US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers via @kngl https://lobste.rs/s/thkwcf #law
https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-just-blew-eu-us-data-transfers
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#SCOTUS upholds #trans #athlete bans
The ruling is another setback for #transgender people.
The court’s conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that #state bans in #Idaho & #WestVirginia don’t violate the #Constitution or the federal #law known as #TitleIX, which prohibits #sex #discrimination in education.
>2 dozen other #Republican led states have adopted bans on female transgender athletes.
#LGBTQ
https://apnews.com/live/birthright-citizenship-decision-supreme-court-updates-06-30-2026
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#SCOTUS upholds #BirthrightCitizenship, rejecting #Trump proposed limits
SCOTUS Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s EO declaring #children born to parents in the #US illegally or temporarily are not US #citizens. The decision, in line with the longstanding judicial interpretation of the #14thAmendment, comes on the final day of a SCOTUS term that has centered on Trump’s expansive claims of #PresidentialPower.
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#SCOTUS strikes down limits on party #spending in federal #elections
SCOTUS Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination w/candidates for #Congress & #president, striking down a federal #ElectionLaw that’s >50 years old.
Prodded by a #Republican led lawsuit that includes VP #JDVance, SCOTUS’ conservative justices were again in the majority of the decision that upended congressionally enacted limits on raising & spending #money #influence #elections.
It’ll probably be as well done as the no-bid #ReflectingPool.
#Trump is using a $500M #NoBid contract to build his White House #ballroom
The secret agreement was routed through a #WhiteHouse office that typically handles repairs & furnishings & is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.
#law #TaxPayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #oversight #landmark #UShistory #UrbanPlanning #architecture
https://wapo.st/4vWKurH
The #DeepState didn’t take down #Nixon.
So why did #JDVance say it did?
Nixon’s #Crimes, the #Courts, #Congress & the #FreePress drove #Watergate.
Such a scandal of #crime & #corruption could easily happen again — [especially in a nation where #Trump controls the #press, the rule of #law only applies to his enemies & the courts have been subjugated by a #corrupt #SCOTUS].
#Trumpaganda #propaganda #Republicans #RevisionistHistory #UShistory #law #criminal
https://wapo.st/4eOdXMT
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Why most #politicians are not calling for #DataCenter bans despite #voters’ anger
Many Americans are furious about the #energy-guzzling behemoths that drive #ArtificialIntelligence, but politicians in both parties are cautious about backing all-out prohibition.
#electricity #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AI #DataCenters #tech #law #regulations #midterms #elections #money #power #CostOfLiving #economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/07/ai-backlash-coming-key-midterm-battlegrounds/
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#Israel says #Iran launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment during fragile “ceasefire”
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-ceasefire-hezbollah-israel-28d80744e192ae0d5cce73a5a08af906
#GOP “Revolt” Paralyzes the #House, Stalling #Trump Agenda
A #Republican blockade derailed a #Pentagon policy bill & other #legislation as the #FarRight pressed for action on a #voting bill championed by Trump.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights #PublicDisservice #dysfunction
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/politics/republicans-house-defense-elections-save-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#Trump actions signal a move toward #institutionalizing people with #disabilities
For decades, #disabled people have fought for their #rights to go to school & live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under Trump.
Last month, the Dept of #Education announced it would shift oversight of #SpecialEducation to #HHS, led by #RFKJr, whose comments on disabilities such as autism are 🦇💩.
#law #ableism #discrimination #eugenics
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rfk-disability-autism-special-education-institutionalize-c6f064dcf4a1185d23cc5693f4b2df69
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#Minnesota attorney general sues #Texas Gov #GregAbbott to compel #extradition of #ICE agent for trial
MN’s AG sued the governor of TX Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an ICE agent charged with wounding a man & then #lying to justify the #shooting during the agency’s crackdown in #Minneapolis.
#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-461acb1a459bc0ecb41fef5f728df502?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
#Trump nominated his fmr personal atty #ToddBlanche to serve as AG, elevating a loyal lickspittle who, as the acting AG, has shown a willingness to execute Trump’s outrageous demands. The announcement comes as scrutiny of Blanche intensifies over his role in a plan to create a $1.8 billion #SlushFund with #TaxpayersMoney to pay those claiming they were victims of government mistreatment, including #insurgents who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.
#law #LegalEthics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/politics/trump-todd-blanche-attorney-general.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share
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🗨️ 👩🏽💻 The #majority decision does not always embody what is right; that's why #children and the needy in a #society must ALWAYS be protected - that must be the #law for all of #humanity!
