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Kassioun Editorial 1187: Syria, on a Hot Plate and a Historic Opportunity!
Editorials More than ten months have passed since the start of the open “Israeli”/American genocidal aggression against Gaza and Palestine as a whole. After the Americans have brazenly and openly acted against any talk of a ceasefire throughout the first five months, they kept on insisting on continuing the massacre after that, albeit in more oblique and hypocritical ways, which their international isolation has pushed them to do, particularly in this issue.
Kassioun Editorial 1186: Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss
Editorials Our entire region, and the wider world, are living on the verge of a major escalation and many dangerous possibilities. The direct driver of this situation is the American / “Israeli” behavior primarily towards Palestine, and secondarily towards all the region’s files, especially with the clear transition to adopting systematic terrorism policies represented by successive political assassinations.
Kassioun Editorial 1185: The New World Will be Shaped in the East... Including Syria!
Editorials The recent non-paper on Syria that a group of European countries launched, as well as the appointment of an Italian ambassador to Syria after a long hiatus, have sparked a series of reactions. As is usual in the media affiliated with extremists on both Syrian sides, there was almost complete agreement in reading and interpreting these developments, even though this was accompanied by joyous chants on one side, and slapping and wailing on the other side.
Kassioun Editorial 1184: Only 2254 and Nothing Else… In Its Entirety and Now!
Editorials On the outside, things appear to be stagnant in Syria in the political sense. Whether it is talking about the brakes applied against the progress of the Syrian-Turkish settlement, or about the People’s Assembly elections that passed as if they had not happened, or about the West’s formal continuation of its same policies, and other indicators that are relied upon to say that nothing has changed and nothing will change anytime soon.
Kassioun Editorial 1183: Elections, Election Law, and the Political Solution
Editorials Tomorrow, Monday, July 15, new elections will be held for the Syrian People’s Assembly. These elections, like many elections that took place in Syria during the crisis and even before it, receive a modest amount of media attention, not to mention the low popular interest towards them.
John Roberts Decides Voting Rights Already Weak Enough For Him
“HUGE WIN” and “MAJOR VICTORY” blast press releases, Tweets, and instant reaction headlines. The Supreme Court didn’t completely destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act in Allen v. Milligan. Which is good! But what today’s opinion did leave isn’t so much a “Voting Rights Act” as a “John Roberts Act.” And that’s probably not as exciting as the headlines make it seem.
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Another Day, Another Trump Coup Plot Revealed
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) It seems like just yesterday the Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley defended Donald Trump’s sacred right to plot a coup in the White House on the grounds that he never actually managed to get his staff to go through with it.
Turns Out There’s No Voter Fraud In Georgia After All. Surprise!
Following the Democratic sweep at the ballot box in Georgia, Republican officials are racing to tighten election laws to prevent a repeat of the purported massive electoral fraud they claim took place this cycle. At the same time, Trump’s handpicked Peach State fraud buster, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Bobby Christine, is admitting privately to his staff that actually there isn’t any fraud at all.
WTF Is Going On In The Georgia US Attorney’s Office?
Well, it’s 2021, and everything is still on fire. But while we all wait to see if Mike Pence burns down the electoral college before the Proud Boys burn down DC, we ought to spare a moment’s anxiety for the Northern District of Georgia, where the president just fired U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. As first reported by TPM, Pak had planned to leave his post on January 20 when Biden is inaugurated.
Why Trump's election fraud claims aren't showing up in his lawsuits challenging the results
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani alleges election fraud during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo There seems to be a real disconnect between the claims of widespread fraud, a stolen election and illegal voting made by President Donald Trump and his allies and the actual claims formally made by his lawyers in court.
Michigan Secretary Of State Drop Kicks Trump Attempt To Overturn Vote
Missouri lawyer Mark “Thor” Hearne is having quite a week. On November 5, Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens refused to grant an injunction ordering Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to stop counting votes based on hearsay evidence. His appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals was rejected due to one or two minor filing discrepancies.
Trump Campaign Loses Litigation In Georgia And Michigan; Claims Victory In Pennsylvania
Yesterday, we summarized three lawsuits initiated by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, as well as the campaign’s attempt to intervene in the pending U.S. Supreme Court case that concerns the Pennsylvania Supreme Court previously granting a three-day extension for receiving mail-in ballots. Here is a brief update on the legal actions taken by President Trump’s reelection campaign. Trump Takes Loss In Georgia As a reminder, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.
Really The Voter Turnout For The U.S. 2020 Presidential Election Wasn’t *That* Impressive
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which was the first country to implement compulsory voting? Hint: World wide, 22 countries have similar laws. Obviously the U.S., where 65 percent is record breaking, is not on the list. See the answer on the next page.
