Assange Legal Team Submits Closing Argument Against Extradition By Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. November 10, 2020 Assange Legal Team Submits Closing Argument Against Extradition2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/assange.png200px200px In submission to magistrates’ court in London, attorneys detail the “politically motivated” case the Trump administration pursued against the WikiLeaks founder. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal team submitted their closing argument to a British magistrates’ court. They argue, “It is politically motivated, it is an abuse of the process of this court, and it is a clear violation of the Anglo-U.S. treaty that governs this extradition.” The closing argument relies on evidence presented by witnesses, who testified […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Remains Stalled In Legal Limbo By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail. October 25, 2020 Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Remains Stalled In Legal Limbo2020-10-252020-10-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/mvp-e1603643034869.jpg200px200px Above photo: WVTF.org. It was a shock to the system. That’s how EQT President and CEO Toby Rice described the impact of the July cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Rice made the allusion during EQT’s third-quarter earnings call Thursday while reporting talks with four or five other unnamed companies to offload some or all of EQT’s Mountain Valley Pipeline capacity. Environmentalists hope Mountain Valley is headed for the same fate as Atlantic Coast and […]
With Evictions Looming, US Cities Seek Legal Help For Renters By Carey L. Biron, News.Trust.org. October 21, 2020 With Evictions Looming, US Cities Seek Legal Help For Renters2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/evict.png200px200px Advocates are looking to New York City, where evictions have fallen by 40% since renters were guaranteed representation in court. Washington – When Shalonda Glascoe fell behind on her rent as she struggled to find a job amid the coronavirus outbreak this spring, her landlord tried to kick her out of her Baltimore home – twice. Eventually, Glascoe, 47, sought free legal help, a decision she says was key in allowing her to […]
A voter places a ballot in an official mail-in ballot drop box outside of the L.A. County Registrar’s office on October 14. The California Republican Party has said it will not comply with a state cease-and-desist order to halt usage of the GOP’s unofficial ballot drop boxes. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images A voter places a ballot in an official mail-in ballot drop box outside of the L.A. County Registrar’s office on October 14. The California Republican Party has said it will not comply with a state cease-and-desist order to halt usage of the GOP’s unofficial […]
By Sajjad Shaukat Pak VT More than 14 months have been passed. But, Indian strict lockdown in the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) continues unabated. Indian cruel actions against the Kashmiris reached climax on August 5, last year when Indian Constitution which claims India to be a secular state was torn into pieces, as Indian extremist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leader of the fanatic ruling party BJP revoked articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution, which gave a special status to the disputed territory […]
According to prosecutors, twins Michael and William Null are a part of a militia group who conspired to overthrow the government, kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and put her on trial for “treason.” But according to a Michigan sheriff, who once shared the stage with one of the twins at an anti-Whitmer rally, they might have only wanted to perform a citizen’s arrest on the Democratic governor, calling the bombshell allegations “just a charge.” “It’s just a charge, and they say a ‘plot to kidnap’ and you got to remember that. Are they trying to kidnap? Because a lot of people […]
Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill. Source link
BRUSSELS (Sputnik), Luc Rivet – George Soros and his allies in the European parliament are currently celebrating a victory at the European Court of Human Rights against Hungary and its Prime Minister Viktor Orban after the ruling that the country’s law that forced its Central European University out of Hungary contradicts the EU law. This is only the latest of attacks on the Eastern European country and its leader mounted by Europe’s various leftist parties and EU institutions in their ongoing crusade against the so-called illiberal states, which is how they describe Christian right-of-centre governments of countries such as Poland and […]
A coalition of human rights groups have filed a criminal complaint against Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons henchmen for their alleged role in two attacks against civilians in 2013 and 2017 that reportedly killed almost 900 people. Researchers for the groups say they’ve collected enough evidence to identify those responsible for the attacks and that it’s time for officials to act. The three groups—the Justice Initiative, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, and the Syrian Archive—filed a complaint with Germany’s public prosecutor accusing senior Syrian officials of using chemical weapons against civilians in a 2013 attack in Ghouta and […]
Facebook and other technology giants have become the subject of controversy, being accused by government bodies of stymieing competition with their acquisition of other companies as well as impacting politics and freedom of expression. Legal representatives of Facebook Inc. have warned that attempting to break-up social media giants like Instagram and WhatsApp would defy established law, cost billions, and harm consumers. Amid rising antitrust legal threats, the lawyers produced a 14-page document, reportedly seen by The Wall Street Journal, which includes a glimpse of the social media giant’s defense. According to the WSJ, the document was formulated based on work it commissioned from legal officers […]
