#federal courts

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

Attacks against free speech are increasing with concerning frequency. Laws like this only make the First Amendment of the Constitution even more defunct.

#The free thought project #disinformation #federal courts

[eretzyisrael]

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dealt a major blow to those who would illegally discriminate against the Jewish state of Israel.

In Arkansas Times, LP v. Waldrip, the full court sitting en banc upheld an anti-discrimination law prohibiting state entities from contracting on ordinary terms with companies that discriminatorily boycott Israel. A majority of states have adopted similar bills, motivated by the rise of the antisemitic "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions" (BDS) movement, and while BDS supporters across the country have cleverly tried to pretend these laws somehow infringe on their First Amendment rights, the first appellate test of the issue thoroughly debunked that claim.

None of the states' "anti-BDS" laws prohibit speech that is critical of Israel. None of them target advocacy for Palestinian rights; and none of them stop anyone from boycotting anything. All they say is that if a business does choose to commercially boycott Israel in a discriminatory manner—that is, based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin—then a state can exercise its own speech and choose not to support it.

This should not be controversial: Courts have consistently held that anti-discrimination laws do not violate the First Amendment. Arkansas, like every state, has a compelling interest in preventing invidious discrimination and can implement that interest by imposing conduct-based regulations on commercial activity (i.e., not speech) and government contractors. In fact, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have publicly championed this idea in a variety of other contexts when it better suited their ideological leanings. And yet, in 2018, when the Arkansas Times filed a test case against Act 710 on the grounds that it suppressed protected speech, the ACLU hypocritically argued on the publication's behalf that discriminatory commercial decisions should be protected by the First Amendment.

#federal courts #bds #boycott #arkansas #first amendment

[tomorrowusa]

Trump wouldn’t just put his thumb on the scale, he’d sit on the scale. 

Keep the US Senate always in Democratic hands to prevent Trump Republicans from filling the federal courts with MAGA judges and anti-abortion extremists.

Be A Voter - Vote Save America

Election Day is two months and one day from today. Are all your friends and non-MAGA family members registered to vote?

#donald trump #aileen cannon #trump-appointed judge #federal courts #trump republican court packing #political hacks #anti-abortion fanatics #register and vote #dave whamond

[rpbp]

At present, there are nearly 100 judicial vacancies for lifetime federal appointments—and President Biden has yet to name a nominee for 60 of those, including two appellate seats. The legislative branch must likewise revisit its obligations to the judiciary.

It’s not enough to confirm nominees to the seats that exist; we need to expand the courts.

#SCOTUS #federal courts #federal judiciary #afj #law #rpbp #supreme court #court expansion #court reform #ethics #matthew kacsmaryk #ABA #alliance for justice

[howell88310]

Court Rebukes NM Governor for Unconstitutional Power Grab

“Whenever fundamental rights are restricted, the Supreme Court and other courts cannot close their eyes,” Justice Alito said this month, rejecting the view that “whenever there is an emergency, executive officials have unlimited, unreviewable discretion.” (“Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo’s Virus Shutdown Order”)   NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Emergency…

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#2nd Amendment #Constitution #COVID #Federal Courts #Guns #Joe Biden #Kamala Harris #Michell Lujan Grisham #New Mexico #Pandemic #Public Health Orders #Raul Torrez

[kp777]

#u.s. supreme court #federal courts #big oil #climate change

[princetonlawschool]

Princeton University in New Jersey is a School that I could only have dreamed of attending. It also befalls upon myself as having been granted a Charter as far back as before the Founding of our Nation that it would await for myself to have the honor to be a part of the opening team of fellow Proud Professors of Government and Political Sciences, International Relations and their Governments, and so much more. But it has awaited for the constructing of a state of the Art Law School that will serve as the most preeminent and highest quality of standards in selectivity of candidates from different creeds and backgrounds whom shall compose of the First Class to participate in help SHAPING and MAKING LAW such as our National Purpose of the drafting and signing of the Resolution of the United States, plus it will teach the necessary skills and secret art of what made former Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln such great men- SURVEYING and PROSPECTING the land and shaping future events well beyond that of their own cut lives. Future History is just one of our National Gifts and only be offered at Princeton Law School upon it's opening.

Selectivity for the School in my own view shall not take into account the LSAT Scores following the recommendations made by the American Bar Association just this past year. However, a four year College Degree is required, unless extraordinarily rare exceptions apply. It shall also be a total of Five Years. Two years spent on learning necessary aspects of the law, and two years of creating your own prospectus of creating your own individual form of government based upon eventual Statehood Joinder, and twenty one years worth of such. This additional two years will be very selective from the graduates of the Princeton Law Juris Doctor program.

Requirements regarding necessary components to your application for admission shall be provided here soon, but the charter to begin construction of the facility will not be completed for a period of at least three years.

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Richard Eduardo Scott

#public trust #us government #us geological survey #land surveying #constitutional law #real property law #federal courts #religion #federalism #authoritarian government #common law #social affairs #community #human rights #state government #maritime law

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil high court rules homophobia punishable by prison

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that homophobic slurs are now punishable by prison, in a decision applauded by rights activists in a country with rampant violence against the LGBTQ+ community.

