Fun #NewYear viewing, the full 8 hour #JackSmith #deposition to the #USHouse #Judiciary Committee Glad @meidastouch.com@bsky.brid.gy put this on my radar today... @democrats-judiciary.house.gov@bsky.brid.gy @crooked.com@bsky.brid.gy @majorityreport.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy #NoKings #Trump #Jan6th

WATCH: Jack Smith's full House...

Thompson cited statements by Republican President #Trump & #DHS Secy #KristiNoem portraying #immigrants as criminals & a drain on #US society.

"These statements reflect a stereotyping of the immigrants protected under the #TPS program as criminal invaders & perpetuate the discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population," wrote Thompson….

#law #immigration #racism #WhiteSupremacy #GreatReplacementTheory #judiciary

US judge blocks #Trump move to end protected status for thousands from #Honduras, #Nepal & #Nicaragua after opponents argued the terminations were motivated by racial hostility.

The admin's decisions to end #TPS for some 89,000 immigrants failed to adequately consider conditions in the 3 countries that would prevent them from returning, San Francisco-based District Judge Trina Thompson wrote.

#law #immigration #racism #WhiteSupremacy #judiciary
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-trump-move-end-protected-status-thousands-honduras-nepal-2025-12-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#House #Judiciary Committee on Dec 31, 2025 released the full #deposition #transcript of former #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, offering the most detailed public account yet of Smith’s rationale for prosecuting #DonaldTrump #Jan6 #insurrection and rebutting #Republican #GOP #maga claims that the investigations were politically motivated. #law #legal #government #democracy #legalresearch #Congress #constitution #violence #indictments #grandjury https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/2025-12/Smith-Depo-Transcript_Redacted-w-Errata.pdf

Germany's judiciary is sounding the alarm, accusing state governments of inadvertently facilitating organized crime through chronic underfunding and a myopic fo... https://news.osna.fm/?p=28521 | #news #crime #due #germanys #judiciary

The March presidential memorandum singled out Zaid & 14 other individuals who the White House asserted were unsuitable to retain their #security clearances because it was “no longer in the national interest.” The list included targets of Trump’s fury from both the political & legal spheres, including former Deputy Attorney General #LisaMonaco, #NYAG #LetitiaJames, President Joe #Biden & members of his family.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics #Trump

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington granted Zaid’s request for a preliminary injunction, after he sued the #Trump admin in May over the revocation of his #security clearance. Zaid’s request called it an act of “improper political #retribution” that jeopardized his ability to continue representing clients in sensitive national security cases.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics

The decision marked yet another legal setback for the admin Tuesday, after #SCOTUS declined to allow #Trump to deploy #NationalGuard troops in the #Chicago area, capping a first year in office in which Trump’s efforts to impose a sweeping agenda & pursue #retribution against political adversaries have been repeatedly slowed by the #courts.

#law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics

Judge blocks #Trump effort to strip #security clearance from #attorney who represented #whistleblowers

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from enforcing a March presidential memo to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington atty #MarkZaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.

#law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/trump-whistleblower-security-clearance-mark-zaid-2a6f7d23dc85d7e1db2ac9a38e548b8e

“Defendants’ wanton abuse of their role in #federal grant administration is particularly troublesome given the fact that they have been entrusted with a most solemn duty: safeguarding our nation & its citizens,” McElroy wrote. “While the intricacies of administrative #law & the terms & conditions on federal grants may seem abstract to some, the #funding at issue here supports vital #counterterrorism & law enforcement programs.”

#judiciary #RevengePolitics #FEMA #disaster #immigration #Trump

“Neither a law degree nor a degree in mathematics is required to deduce that no plausible, rational formula could produce this result,” McElroy added.

The #Trump appointed judge then ordered DHS to restore the previously announced #funding allocations to the plaintiff #states.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics #FEMA #disaster #immigration

In her 48-page ruling, McElroy found that the #federal government was weighing #states’ police on federal #immigration enforcement on whether to reduce federal #funding for the #HomelandSecurity Grant Program & others.

“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary & capricious?” McElroy wrote.

#law #judiciary #Trump

Federal judge says #Trump admin must restore #disaster money to #Democratic #states

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin’s attempt to reallocate federal #HomelandSecurity #funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal #immigration enforcement.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-sanctuary-city-trump-fema-9c441d9cbe953a8ecd78123f0fe8a64e

Judges who ruled against Republican President Donald Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judges-ruled-trump-say-harassment-threats-changed-lives-rcna248445

More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.

#MAGA #threats #Republicans #Trump #GOP #judiciary #press

The pause is effective immediately & will give the #Interior Dept, which oversees offshore #wind, time to work with the #Defense Dept & other agencies to assess the possible ways to mitigate any security risks posed by the projects [come up with some bullshit excuses], the admin said.

#Trump #law #judiciary #WindEnergy #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

In case anyone still bothers counting the times #Trump has ignored court rulings, the #judiciary & flat out breaks the #law, here’s another to add to the list —

On Dec 8th, a federal judge threw out the Trump EO blocking #WindEnergy projects, yet today, Dec 22nd, the Trump admin said it is pausing leases for 5 large-scale offshore #wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified [aka bullshit] “national security” risks identified by the Pentagon.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-c0ac1e447c93126327f1922327921aa0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-22-Offshore+wind+projects

So freaking predictable

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#DOJ says not all #EpsteinFiles will be released by deadline

Top #Democrats on #House #Oversight & #Judiciary cmtes threaten legal action

Reps #RobertGarcia of California & #JamieRaskin of Maryland said in a joint statement that #Trump & the DOJ “are now violating federal #law.”

They released the statement after a DOJ official said the department would only release a partial tranche of files related to #Epstein by a legally mandated deadline.

#rape #CoverUp

Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge #HannahDugan with obstruction, a felony, & concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor, in April. The jury acquitted her on the concealment count, but she still faces up to 5 years in #prison on the #obstruction count.

The jury returned the verdicts after deliberating for 6 hours. No sentencing date had been set as of late Thursday.

#Trump #law #immigration #SafeSpaces #Court #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CivilRights