The heads of major Big Tech firms have agreed to testify to a Senate panel later this month, where they’ll address legal liability for online platforms, privacy and “media domination” just days before the US election. The CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook are set to testify to the Senate’s Commerce Committee on October 28. The tech bigwigs will speak to lawmakers virtually during the hearing, which is scheduled only 6 days before Americans head to the polls to elect the next president. While the Commerce Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to authorize subpoenas to force the executives to attend the […]
Binance, Gemini, and Kraken have become the biggest winners since US regulators’ charges against BitMEX on Thursday. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010011080629297-eus-von-der-leyen-will-reportedly-announce-legal-action-against-uk-over-brexit/ Last month, London refused to withdraw the Internal Market Deal, which is changing Brexit rules. The legislation has been widely criticised by European politicians for potentially violating international law. Previously, reports suggested that Brussels plans to start legal action against London amid the Brexit stall. “A second source has confirmed that President Ursula von der Leyen will announce legal action against the UK at 11am CET”, RTE Europe Editor Tony Connelly stated on Twitter. “The decision needed to be approved unanimously by the College of Commissioners”. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump want to pare back longstanding legal protections for Internet platforms. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump want to pare back longstanding legal protections for Internet platforms. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Justice Department has asked Congress to pass legislation holding online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter more accountable for what their users post, in the Trump administration’s latest salvo against social media companies. The proposed changes would reshape Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act […]
Legal Care For All By Kieran Szuchewycz and Katharina Maier, Canadian Dimension. September 17, 2020 Legal Care For All2020-09-172020-09-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/scales_of_justice-e1600352553116.jpg200px200px Above photo: Looking up at a closeup of the statue of Blind Justice on the front of the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. Tim Evanson/Flickr. Why Canada needs a system of universal legal representation. For most Canadians, a legal crisis will often have devastating financial consequences. We understand that needing doctors and medical care is just a part of life. We are happy to distinguish ourselves from our southern neighbours on the grounds that we are a society that ensures a health crisis […]
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MSNBC Legal Analyst, Glenn Kirschner, talks about Trump’s culpability in the growing number of American deaths due to COVID. ATTENTION READERS Due to the nature of independent content, VT cannot guarantee content validity.We ask you to Read Our Content Policy so a clear comprehension of VT’s independent non-censored media is understood and given its proper place in the world of news, opinion and media. All content is owned by author exclusively. Expressed opinions are NOT necessarily the views of VT, other authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners or technicians. Some content may be satirical in nature. All images within are full responsibility of […]
European Commission VP Maros Sefcovic is set to participate in EU-UK crisis talks in London on Thursday after the United Kingdom unveiled a new Internal Market Bill, inviting a backlash for possibly violating international law. The European Union is reportedly considering taking legal action against the UK after the announced plans of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement, The Telegraph reports. The UK government is seeking to rewrite sections of the Northern Ireland Protocol, part of the legally-binding Withdrawal Agreement signed with the EU and designed to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – Clive Stafford-Smith, the first witness called to testify by Julian Assange’s legal team on the second day of the extradition hearing, highlighted on Tuesday the usefulness of Wikileaks’s releases, claiming that the leaked information has allowed him to win legal cases in court. Stafford-Smith, a British-American lawyer running an organization called Reprieve, which deals with cases involving rendition, secret detention, torture and the death penalty, said, for example, that he used the classified files on US drone killings in Pakistan published by Wikileaks to take legal action in court and have them stopped. “An example of the way […]
Labour MP and former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott’s comments came as 77 Extinction Rebellion protesters were charged with aggravated trespass over their blockade of three newspaper print works on Friday. Labour MP Diane Abbott has attacked a crackdown on green protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR), claiming that “direct action” including trespass and vandalism has been legal for over 100 years. In an interview with Sky News’ Sophie Ridge on Sunday programme, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said it would be “ridiculous” for the government to reclassify XR as a criminal group following Friday’s blockade of three printworks […]
Over 100 Protesters, Legal Observers To Sue NYPD Over Violent Arrests By Jake Offenhartz, Gothamist. September 4, 2020 Over 100 Protesters, Legal Observers To Sue NYPD Over Violent Arrests2020-09-042020-09-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nypd-e1599263933685.jpg200px200px Above photo: A legal observer from the National Lawyers Guild is arrested in the Bronx in June. CS Muncy / Gothamist. More than 100 protesters and legal observers trapped by police in the NYPD’s violent ambush of a peaceful march in the Bronx earlier this summer are now planning to sue the city, after Mayor Bill de Blasio declined to discipline any of the officers involved in the mass arrest. At least 107 people have filed […]