The 9-1 ruling puts homophobic hate speech on the same legal level as racist hate speech, which was already punishable by prison in Brazil.

Justice Edson Fachin, the lead judge on the case, said in his ruling it was a "constitutional imperative" to give LGBTQ+ citizens equal protection under the law.

The court had ruled in 2019 that homophobia was a crime, just like racism.

But the earlier decision applied to slurs against the LGBTQ+ community as a whole, not attacks on specific individuals.

Continue reading.

#brazil #politics #brazilian politics #LGBT #supreme federal court #mod nise da silveira #image description in alt

[mapsontheweb]

A visualization of the 94 Federal District Courts of the United States.

#maps #federal district courts #us

[vicsy]

Daniel Ricciardo and tennis – a masterpost (of sorts).

To start things off, here is a video of Daniel playing tennis that I think about way too often, especially lately, with the recent paddle mania that took over the paddock.

A few things I could note here, apart from the fact that Daniel himself said that if it wasn't racing, he'd go pro in tennis:

old school-ish (european) one handed backhand which is actually rather solid! Daniel said many times that he is a big fan of Federer (a true goat) and Daniel's technique here is pretty much imitating Roger's smooth and satisfying backhand strokes.

it is just a couple of hits but ball placement court wise in not bad - all past the half court mark, down the line, then cross court and close to the baseline.

his movement on the court itself comes off a bit wonky in comparison to regular players but I do like how he attacks the short ball (even if he swings a bit too wide but it still works).

Some assortment of interesting facts:

Apart from his love for Roger Federer, Daniel was a big Andre Agassi fan.

In 2021 Daniel and Lando stayed up to watch British teenage tennis player Emma Raducanu (who is an avid F1 fan and her fave driver is Daniel) win the US Open, her maiden grand slam tournament. This was right before the win in Monza and McLaren 1-2.

In 2020, Daniel took inspiration for his "Equality" face mask from the four time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka and called her a "strong voice" (which she rightfully was). Lewis Hamilton also considered Naomi a great inspiration in raising awareness of several social issues.

When Daniel was a kid, he would smash his racquet if he lost (that's so real of him and i do that too):

Ricciardo is widely regarded as motorsport’s nice guy. But when does the mongrel come out? "I’m a born competitor. As a kid I was a sore loser. If it was a tennis match, I’d smash a racquet or something," he said, laughing. (source)

Once Daniel was playing with his cousin and apparent he got a little outplayed, so in retaliation Daniel hit his cousin point blank with a tennis ball (which hurts A LOT). His cousin cried and then Daniel's dad gave him "a clip across the ear". Daniel also talks about it in one of the Grill the Grid videos. (big thanks to @go-daniel for finding the article and the video to back this story up!)

Daniel is childhood friends with Marcus Stoinis (an Aussie cricketer) and they grew up together playing tennis, driving to Dunsborough south of Perth and they would play tennis together for the whole day, practically hogging the court. (via this post)

Now, to the photos!

Carlos and Daniel playing a tennis match in 2013. Daniel won 6-3 2-6 7-6. It's from Daniel's old twitter post.

Daniel and Jannik Sinner in Piatti Tennis Center in 2020. Jannik is an Italian darling and current world number 3 on the steady rise to the top (i love my carrot boy so much).

Daniel on court.

Daniel attending semifinals of Wimbledon 2021.

Daniel with Juan Martín del Potro during Miami 2023 Grand Prix. Del Potro, now retired, was a prominent tennis player from Argentina, a "gentle giant" and he is also a fan of Fernando Alonso.

Daniel with Matteo Berrettini (and Francesco Carrozzini in the middle), Italian tennis player, current world number 142, during Met Gala 2023 (the way i yelled when this photo dropped omg).

It is all I have managed to gather for now but I will update if I stumble upon something new.

#daniel ricciardo #f1 #dr3 #tennis #i have this classification of f1 drivers as tennis players in my head #and despite all the Roger Federer stuff to me #Daniel is Andy Murray... i think I could try and elaborate in this one day ahahaha #mclaren #atp #jannik sinner #matteo berrettini #daniel ricciardo primer #personally i think i can destroy Daniel at tennis GET ME ON THE SAME COURT WITH HIM #diving into the Daniel lore…….

[visenyaism]

10% of my brain power at minimum every day is reserved for playing this on loop in my mind 

#let’s SUE HIM in FEDERAL COURT

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

Sometimes it is so hard to not editorialize when doing archival work. Tragic that I have to stay professional in my entry descriptions and can't add little personal comments like, "heads up: this did not age well" or "wow, this local politician was being SUPER sus in his statements, check it out."

#apparently the courts have info that i was in a restricted area with an illegal snowmobile. I don't know. I can't say. #allegedly I've done all of this. Until I hear otherwise #everythin is alleged. #the article series i'm archiving right now is almost funny with how sketchy a local mayor is being #in which i say things #em's archival adventures #edit: he also stole a portable toilet from a federally-owned shed. i could not make this up if i wanted to.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In October, tens of millions of borrowers will be required to pay their monthly federal student loan bills for the first time since March 2020, the Department of Education clarified Monday.

