“Arresting people out of a courtroom will lead to a breakdown of civil society. We do not support the presence of ICE where it will lead to intimidation against witnesses and victims of crimes, denying everyone involved the justice they deserve."
The mostly white group of Mississippi lawmakers who backed the law argued that the new court system would quell crime in majority-Black Jackson. Opponents say it is an example of state lawmakers attempting to dilute the power of Black voters.
Victory will have consequences for abortion and voting rights in the state as Democrats become serious about down-ballot races
Trump is locked in to the special master process with Judge Dearie. And it’s pretty clear that the Eleventh Circuit isn’t prepared to jettison all that stuff about the unitary executive for some bloviating nitwit.
The proof is in the pudding, as they say. In this case, the pudding was very distinctly mixed up by Donald Trump with a nice little hand from Mitch McConnell. Thanks to them, the “justice” system in this country has been remarkably politicized.
The shooting of a man who was ‘running while Black’ has prompted calls for racial justice in the US beyond the guilty verdict of his murderers.
Reject the lie...that judges are impartial and the courts are apolitical. Shaping the law of the land is within the grasp of ordinary people, and it’s time for us to close that hand into a fist.
By choice and by law, high court justices in those places work together to render consensus-based decisions.
“In an America...Black people ‘are considered dangerous even when they are in their living rooms eating ice cream, asleep in their beds, playing in the park, standing in the pulpit of their church, birdwatching, exercising in public, or walking..."
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