“Today, Pregnancy Justice, an organization dedicated to defending pregnant people’s rights, released its latest report, Pregnancy as a Crime: A Preliminary Report on the First Year After Dobbs. The report documents that in the first year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, at least 210 pregnant people faced criminal charges for conduct associated with pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth. The report… Continue Reading
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Why are Red State Citizens Poorer, Less Educated & Sicker than Blue State Citizens?
Hartmann Report – “Republicans worship cheap labor — and having a steady and reliable supply of cheap labor requires widespread poverty… We must not confuse statistical probability with some transcendental and utterly compelling force. — Unspiek, Baron Bodissey One of the enduring mysteries of America is why the citizens of Red states are generally poorer,… Continue Reading
Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities
Ars Technica: “Public records systems that courts and governments rely on to manage voter registrations and legal filings have been riddled with vulnerabilities that made it possible for attackers to falsify registration databases and add, delete, or modify official documents. Over the past year, software developer turned security researcher Jason Parker has found and reported… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court Needs a Mandatory and Enforceable Code of Ethics
“The City Bar, through its Rule of Law Task Force, Federal Courts Committee, Professional Responsibility Committee, and Professional Ethics Committee, asserts that Congress has the Constitutional authority to enact binding and enforceable ethics rules for the U.S. Supreme Court, and endorses the creation of a Judicial Investigation Panel and an Office of the Inspector General… Continue Reading
Trump’s crimes, Supreme Court’s culpability
Follow-up to previous posting – Judge Chutkin unsealed Jack Smith’s redacted immunity brief v Trump see The Cornerstone of Democracy, Essentials, October 2, 2024: A compendium of the best reporting and commentary surrounding the pivotal 2024 elections in the United States….What you will find are links, with brief commentary, to work that I believe advances the… Continue Reading
Judge Chutkin unsealed Jack Smith’s redacted immunity brief v Trump
Via Court Listener – 165 pages – IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP, Defendant. CRIMINAL NO. 23-cr-257 (TSC) GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR IMMUNITY DETERMINATIONS. The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election… Continue Reading
The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes
GovInfo – RSS Feeds for Searches, Browse Pages Updates, and New Mobile Buttons – The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes. Highlights were functionality to create RSS feeds based on search criteria, design improvements for mobile button display, browse updates that include migrating the Public and Private Laws collection to the… Continue Reading
Wyden Introduces Sweeping Court Reforms to Restore Public Trust as Supreme Court Faces Legitimacy Crisis
“Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the introduction of new legislation to restore balance among the three branches of government, increase transparency to improve public trust in America’s courts, and modernize the courts to ensure greater access to justice for more Americans. In the wake of recent rulings upending decades of precedent and evidence of… Continue Reading
Grocery chains are bigger than ever. See who runs the stores near you.
Washington Post: “Tom Thumb in Plano, Texas. Star Market in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Pavilions in Newport Beach, California. Jewel-Osco in Glenview, Illinois. What do these regional grocery chains have in common? They’re all owned by Albertsons, the Boise, Idaho-based company with more than 2,200 locations under about two dozen banners. Over the past three decades, the… Continue Reading
U.S. Court Orders LibGen to Pay $30m to Publishers, Issues Broad Injunction
TorrentFreak: “Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon granted the default judgment without any changes. The anonymous LibGen defendants are responsible for willful copyright infringement and their activities should be stopped. “Plaintiffs have been irreparably harmed as a result of Defendants’ unlawful conduct and will continue to be irreparably harmed should Defendants be allowed to… Continue Reading
GM’s ‘crappy’ privacy statement is getting some changes after backlash and a lawsuit
Quartz: “…The Detroit automaker has been accused of failing to adequately disclose its relationship with a number of data brokers, including LexisNexis (RELX-0.33%) and Verisk according to a lawsuit filed last month by Texas officials. Data collected by GM vehicles, often through the company’s OnStar Smart Driver feature, was then shared by the brokers with… Continue Reading
Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
The Verge: “You should never voluntarily hand your phone to a police officer. It’s going to become increasingly tempting for the cops to ask and for you to comply, especially as more and more states adopt digital ID systems that allow driver’s licenses and state IDs to be added to Apple Wallet on iOS and… Continue Reading