The pandemic-related pause on both payments and interest accumulation has been set to end later this summer, though the exact date payments would be due was a little fuzzy.

The Biden administration had previously said that the pause would end either 60 days after June 30 or 60 days after the Supreme Court rules on the separate student loan forgiveness program – whichever comes first.

A law passed in early June to address the debt ceiling officially prevented the pandemic-related pause from being extended again. The repayment date has been extended a total of eight times under both the Biden and Trump administrations.

“Student loan interest will resume starting on September 1, 2023, and payments will be due starting in October. We will notify borrowers well before payments restart,” the Department of Education said in a statement sent to CNN Monday.

The update was first reported by Politico.

Borrowers typically receive their bill statements from their loan servicer a few weeks before they are due. Not every borrower’s bill is due at the same time of the month.

The Department of Education has said that it will be in direct communication with borrowers and ramp up its communication with student loan servicers before repayment resumes.

Student loan experts recommend that borrowers reach out to their student loan servicer with any questions about their loans as soon as possible, especially if they are interested in enrolling in an income-driven repayment plan. Those plans, which set payments based on income and family size, can lower monthly payments but require borrowers to submit some paperwork.

Federal student loan borrowers can check the Federal Student Aid website for updates on resuming payments.

SOME BORROWERS COULD BE AT RISK OF DEFAULT

Some borrowers may struggle to resume paying their monthly student loan bills.

More student loan borrowers are currently behind on other kinds of bills than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The report also said that about 1 in 5 student loan borrowers have risk factors that suggest they could struggle when scheduled payments resume, like being delinquent on student loan payments before the pandemic or having multiple student loan servicers.

When payments restart, many people might be confused about how much they owe, when to pay and how. Millions of borrowers will have a different servicer handling their student loans since the last time they made a payment.

Originally, the pause on federal student loan payments was put in place to help borrowers struggling financially due to the pandemic.

From a jobs perspective, the economy has largely recovered from the pandemic-related disruptions. In May, 3.7 million more people were working than in February 2020.

But there are some soft spots. Major layoffs have recently been announced at big companies like Disney and Amazon. Earlier this year, a regional banking crisis was set off by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis. And inflation remains high but is cooling after reaching a 40-year peak last year.

STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS STILL ON THE TABLE

Meanwhile, all eyes are on the Supreme Court as borrowers wait to see if the Biden administration will be allowed to move forward with its student loan forgiveness program. A decision is expected in late June or early July.

Under the proposal, individual borrowers who made less than $125,000 in either 2020 or 2021 and married couples or heads of households who made less than $250,000 a year could see up to $10,000 of their federal student loan debt forgiven.

If a qualifying borrower also received a federal Pell grant while enrolled in college, the individual is eligible for up to $20,000 of debt forgiveness.

But several lawsuits argue that the Biden administration is abusing its power and using the pandemic as a pretext for fulfilling the president’s campaign pledge to cancel student debt.

No debt has been canceled yet. But if the Supreme Court allows the program to take effect, it’s possible the government moves quickly to forgive the debts of 16 million borrowers who the administration already approved for relief.

If the Justices strike down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, it could be possible for the administration to make some modifications to the policy and try again – though that process could take months.

#us politics #news #cnn politics #president joe biden #biden administration #student loan forgiveness #cancel student loans #federal student loans #student debt forgiveness #student loan debt #us supreme court #scotus #2023 #Department of Education #politico #Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

[queersatanic]

The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases (December 2023)

Changes from November include:

Confirmation both Travis County, Texas, lawsuits have not seen any new filings in more than one year.

Ninth Circuit granted TST partial victory in form of an additional opportunity to make defamation claims in federal district court against Johnson et al Defendants.

Full list on The.Satanic.Wiki

Full list on r/TheSatanicCirclejerk

Moreover, we’re still being sued by The Satanic Temple in federal appellate court and now King County Superior Court.

TST is also still suing Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, The Satanic Temple is now suing a TikToker in Texas for talking about our case. Check the pinned post for more.

While it looks bad on its own, compare how things looked just one short year ago for The Satanic Temple and notice how so many of those "ongoing" cases turned out.

When it comes to The Satanic Temple, there's always more and it's always worse.

#the satanic temple #satanic temple #The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases #Travis County #King County #federal court #Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

[palestinegenocide]

Palestinians are taking the Biden administration to court this week

The week, a federal court in Oakland will begin hearing arguments in a lawsuit accusing the Biden administration of failing to prevent a genocide in Gaza. The case could bring U.S. support for the Israeli assault on Gaza to a halt.

[Link]

#free gaza #israel #gaza #gaza strip #israel is a terrorist state #gazaunderattack #free palestine #genocide #palestine #jerusalem #biden #administration #court #federal court #oakland #us politics #icj hearing #news

[saywhat-politics]

(CNN) — A federal appeals court denied Donald Trump’s effort to delay his defamation trial set to begin in two weeks.

In a brief court order issued late last week, a three-member panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, denied Trump’s motion without elaborating.

#donald trump #federal appeals court #e jean carroll #defamation trial