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Judge Emil Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer who Trump then appointed to the federal bench, has been hit with an ethics complaint for attending Trump's Pennsylvania rally last night. "It should have been obvious to Judge Bove, either at the start of the rally or fairly close to it, that this was a highly charged, highly political event that no federal judge should have been within shouting distance of." law360.com/pulse/daily-li…

Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says." “No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.” - Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal

#BREAKING: Psaki: "ProPublica published quite a scoop about Trump DHS Secretary @Sec_Noem...that in any other era, would be a career-ending scandal...she has directed more than $200 million taxpayer dollars into tv ads to promote her work at DHS...since March, we've known that DHS skipped the normal competitive bidding process when giving out the contracts to make and air these ads...it turns out that a majority of that no bid contract money--$143 million taxpayer dollars went to this mysterious llc in Delaware, an llc that was created JUST DAYS before it got that no bid contract."🙄

New updates to our Presumption of Regularity study. 1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases 2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases 3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases 1/2

@kylegriffin1 I promise you this is the bigger story and will not get the attention this 'drama' about James does:

JUST IN: Blistering ruling by Judge Ho on ICE arrests in immigration court. He says the Trump administration has turned attendance at immigration court proceedings into a game of "detention roulette" that violates due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

.@SpeakerJohnson is making false claims about my discharge petition that seeks to force a House vote on full release of the Epstein files. Let's set the record straight with this thread...🧵

This statement on Epstein files by Speaker Johnson is jaw-droppingly false. He could support expeditious subpoenas He could facilitate vote on @RepThomasMassie bill He could allow vote to proceed on resolution of inquiry HR Res 589 has real transparency: rules.house.gov/bill/119/h-res…

NEW: A second whistleblower and former DOJ attorney has produced evidence that backs up allegations that Trump's judicial nominee Emil Bove told DOJ attorneys to defy court orders, mislead judges + withhold info from judges, says whistleblower group. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ta…

🤣🤣🤣 WATCH a super frustrated Powell live fact-check Trump’s epic “gotcha” fail when he reveals a FAKE inflated estimate for the cost of Fed renovations:

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[2/2] Under #InternationalLaw, a potential U.S.-#Ukraine minerals treaty could be invalid if secured under threat, including political or economic coercion or use of force, write Jeremy Pizzi and @Maks_Vishchyk justsecurity.org/110312/trump-u…

[1/2] Under #InternationalLaw, a potential U.S.-#Ukraine minerals treaty could be invalid if secured under threat, including political or economic coercion or use of force, write Jeremy Pizzi and @Maks_Vishchyk

Vanishing Accountability? The Need to Preserve U.S. Federal Financial Transparency By Amy Edwards Holmes justsecurity.org/109861/us-retr…

UN Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers, @SRjudgeslawyers, joins #ASILAM panel on “Upholding the Rule of Law in Crisis” at 10:30am ET this morning. Read her recent article on the need for solidarity amidst crisis in Belarus: justsecurity.org/107571/solidar…

Today's news: -Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt over deportation flights -Third official suspended in DOD leak probe -WHO agrees draft "pandemic treaty" -State Dept closes hub for fighting foreign disinformation 👇 justsecurity.org/110508/early-e…

Just Security Editorial Board member E. Tendayi Achiume will deliver the 27th Annual Grotius Lecture on International Law in conversation with ACLU HRP director @jdakwar. “Traditions and Transitions: For Whom is International Law?” at 5pm ET at #ASILAM

✔ “Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine” by Kelly justsecurity.org/105451/trumps-… ✔ “National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond” by Koh justsecurity.org/106146/nationa… ✔“Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine” by Starosvit justsecurity.org/author/starosv…

3:30pmET at #ASILAM: “Impact of Trump’s Election on the War of Ukraine” featuring @Megdeguzmanprof, Michael Kelly, @haroldhongjukoh, and Svitlana Starosvit. Pre-panel must reads ⬇️