Ergo: There are no exceptions for rogue states!
Anyone who kills children and destroys world cultural heritage is the enemy of our species—they deserve no waste of time, resources, or thought!
No mercy for Israel!
Pass judgement!
Like in #nurnberg 1945!
One person killed in #Maine in second fatal #ICE #shooting in less than a week
A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal #immigration officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass #protests & demands for #transparency & #accountability.
#Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine
In 2023, New Mexico’s AG ordered an investigation into one school district after ProPublica and New Mexico In Depth revealed Native students were expelled more often than any other group.
The investigation confirmed “substantial racial disparities.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-ag-report-gallup-mckinley-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NewMexico #Law #School #Education #Indigenous #Children
#Trump is a mass murderer
More than 100 #Venezuelans who were #deported from the #US hours before the #earthquakes are missing
#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af
#House speaker Mike Johnson transmitted the #bipartisan #housing #affordability bill to the WH Monday,…kicking off a 10-day countdown for the bill to become #law, even if #Trump doesn’t sign it.
Trump remains undecided over whether he’ll sign it, saying after Johnson sent it to him that it was “so unimportant” compared with his efforts to secure a batshit overhaul of federal #elections.
“Big deal,” Trump said of the legislation. “It’s a yawn.”
#MafiaState #extortion
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/mike-johnson-housing-bill-trump
#SCOTUS rejected an emergency request by #RoyMoore, former #Alabama State Supreme Court justice who lost a #Senate race in 2017 after he was accused of #SexualMisconduct, blocking Moore from collecting an $8.2M #defamation verdict over a campaign ad run against him.
SCOTUS’ decision kept in place a unanimous ruling by a 3-judge panel on the #11thCircuit, which in April erased a jury’s verdict that Moore had been defamed by a Democratic group’s television ad.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/us/politics/supreme-court-roy-moore.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#SexAbuse #Survivors Reach $395 Million Deal With #SanFranciscoDiocese
The #Archdiocese of #SanFrancisco & lawyers for the survivors said the money would settle about 530 claims from people who said they were sexually abused by #clergy members.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/us/san-francisco-archdiocese-clergy-sex-abuse-settlement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
NEW: Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, convicted based in part on forensic evidence now widely regarded as junk science, is officially a free man.
“I am flooded with relief,” one of his lawyers said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-death-row-prisoner-freed-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Louisiana #CriminalJustice #Prison #Law #Justice #Crime
Trump’s sons are #investing in #defense as the #Trump administration pours money in.
The companies have collectively generated at least $3.2 billion in direct #government business since Donald Trump Jr. & Eric Trump invested.
#law #ethics #emoluments #SelfDealing #SelfEnrichment #corruption #InsiderTrading #NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/07/13/trumps-sons-invest-heavily-defense-fathers-administration-pours-money/?utm_campaign=tt_2510:control;rct:0:0:2:20260701&utm_source=webview&no_nav=true&utm_medium=referral_home&itid=back_to_front
#Iran says the US bombed 3 of its #water #reservoirs
Water supply to thousands of residents was cut off on Wednesday after two reservoirs in the city of #Sirik were damaged by a US strike, acc/to Hashem Amini, the head of the state-owned National Water & Wastewater Engineering Company, & the head of the local water company.
Iran’s state media published a video of what it said was a damaged water reservoir in southern Iran.
#Trump #law #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-06-10-2026#0000019e-b244-deac-ad9e-f37fcdb20000
A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries ~
In a nutshell, US District Judge John McConnell Jr. said that the #trump admin ignored the law and did whatever it wanted, justifying its actions with bogus 'national security’ pretexts as a cover for anti-immigrant bias that it is not supposed to let influence its decision making.
#USA #US #USpol #immigration #law
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8
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US judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS
A US judge on Monday voided #Trump's [totally illegal] #settlement with the #IRS that gave him & his companies sweeping #tax protections & initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government #SlushFund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-voids-trumps-settlement-with-irs-2026-07-13/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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“Bipartisan” only because she’s a #Christian.
#ICE arrest of #nun heading to church fuels #bipartisan backlash in South Texas
#Trump #deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, & a GOP congresswoman joined Democrats calling for the sister’s release.
Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, TX, when federal #immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary & put her in handcuffs.
#law #Republican #Hypocrisy https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/01/ices-arrest-nun-heading-church-fuels-bipartisan-backlash-south-texas/