In recognition of more J6 defendants being sentenced today while DJT campaigns for president, SideBar presents Elie Honig on his book "Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It" #2024election #justice #democracy

Legal Talk Network

Justice Bent, Not Broken with Elie Honig - Legal Talk Network

Senior CNN Legal Analyst Elie Honig challenges whether the rule of law is under attack when powerful people square off against judges and juries. A...

I saw a post that asked: why is divestment political but investment is not? And I can’t stop thinking about it.

It isn’t just Trump that uses language pulled right from Adolph Hitler’s playbook. GOP politicians do as well, especially when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community. We need to call it out whenever we hear it. #LGBTQ #dictator #democracy #media

The Colleges of Law

A Pride Month Warning | The Colleges of Law

Recent attacks by politicians on the LGBTQ+ community echo a dark past.

Michelle Goldberg interviews the authors of How Democracies Die about their new book Tyranny of the Minority. It turns out they didn’t anticipate how quickly the GOP would adopt authoritarian rule. Their path out of authoritarian rule—constitutional reform. We are seeing that battle play out at the state level, reforming the federal constitution is much more challenging. Let’s start with something easier - like Senate rules. End the filibuster. No paywall.

Opinion | The Authors of ‘How Democracies Die’ Overestimated the Republicans (Published 2023)

In a new book, they grapple with why Trump turned out to be even worse than they expected.

It’s a sports #journalists saying what political journalists will not. Thanks Jim Trotter. “Legislators used to focus on the greater good and treat compromise as something to be celebrated instead of loathed. Nowadays, however, there must be a winner and loser. Selfishness has replaced selflessness, with the needs of the one outweighing the needs of the many.” #democracy #USpolitics #USpols #media #sports #politics

The Athletic

Trotter: Iowa-Iowa State game more political than usual on a day that defines hypocrisy

Politics have always been a part of sport. So when Republican presidential candidates showed up Saturday in Ames, it wasn't a big surprise.

The architects of the Texas Heartbeat Law (SB8) have now brought a new level of cruelty. Local ordinances that “make it illegal to transport anyone to get an abortion on roads within the city or county limits. The laws allow any private citizen to sue a person or organization they suspect of violating the ordinance.” Notice, once again, that the state is not enforcing the law—private citizens are. #abortion #USpol #USpolitics #law #lawfedi #democracy https://wapo.st/3L6AGWn

In 1991, former Chief Justice Warren Burger called the special interest push to define Second Amendment rights as absolute "a fraud on the American people." SCOTUS has actively participated in that fraud. "If the militia can be well-regulated why can't a 16, 17 or 18 year old?" #guns #shooting #2A #democracy #USpolitics #law #lawfedi #SCOTUS Listen.

It is the 60th anniversary of #MLK’s “I Have a Dream Speech” and it feels like we are farther away from that dream then at the 50th anniversary. @npub1xt3a...n757 places today within historical context and provides a path forward. His book The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the 21st Century is a must-read. #blackmastodon #race #equality #reconstruction

Legal Talk Network

Has America Abandoned the Promise of a Multi-Racial Democracy? with Dr. Peniel Joseph - Legal Talk Network

After 200 years of racial and ethnic struggle, including the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Era, and Black Lives Matter, where are we ...

There is no doubt that Mark Meadows or Georgia will appeal the removal decision and it will likely reach #SCOTUS on the shadow docket. Guess who will review it first--Justice Thomas. As we know--he won't recuse himself nor is he required to do so. He could stall the proceedings pending full Court review. Stephen Vladeck explains the shadow docket on an episode of SideBar. #law #lawfedi #lawyers #judiciary #Georgia #indictment

Legal Talk Network

Is the Supreme Court Amassing Unconstitutional Power? with Stephen Vladeck - Legal Talk Network

Professor Stephen Vladeck, author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Po...

In its report PenAmerica describes “forced outing” bills—laws that require schools to inform parents if a student is presenting differently than the sex assigned at birth. Let’s dive into Alabama’s law. It makes if a Class C felony for school personnel to “withhold information” from a parent about a “minor’s perception that his or her gender or sex is inconsistent with the minor’s sex.” Anyone know what this means? It’s a crime not to. #LGBTQ #trans #education https://legiscan.com/AL/text/SB184/id/2566425

PenAmerica has issued another excellent report on what it calls “educational intimidation bills” that are intended to police teachers and students self-expression, especially around #LGBTQ+ identity. The report does a great job of tying all the attacks on public education together so that the reader can see and understand the cumulative effect. #education #democracy #LGBTQ

PEN America

Educational Intimidation

These bills enable blanket restrictions on books or curricula for all students—and ultimately empower an ideological assault on public education.

Three years later and my blood sill boils when I listen to Trump’s calls to Georgia. And three years later he still sounds desperate and pathetic. And three years later I still cannot believe how many people, especially lawyers(!), who enabled and assisted his delusional efforts to undermine our election. No paywall; you can read through the Georgia timeline & listen to several excerpted calls. #democracy #elections #politics #USpolitics #lawfedi #law #lawyers https://wapo.st/3OxbSIg

This dog makes me smile everyday (and annoys me in equal parts). #dogsofmastodon

He’s right. “Too often it seems to me these days, we tolerate a debasement in our politics that most of us would never tolerate in our personal lives. I submit that this is a disastrous mistake.” #democracy #politics #USpolitics #USpol #elections https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/08/09/what-happened-in-ohio-tuesday-voters-refused-to-be-suckered-and-stood-up-for-themselves/

The last line in this article is “I didn’t think it could happen in America.” It can happen in America and it has happened in America. Newspapers and journalists that wrote favorably about civil rights in the South were harassed and threatened. Police arrest journalist covering protests. If we want to have the America we imagine, we must see the country we are. #democracy #politics #USpolitics #USpol #media #journalist #lawfedi #history https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

udge Linda Hidalgo announced that she will be taking a leave of absence from work to obtain treatment for depression. As someone how has experienced depression, I know how difficult it is to discuss it openly when you are in the midst of an depressive episode. Yet, she did. I hope her statement will encourage others to seek help. #law #lawfedi #lawyer #wellness #wellbeing #depression #lawprofs

ABC13 Houston

Judge Lina Hidalgo announces temporary leave, checks into inpatient care for clinical depression

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she checked into inpatient care for treatment of clinical depression. Commissioner Rodney Ellis will preside ...