Lithuania’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the exclusion of same-sex couples from legal partnership violates the country’s constitution.

The decision compels lawmakers to extend civil protections to LGBTQ+ families for the first time - a long-overdue affirmation of dignity and legal equality in one of Europe’s most conservative legal environments #lithuania #freedom #ruleoflaw #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #family #europe #news

"A Telling Judicial Rebuke..."

"Trump's post attacking Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society didn't come out of nowhere.

Here's a list of Trump-appointed judges who have ruled against him (in addition to the US trade court judge)."
-A Blake

#Lawless #Trump #Courts #RuleOfLaw #Tariffs #Fascism #Kleptocracy #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #Idiocracy #Kakistocracy #Resist #June14 #USPol https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/politics/judicial-rebuke-trump-tariffs

"Law & order is vital to a functioning society. If it stands for anything, itcan't exempt the very ppl who're charged with its application."
-B Binion

Jenkins was convicted of engaging in cartoonish levels of #corruption. If the #RuleOfLaw only applies to the little guy, then it isn't worth much.

If the full, unconditional pardon now-Pres #Trump recently gave to disgraced ex-Sheriff Jenkins is any indication, then the madness unfortunately hasn't ended.
#Pardons #USPol https://reason.com/2025/05/27/trumps-pardon-for-former-virginia-sheriff-who-exchanged-badges-for-cash-makes-a-mockery-of-law-and-order/

#politics #trump #courts #resist #resistance #ruleoflaw #chutken #alt #robertmueller #executiveorder #judgeleo

Heather Cox Richardson 5/27/25
Judge Richard Leo Strikes Down Vindictive Executive Order

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers (Guardian, 2025-05-27)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/uk-must-impose-sanctions-on-israel-to-meet-legal-obligations-say-more-than-800-lawyers
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>> The #UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the UN to meet its “fundamental international legal obligations”, more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges, including former supreme court justices, have said…

Link to the letter
https://lawyersletter.uk/

#RuleOfLaw #StopIsrael
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

A federal judge ruled that the Nazi Regime executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it!

#democracy #judiciary #ruleoflaw #judge #law #trump #news

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-strikes-down-trump-order-targeting-law-firm-jenner-block-calling-parts-of-it-a-screed/

"In a globally connected world, if you want to attract MFG to the US, you have to invest in the WF, ENF the #RuleOfLaw w/o prejudice, invest in INFRA & ensure every American can meet their full potential -those measures ALSO need targeted tariff policy to keep other countries honest & to address arbitrage unconnected to their comparative advantage (eg slave labor, lax ENVIR stands).But ONLY using non-targeted tariff policy drives investment overseas..."
-Rep Casten
#Trumpcession #Tariffs #USPol

23 May | #EU Day Against Impunity

An independent judiciary is essential to ensuring that those responsible for the gravest crimes do not escape accountability.

Though not a criminal court, the #CJEU defends judicial independence — essential for accountability across the EU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ0P2sTlWrw

"A provision in the proposed spending bill would restrict the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders. Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored."

#RuleOfLaw #uspol Politics

https://www.justsecurity.org/113529/terrible-idea-contempt-court/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#revenge not #justice not #law not #legal - If #DOJ Can’t Prosecute #Trump #Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says. #Prosecutors have long followed the dictum of speaking only through #court filings, to investigate #crimes, not people. That’s changing as #Trump demands his administration targets #enemies, with little evidence of #criminality This is not #government this is #revenge #enemieslist ##death to #democracy #destruction of #ruleoflaw ##greed #corruption https://archive.is/SLN1j

Thank you Matthew Caruana Galizia & Corinne Vella for meeting me today, for telling me about your mother and sister #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, and for fighting for justice for her and others. We will honour her by standing up for accountability and #RuleofLaw in #Malta and across #Europe.

"Do you know why this matters? Because the right to suspend habeas corpus is in ARTICLE I, the part of the #Constitution which provides powers to CONGRESS.

That Lincoln suspended habeas corpus (& retroactively got Congress to agree) doesn't mean it's a core presidential power."
-A Reichlin-Melnick
#RuleOfLaw #HabeasCorpus #DueProcess #KristiNoem #DHS #Deportations #Immigrants #USPol

#Antisemitism absolutely on rise #Trump buddy #Kanye releasing song “Heil #Hitler,” his co-prez openly campaigns 4 #German #NeoFascism party. Trump accepts luxury #jet [threatens ABC 4 reporting] from govt bankrolling #Hamas all seem to be doing a lot more 2 directly mainstream anti #Jewish sentiment than univ offering #MiddleEastern Studies. #tropes baked in2 campus crackdown efforts. WH thinks #Neonazi rally on campus is just “very fine people on both sides.” https://abovethelaw.com/2025/05/top-law-school-faculty-issue-letter-defending-rule-of-law #ruleoflaw

I find these Lawfare "Trump Trials" updates to be very informative.

This one from today is worth your time.

#USLaw USPolitics #Justice #RuleOfLaw #Lawfare

https://www.youtube.com/live/1SfGA0N5OKs?si=f4F7os8pLXo2lma2