Ford government has introduced a bill that would allow #CivilForfeiture in #Ontario. https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-10#BK10

Civil Forfeiture allows the police to steal your property and force you to prove that you didn't commit a crime. It is an affront to #DueProcess of law.

#Canada: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada wrote to the #Premier of #Ontario, Doug Ford, today to express concern about his recent public comments in response to a court decision with which he disagreed. "These remarks risk undermining the independence of the judiciary—a cornerstone of a democratic society governed by the rule of law," LRWC wrote. | See the full LRWC letter at: https://www.lrwc.org/ontario-canada-independent-judiciary/ #RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #law #lawfedi

“Seventeen states are suing President Trump’s administration for withholding billions of dollars in funding for the build-out of electric vehicle chargers”

More of this please!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-07/states-sue-over-trump-blocking-billions-of-dollars-for-electric-vehicle-charging

https://www.europesays.com/2058246/ 29 women killed by men, 14 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in April: report #akp #democracy #erdogan #HumanRights #IstanbulConvention #Justice #law #oppression #RuleOfLaw #ŞabanYaztırmak #SerdarHarmancı #SevilayYaztırmak #TheWeWillStopFemicidePlatform #Turkey #TurkeyWomensRights #turkiye #ZelihaÇinibulak

This week, North Carolina votes counted. Voter suppression didn’t work. The federal court decision is solid & unlikely to be reversed on appeal. The League brought this case to stand up for voters unfairly targeted after following the rules. We celebrate #Democracy #RuleOfLaw

Interview: Democratic Governor Tony Evers on the administration's threat to arrest Wisconsin officials over defying its mass deportation agenda.

What we’re seeing is "an absolute degradation of the rule of law," says fmr DoJ officer Lisa Graves.

There's a broader attack on "governors who dare to speak up,"

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/5/tom_homan_wisconsin_constitution

#ruleoflaw #trump #usconstitution #uspol #wisconsin #intimidation .

The reich-wing administration has criticized #Germany's decision to ban #afd the far-right party, after a deep review of their activities.

According to columnist Heather Cox Richardson, Germany's Foreign Office responded thusly:

This is #democracy. The decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our #Constitution & the #ruleoflaw. It is independent #courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that #rightwing #extremism needs to be stopped.

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Our Founders believed in freedom of #speech, but were alert to the threat of #populism. Some of their attempts to mitigate that threat through representation government worked out reasonably well — separation of powers, the House of Representatives — while others — the Senate, the Electoral College — developed largely as sops to smaller states or slave states, have not.

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Jennifer Rubin: Putting tRump’s threats in writing doesn’t make them #law: A judge demolishes Trump’s assault on law firms

#TheContrarian #BerylHowell #PerkinsCoieLLP #Harvard #trump #executiveorder #ruleoflaw #university #education
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/putting-trumps-threats-in-writing

Jennifer Rubin at The Contrarian explains how Judge Beryl Howell (DC Circuit) threw the book at the Trump regime in her summary judgment overturning the EO against the law firm Perkins Coie.

Rubin also chides the media for failing to point out consistently that EO’s are NOT laws and that most of Trump’s weird pronouncements will turn out to be just so much hot air.

#EO #RuleofLaw #lawfirms #lawfare #PerkinsCoie #BerylHowell #Contrarian #JenniferRubin

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/putting-trumps-threats-in-writing

Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump & Musk for a General Strike?
YES

“Nothing, nothing, NOTHING can move w/o our labor, & it’s time to exercise our power in a united working class.

“We need to get ready for a #GeneralStrike."
-S Nelson

"The US hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this admin is fueling multiple movements toward that goal."

#Tariffs, #RuleOfLaw #DueProcess #SeparationOfPowers #Courts #Deportations #USPol https://newrepublic.com/article/193370/general-strike-trump-musk-sara-nelson-labor-unions

Interview: Democratic Governor Tony Evers on the administration's threat to arrest Wisconsin officials over defying its mass deportation agenda.

What we’re seeing is "an absolute degradation of the rule of law," says fmr DoJ officer Lisa Graves.

There's a broader attack on "governors who dare to speak up,"

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/5/tom_homan_wisconsin_constitution

#ruleoflaw #trump #usconstitution #uspol #wisconsin #intimidation .

https://www.europesays.com/uk/74932/ Who is George Simion, the far-right winner of Romania’s presidential election first round? – POLITICO #CălinGeorgescu #CrinAntonescu #Democracy #DonaldTrump #Elections #ElenaLasconi #EU #Europe #GeorgeSimion #GiorgiaMeloni #History #Mayors #Military #Moldova #NicusorDan #Parliament #Policy #Romania #RomanianElection2025 #RomanianPolitics #RuleOfLaw #Security #Ukraine

"Trumpland"

"The corporate coup d'état... began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.

"Fascism is birthed by a bankrupt liberalism that has surrendered its traditional role in a capitalist democracy.

"It no longer ameliorates the worst excesses... by instituting incremental & piecemeal reforms.

"It scolds & moralizes the disenfranchised workers it betrayed."

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumpland

#trump #uspol #resistfascism #freespeech #ruleoflaw #liberalism #capitalism .

ICYMI - After just 100 days, we, as a nation, and as a community, are economically poorer, academically poorer, culturally poorer, less free and deeply worried about the next 100 days and beyond'

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-100-days-of-trump-corruption-and-malfeasance-that-will-stand-out-for-100-years/

ICYMI - After just 100 days, we, as a nation, and as a community, are economically poorer, academically poorer, culturally poorer, less free and deeply worried about the next 100 days and beyond'

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-100-days-of-trump-corruption-and-malfeasance-that-will-stand-out-for-100-years/

Analysis: "Trumpland"

"The corporate coup d'état... began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.

"Fascism is birthed by a bankrupt liberalism that has surrendered its traditional role in a capitalist democracy.

"It no longer ameliorates the worst excesses... by instituting incremental & piecemeal reforms.

"It scolds & moralizes the disenfranchised workers it betrayed."

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumpland

#trump #uspol #resistfascism #freespeech #ruleoflaw #liberalism #capitalism .

Analysis: "Trumpland"

"The corporate coup d'état... began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.

"Fascism is birthed by a bankrupt liberalism that has surrendered its traditional role in a capitalist democracy.

"It no longer ameliorates the worst excesses... by instituting incremental & piecemeal reforms.

"It scolds & moralizes the disenfranchised workers it betrayed."

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumpland

#trump #uspol #resistfascism #freespeech #ruleoflaw #liberalism #capitalism .

Analysis: "Trumpland"

"The corporate coup d'état and collapse of American democracy began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.

"The Christian fascists & oligarchs... are making war on verifiable fact, the rule of law & the transparency & accountability that is only possible with a free press, the right to dissent, a vibrant culture & a separation of powers, including an independent judiciary."

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumpland

#trump #uspol #resistfascism #freespeech #ruleoflaw .