harvard a notice of intent on Wednesday to *withdraw* the school's certification under a federal program to enroll non-US students.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harvard-urge-judge-extend-block-trumps-effort-bar-foreign-students-2025-05-29/
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Federal judge blocks #Trump effort to keep #Harvard from hosting #InternationalStudents
A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s efforts to keep #HarvardUniversity from hosting #international #students.
Judge Allison Burroughs’ order preserves Harvard’s ability to host foreign students while the case is decided. It marks another win for the #university as it fights multiple Trump sanctions amid a battle w/the admin.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-foreign-students-9498074cfe5f1054a712b9c21d36c6c5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-20-Breaking+News
#Trump can keep #NationalGuard deployed to #LosAngeles for now, appeals court rules
US appeals court late Thurs allowed Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard #troops in #LA amid #protests over aggressive #immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court's ruling blocking the mobilization.
The #9thCircuit Court of Appeals' decision does not mean the court will ultimately agree w/Trump, but it means he will maintain command of the guard for now.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-can-keep-national-guard-deployed-los-angeles-now-appeals-court-rules-2025-06-13/
WTF
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed #Trump to continue collecting #tariffs under an #EmergencyPowers law for now, as his admin appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted an emergency motion from the Trump admin arguing a halt is “critical for the country’s national security.”[bull-fucking-shit]
#law #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #economy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-trade-tariffs-lawsuit-court-73cd7e1e8528336989f091b2b782360c
#US & #Iran Agree “In Principle” to Reopen #StraitOfHormuz, US Official Says
The official said Iran had also agreed to dispose of highly enriched #uranium, but stressed that a deal had not yet been signed. US & Iranian officials have described the terms differently.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/24/world/iran-war-trump?smid=nytcore-ios-share
A #Venezuelan musician released a song critical of #Trump, then he was arrested by #ICE.
The Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture
#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #AlienEnemiesAct #pretense #FigLeaf #Bullshit #authoritarianism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy #dissent #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-criminalization-of-venezuelan-street-culture
Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.
Despite an outcry over increased arrests in Tennessee, two states — Georgia and New Mexico — followed its lead by passing laws that will crack down harder on hoax threats.
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #NewMexico #Tennessee #School #Law #Students #Education
#Trump is currently [live now] repeating #ConspiracyTheories from the Oval Office
about the protesters in #LosAngeles, saying they are “paid” by #Democrats. Total #disinformation.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #propaganda #law #democracy #RightToProtest