Trump's Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore – but the Supreme Court probably won't decide the 2020 election Original
The Trump campaign has filed two lawsuits in federal court over ballot counting and voting deadlines in Pennsylvania, threatening to take the election to the Supreme Court. Both consciously echo the two main legal theories of Bush v. Gore, the infamous Supreme Court case that decided the contested 2000 presidential election. But this race is not likely to be decided by the Supreme Court.
Summary Of Donald Trump's Lawsuits In Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, And Supreme Court Motion
Two days after the 2020 Election there is still no announced winner of the presidency. As ballots continue to be counted, the Trump Campaign has become involved in litigation in three states (Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania) and asked to be joined to a pending U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit that concerns mail-in ballots. Trump’s Lawsuit in Michigan Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., and Eric Ostergren v. Jocelyn Benson, in her official capacity as Secretary of State, Case No. 20-000225-MZ.
How state courts - not federal judges - could protect voting rights Original
A jaw-dropping deluge of election-related lawsuits is already working its way through the nation’s courts, but some lawyers are taking a different tack than usual: ignoring federal laws and instead focusing on state constitutions and state laws, as interpreted by state courts. That could be a smart move: The U.S. Constitution gives the states’ primary responsibility for regulating elections, including federal elections. Almost all the voting procedures at issue are matters of state law.
How to Track Your Mail-in Ballot - And Will It Get Back in Time to Be Counted
by Steven Mulroy - Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis October 23, 2020 Many voters who want to participate in the election by mail are concerned about when they’ll receive their ballot – and whether it will get back in time to be counted. The pandemic has caused interest in mail-in voting to surge to record numbers this presidential election. At the same time, recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service have caused slowdowns in mail delivery.
How to track your mail-in ballot Original
Many voters who want to participate in the election by mail are concerned about when they’ll receive their ballot – and whether it will get back in time to be counted. The pandemic has caused interest in mail-in voting to surge to record numbers this presidential election. At the same time, recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service have caused slowdowns in mail delivery.
Kanye West And The Legal Battle Over 14 Seconds
(Photo by Oliver Contreras – Pool/Getty Images) If you thought the legal intrigue over the presidential candidacy of Kanye West reached its apex when it was revealed a Biglaw attorney worked for both his campaign and the Trump reelection campaign, you were mistaken. Though Husch Blackwell attorney Lane Ruhland did her best to get West on the ballot in Wisconsin, there are now legal challenges the campaign must hurdle.
Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others
When Wisconsin voters and officials sought to adapt the state’s spring elections to better observe social distancing guidelines, the U.S. Supreme Court refused. One of the changes state officials had asked for was extra time so voters could cast their ballots by mail. The coronavirus outbreak is set to last for months or even years. What will that mean for the elections – including the presidential one in November – that are on the way?
What US election officials could learn from Australia about boosting voter turnout
Not every country is plagued by rules that limit voters’ participation in elections, as is common in the United States. In the past five years, restrictions on voting and voter registration purges have limited the number of Americans eligible to cast ballots.
Stop Comparing Donald Trump’s Campaign Finance Fraud With John Edwards’s Case
John Edwards (D-Jerkface) (Photo by Gail Oskin/WireImage) I get it. One-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was once accused of campaign finance violations arising from hush payments to a mistress, but was not convicted. That makes people say maybe Donald Trump didn’t commit any crimes for which he can be convicted? That’s a take that makes a person sound “smart” and “lawyerly” and not tempted into hyperbole.
Maine congressional election an important test of ranked-choice voting
In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, an innovative vote-counting system is having its trial run in a federal election. No candidate received a majority of the overall vote. Rather, it was split between four candidates – a Democrat, a Republican and two left-leaning independent candidates who garnered 8 percent of the votes between them. As a result, Maine is using the ranked-choice voting counting process to determine a majority winner.
3 things Jeff Sessions did as attorney general that history should remember
President Donald Trump’s sacking of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has raised concerns among those who wish to see the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller continue unimpeded. Those same people will likely not lament Session’s ouster based on what he accomplished as attorney general. In my view, his tenure as attorney general saw him on the wrong side of most important law enforcement decisions.
Pardon Me! The Dinesh D’Souza Story
Earlier this morning, Donald Trump fired up the Twitter machine to issue another policy pronouncement — non-ironically proving exactly why a judge ruled that he can’t constitutionally block people on Twitter — informing the world that he’d be pardoning convicted criminal and lowest common denominator Dinesh D’Souza.
