Legal analysis
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The appellate decision affirming E. Jean Carroll’s first jury verdict against Donald Trump is a 77-page foray into rules of evidence. You might be tempted to put it aside. Don’t lo...
JUST RELEASED: L4P and partners submit legal analysis to the ICC establishing that the Israeli War Cabinet is committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaz...
1. A day after pondering Jack Smith's Answering Brief filed in the DC Cir, something occurred to me. He finishes by making clear that the current charges in DC do not include elem...
Okay, even though I don't get paid for this, let's go... we will start with the overall premise of your article: That Israel isn't Apartheid South Africa. You are correct. That is...
Highlights thread! Judge (appointed by Obama) does a recap of major 2A caselaw, starting with the Dred Scott Dicta. Also correctly described Cruikshank, which a lot of people get...
Renee DiResta and Alex Stamos file amicus in favor of the government censorship https://t.co/FGrGOYAy9A
I am a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, worked on two Supreme Court confirmations, and clerked for two federal appellate judges. The indictment and case against President Trump is...
1. Kadaria Ahmed commented on section 134, but did not mention section 299: "The provisions of this Constitution shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as if it were o...
Time for a longish thread 🧵 around the main points in my @opinion column today, and more generally around what I found out from reading 173 pages of the Indian Supreme Court-appoin...
1 of 24/ Body Language Analysis No. 4682: Donald Trump arraignment — Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS) #BodyLanguageExpert #DonaldTrump #TrumpArraignment https:...
For all the excitement over Trump indictments, I highly doubt there will be a conviction, much less jail time. I'm not a lawyer, but here's issues that real lawyers have brought up...
🚨THREAD: Lake v. Hobbs filed at the AZ Supreme Court. This will be the analysis and breakdown of the filing. Please see here for document: https://t.co/Qqw59XSK1a https://t.co/fgFU...
@AbdulMahmud01 A succinct and magisterial summary of the facts and the majority opinion. 2 things are missing, though. First, a summary of the reasoning of the dissentient duo, Jau...
What's being called a "criminal referral" by the Jan 6 committee carries just as much legal weight as a letter written in magic marker by Bozo the Clown. Has no basis at all in any...
It's like the prosecutors created this defense for the Trump Org. The prosecutors got Weisselberg to plead guilty for doing it on his own & set the entire strategy for exonerating...
Everyone on here is like the Justice Dept. should charge Trump. But they don't say with what. So we made a list. Buckle up, this is gonna be a long one 🧵
This fallacious argument is widespread, particularly in the Global South, and thus requires a response, esp. as Ukraine contemplates military deoccupation of Crimea. As a strictly...
This special master opinion is so bad it’s hard to know where to begin: 1. She says Biden hasn’t weighed in on whether docs protected by Exec Privilege. Nonsense. The archives lett...
I have read Trump’s legal team’s supplemental filing and I am thoroughly confused. They say a magistrate judge can’t provide injunctive relief. That may be the case - I’m not an...
#StoryAlert 🚨 Chief Justice of India N V Ramana retires on Aug 26, leaving behind almost all cases of national & constitutional importance unheard. I make a case-by-case analysis...
Apart from being revolting and inhumane this Amnesty International analysis in certain instances is legally incorrect. A legal thread: https://t.co/x4L78TxSJf
1. Indian Judiciary, Islamic Law and Hindu Society – A History of Victim-Shaming #NupurSharma quoted from Islamic scriptures. Indian courts blamed her instead of scriptures or tho...
Let me add to this tweet by my friend @nav_journo . I too took the trouble to read the entire SC judgement. What is glaring is that the allegations are all refuted by hard inaliena...
@RLHeppner (1) would be politically fascinating because what would you say? On (2)--I mean, yeah, the critical flaw of this line of reasoning is that it's spuriously imputing an in...