Lionel Messi has put to bed the biggest potential transfer saga this summer by committing his future to Barcelona in a statement on Friday, confirming a dramatic u-turn after initially telling the club he wanted to leave. “I wasn’t happy and I wanted to leave,” the player told Goal. “I have not been allowed this in any way and I will stay at the club so as not to get into a legal dispute. The management of the club led by Bartomeu is a disaster.” It had earlier been reported the Argentine icon and Barca’s all-time top scorer would make his decision official as the […]
Discover, one of the largest US credit card issuers, has blocked donations to GiveSendGo, a crowdfunding site where supporters of Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooter Kyle Rittenhouse have raised nearly $400,000 for his legal defense. The financial services company said it terminated payments to GiveSendGo for violating its operating regulations, Forbes reported Thursday. Discover declined to say what regulations the Christian fund-raising site violated, saying it “makes no judgment about customers’ use of their funds” and that as a payment processor, it terminates acceptance only in cases where merchants violate its regulations. Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund had raised more than $398,000 on GiveSendGo, […]
Trevor Noah out here with a full-on afro and some righteous anger and I’m so here for it. pic.twitter.com/XcjmDEQ4ys — Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) August 27, 2020 #TrumpFailed No worries, Trevor Noah & Associates & Sons can defend you. Please call 201-WH-CRIME(201-942-7463) The phone works. I tested it. pic.twitter.com/FkmAYJlAom — Vote Blue All The Way🌊🌊🌊 (@tew_pak) August 29, 2020 Trevor Noah and The Daily Show troll Trump with a full-page newspaper adhttps://t.co/LlwKfvDOdo — The Independent (@Independent) August 28, 2020 VT very strongly stands behind this message VT Editors is a General Posting account managed by Jim W. Dean and Gordon Duff. All […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has implored the current Donald Trump challenger, Joe Biden, to not concede defeat in the election, sparking accusations from the GOP that the party would “steal” the vote. In a clip, released just as the Republican National Convention was about to kick off on Monday evening, Clinton argued that if Trump emerges victorious in the November presidential contest but with a small margin, Biden should refuse to acknowledge the Republican’s victory. Also on rt.com Clinton says she could beat Trump in 2020, would have handled Covid-19 pandemic better Instead, the former VP must brace himself […]
Thousands of A-level students were met with disappointing marks on results day after a new government algorithm was introduced to deal with nationwide homeschooling as education facilities remain shut amid the coronavirus pandemic. Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said on Saturday that he is considering legal action against the government over the A-level results scandal, calling the reduction of students grades the “single biggest act of levelling down this country has ever seen”. “If they think it is fair I’m afraid they are only demonstrating how out of touch they are with young people in some of our more deprived communities who […]
Grant Gulovsen is an Illinois-licensed attorney in private practice. The views expressed are his and are not intended to be legal advice. Last November, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath Tarbert stated that both his agency and the Securities and Exchange Commission were “thinking carefully” about Ethereum 2.0’s new proof-of-stake (PoS) transaction validation model. Nine months later, the SEC has yet to provide any indication about its conclusion on the subject. And, to the extent that so much of the current crypto industry is built on Ethereum, including most of DeFi, this is a problem. Masternodes – servers on a decentralized […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107722/31/1077223173_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_bf837f8dad36af4aad60d103877a3aef.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080058676-lacks-any-legal-status-us-sdf-oil-deal-violates-syrias-sovereignty-iran-says/ The deal between an unnamed American company and the Kurdish militia controlling oil-rich northeastern parts of the Arab Republic was announced on 2 August by US Senator Lindsay Graham despite the armed groups having no authority to strike deals on behalf of the Syrian government. Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Abbas Mousavi denounced the deal between an American company and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces militia group as “illegal” and a violation of Syrian sovereignty. “The signing of an oil deal between the United States and a group of Syrian Kurds runs counter […]
Blockchain infrastructure provider Bison Trails has hired BlockTower Capital’s former compliance director to be its first general counsel. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008031080048130-trump-threatens-legal-action-after-nevada-oks-mail-in-voting/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to take legal action after the state of Nevada said it would mail all voters ballots so they can safely take part in the November presidential election amid the coronavirus pandemic. “In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state. Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court!” Trump said via Twitter. In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor […]
