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Utah judiciary issues rare statement addressing threats against judge in redistricting case www.newsfromthestates.com/article/utah.... Our democracy cannot survive if judges and elected officials fear violence.
Utah judiciary issues rare statement addressing threats against judge in redistricting case
In a rare move Monday, the Utah Judiciary issued a statement addressing threats 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson has received in the days since she issued a ruling in the state’s court-ordered redistr
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November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Editorial: What Justice Amy One may disagree with some of her views but Justice Coney Barrett’s words on disagreement can teach us www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/e...
Editorial: What Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s words on disagreement can teach us
We need to normalize it being OK to disagree with people on politics without hating each other again.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Pro bono work is important for the legal profession but this seems like a shake down. These firms will do a very professional job but is this our highest need for a pro bono lawyer betterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/law-firms-free-work-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-
Two Big Law Firms Said to Be Doing Free Work for Trump Administration
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August 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Our nation needs to protect our children. We have a constitutional right to travel but not at 100 miles per hour on a residential street. Reasonable restrictions on guns are no different. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds (Gift Article)
Researchers looked at firearm fatalities in the 13 years immediately after the Supreme Court limited local governments’ ability to restrict gun ownership.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Why was this "necessary?" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
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May 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is such a preventable constitutional crisis & the unmistakable message to all is ignore the court orders. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won’t (Gift Article)
Trump’s comments undermined previous statements by his top aides and were a blunt sign of his administration’s intention to double down and defy the courts.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This makes no sense. NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti....
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you wonder what happened to our country in the 1950s when blacklisting "communists and their sympathizers" was far too prevalent what is happening to major law firms and how they react is a potent reminder that fear & intimidation will undermine democracy. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Two more law firms targeted by Trump sue to block punishing executive orders
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are now the second and third firms to fight Trump in court.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is a well written and insightful part of Hennepin County's justice system. There is a place like this in every urban court in the country. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
How the most important courtroom in Minneapolis churns through an endless stream of violent crime
Courtroom 141 in the Public Safety Facility is a setting of emotional wreckage and bureaucratic ballet, as tensions over conditional release simmer daily.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you want to attack a judge's rulings appeal, express your bewiderment at the judge's ruling but leave the judge's family out of the debate. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jud...
Judges who rule against Trump face an onslaught of attacks against their families from right-wing media
Some in right-wing media resorted to attacking the families of judges overseeing the legal cases brought against President Donald Trump in 2023 and 2024. As the second Trump administration faces a new...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
To President Trump's credit he mostly said this is what he would do if returned to the Presidency. Yet, surely decent people should understand that actions like this will kill people. You can read this article from the New York Times for free. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Three major law firms have been attacked. Although it is hard to be sympathetic about lawyers this is conduct that cannot be tolerated. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting New Law Firm, Jenner & Block (Gift Article)
An executive order underscored the extent to which the president, who faced four indictments after he left office, aims to exact a price from anyone associated with past investigations of him.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o... Take the time to read this commentary. Then ask yourself is it right to alienate so many people.
Opinion | It Isn’t Just Trump. America’s Whole Reputation Is Shot. (Gift Article)
What happens when a superpower goes rogue.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
From this former Kansas appellate judge, an open letter to U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran kansasreflector.com/2025/03/12/f...
From this former Kansas appellate judge, an open letter to U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran • Kansas Reflector
We’ve always agreed on big-picture things: The United States should be the leader of the free world, and it should keep its word.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A very thoughtful commentary. Judges live in glass courthouses. We therefore need to protect the First Amendment www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...
Should federal judges be disciplined for criticizing the Supreme Court? | Strictly Legal
This is a weekly column for The Cincinnati Enquirer.
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December 24, 2024 at 9:29 PM
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... There are many reasons to pause when reading this not the least is debate within the judiciary is healthy. And if the commentary was inappropriate what about Justice Alto flying the flag?
Judge's criticism of US Supreme Court's Alito over flags is deemed improper
A federal judge violated judicial ethics rules by publishing an essay in the New York Times criticizing conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for allowing provocative flags including an upside-down American flag to fly outside his houses, according to an order made public on Tuesday.
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December 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
This is a very interesting read: Macalester scholar: Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/18/m...
Macalester scholar: Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates • Minnesota Reformer
The collective pain of a high child mortality rate was eradicated not by time, but by effort.
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December 18, 2024 at 4:57 PM