This Judge Absolutely Unloads On The Government’s ‘Histrionics’
The permanent disenfranchisement of convicted felons is an ongoing assault on democracy that, by and large, takes the racial disparities in the criminal justice system and extends them into the electoral system. In Florida, one of the few remaining states with a permanent ban, more than 1.5 million Floridians can’t vote because of a prior conviction, including 20 percent of voting-age African Americans.
Morning Docket: 01.16.17
* Ogletree slapped with $300 million gender discrimination suit. You’d have thought a labor and employment firm could have avoided this. [The Recorder] * Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Brown doesn’t boast a Twitter presence. But his Toyota Camry has its own Twitter handle. Hmm. I guess he doesn’t buy American. [Texas Lawyer] * It’s Copyright Week 2018, and EFF wants your help in raising awareness about the abuses going on out there. [EFF] * Law360 names the practice groups of the year.
The Supreme Court Will Functionally Decide If You Can Wear Your #MAGA Hat To Vote
If they were intellectually consistent, the people who are constantly crying about “voter fraud” and “voter intimidation” would ALSO be the people most sensitive to electioneering at polling places. Right? If you are worried that there are massive conspiracies to steal American elections, you should want to do everything possible to make sure that when people go to cast their sacred and secret ballot, they are unmolested by outside political forces trying to change or shame their minds.
Morning Docket: 12.01.17
* IRS needs $1.7 million in back taxes? X gon’ give it to you. [Law360] * Trump team decries Kate Steinle verdict as jury finds their preferred political talisman not guilty of murder. [SF Gate] * Judge Pryor thinks court packing is stupid, which probably burned all his bridges with the Heritage Foundation. [National Law Journal] * Pay for in-house counsel is up… women still lag behind. [Corporate Counsel] * Black women in law face discrimination on two fronts.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks Sexism Is To Blame For Presidential Election Results
Do I think so? I have no doubt that it did. There are so many things that might have been decisive. But that was a major, major factor. — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in response to a question posed by journalist Charlie Rose about whether she thought sexism played a role in the results of the 2016 presidential election. Justice Ginsburg gave her opinions on sexism and voting in America during an event at the 92nd St. Y. Staci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011.
Arpaio Pardon Could Encourage More Civil Rights Violations
It’s true, Trump has the legal power to pardon pretty much anyone. But pardoning Arpaio may send the message that state and local officials can aggressively enforce federal immigration law, even if it risks racial profiling and violating the due process rights of citizens and noncitizens. Legal limits on immigration enforcement Arpaio has long been known for his harsh practices like requiring inmates to work on chain gangs and live in outdoor tent cities in the scorching Arizona heat.
Arpaio pardon could encourage more civil rights violations
President Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to enforce immigration laws, on Aug. 25. It’s true, Trump has the legal power to pardon pretty much anyone. But pardoning Arpaio may send the message that state and local officials can aggressively enforce federal immigration law, even if it risks racial profiling and violating the due process rights of citizens and noncitizens.
Trump's revised travel ban still faces legal challenges
President Trump’s new executive order on immigration addresses some of the legal problems found by courts in the Jan. 27 original order, but is still vulnerable on some of the same legal grounds. As a constitutional law professor who has recently written on this topic, I’d contend that Trump’s lawyers are not out of the woods yet. The new executive order still has the original’s 120-day ban on the entry of refugees from all countries. Jettisoned is the indefinite ban on Syrian refugees.
Trump loses appeal, but travel ban fight isn't over yet
Thursday’s appellate court opinion, which denied President Donald Trump’s appeal concerning his immigrant ban executive order, was unsurprising. It cautiously declined to upset the status quo, temporarily continuing to prevent the executive order’s enforcement nationwide. But it also allowed for further briefing and argument.
The best legal arguments against Trump's immigration ban
Is President Trump’s recent executive order on immigrants and refugees legal? The order arguably violates both a federal statute and one or more sections of the Constitution – depending on whether the immigrant is already in the U.S. In the end, opponents’ best hope for undoing the order might rest on the separation of church and state. Trump’s order bars the entry of any refugee for 120 days, and Syrian refugees indefinitely.
A National Popular Vote for President
All voters should be valued equally in presidential elections, no matter where they live. Our current Electoral College system, grounded in state laws which allocate electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, leads presidential candidates to concentrate their resources on voters in a handful of swing states, relegating the vast majority of the country to spectator status.
Maine ballot initiative would let voters rank candidates
In a 1996 “Simpsons” episode, evil aliens Kodos and Kang secretly replace and impersonate Bill Clinton and Bob Dole during that year’s election. When their plot is revealed, an angry crowd of voters vows to vote third party. Kodos scoffs at their empty threat, saying, “What, and throw away your vote?” The voters realize they are beaten. Looking on, ‘90’s third-party candidate Ross Perot punches through his straw hat in frustration.
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