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A judge has issued a temporary restraining order on federal agents deployed in Portland, ruling that they may not arrest, disperse or otherwise use force against reporters and legal observers covering ongoing protests there. US District Court Judge Michael Simon ruled on Thursday that federal police must stop “arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force” on journalists and legal observers not suspected of a crime, following an injunction request from the Portland Mercury newspaper and the ACLU. “Plaintiffs have been covering or observing the protests and they all have documented incidents of violence, threats, or intimidation by federal agents,” Simon said, […]
Blockchain firm GNY has sent a legal notice to Grant Thornton New Zealand over alleged high fees and failures to properly address its claim. Source link
In the aftermath of the Twitter hack, lawmakers are targeting lax cybersecurity, not Bitcoin. Binance is looking to consolidate bitcoin mining in Russia, ConsenSys is being accused of stealing intellectual property and a celebrated comic book artist will be hawking his wares on the Ethereum blockchain. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Mining ConsolidationBinance is looking to consolidate more bitcoin mining hashrate to its pool in Russia and the Central Asia region. The world’s largest crypto exchange […]
A week after the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump is not immune from turning over his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan district attorney, the president’s legal team said in a Thursday hearing they intended to keep fighting the “wildly over-broad subpoena”—an argument slammed by prosecutors as a back-door attempt to create temporary “absolute immunity.” Federal Judge Victor Marrero—who originally presided over the case and denied the president’s efforts to block Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance from subpoenaing eight years of Trump’s tax returns last year—questioned both sides in a Thursday hearing about what has changed since […]
A top Trump campaign adviser recently appeared on the Russian-government funded TV network RT, which U.S. intelligence agencies have said plays a role in the Kremlin’s plans to undermine American democracy. Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis’s appearance on RT’s The Alex Salmond Show aired on July 9. She appears to be the first Trump campaign official to go on the Russian-funded network since the 2016 election. During her interview, Ellis defended Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and bashed the American media as “propagandist activist media.” Ellis also accused Fox News—the cable news network most friendly to the president—of […]
A US appeals court has allowed the Dakota Access oil line to stay in operation while legal wrangling continues over the controversial project, overturning a lower court’s ruling handed down last week to shutter the pipeline. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on Tuesday that Energy Transfer LP – the firm controlling Dakota Access – could keep the 570,000-barrel-per-day pipeline running as it considers a final decision on whether to delay enforcement of the previous court order. Last week, the US District Court for the District of Columbia called on Energy Transfer to halt use of […]
…from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: This is one hell of a police shooting video that turned out well for the cop that almost got his head blown off, but this team made a big mistake in no one yelling to get the second guy down on the ground which left him in an ambush position that he used in attempting to kill one of the officers. The cops had a sizable arrest team due to its cause being a 4th of July shooting. There were three suspects, with the driver off screen until the last few frames getting hand […]
The pro-Trump organization Women for America First has sent a formal request to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio requesting a permit to paint a street mural similar to the Black Lives Matter one he allowed outside Trump Tower. “We have retained counsel should de Blasio continue infringing upon our Constitutional rights,” the organization’s founder Amy Kremer tweeted with the annoucement. BREAKING: @America1stWomen has sent @BilldeBlasio a formal request asking to paint its own mural in NYC. We have retained counsel should de Blasio continue infringing upon our Constitutional rights. Tyranny MUST be stopped. cc: @RonColeman@Yoder_Esqq @KylieJaneKremer pic.twitter.com/HdMX94BGax — Amy […]
Coinbase has hired Paul Grewal, former U.S. magistrate judge and Facebook legal alum, to lead the cryptocurrency exchange giant’s legal team. Source link
Two energy companies behind the controversial 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline slated to run from West Virginia to North Carolina, said they are scrapping the project after it has been on hold for years due to legal challenges. In a joint statement on Sunday, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they pull the plug on the project, which was first announced in 2014 and has faced fierce opposition from landowners and environmental activists, arguing that the 600-mile (970km) pipeline would cause irreparable damage to the land and wildlife. The developers, who argued that the pipeline is a better option environment-wise, since […]
The construction of an Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), to deliver fracked natural gas 600 miles from West Virginia, through Virginia to a North Carolina port, has faced heavy opposition by environmental activist groups since it’s 2014 announcement. Activists also opposed a pipeline tunneling below the famed Appalachian Trail. Two US companies attempting to carry out the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, announced on Sunday that they would abandon the pipeline due to “ongoing delays” brought by legal battles and “increasing cost uncertainty” that “threaten the economic viability of the project”. The two companies cited a recent Montana […]
Amid the recent trend of tell-all books on US President Donald Trump, drawing anger and legal gambits by the president to block publications, his niece, Mary Trump, has struggled to avoid legal obstacles set up by members of the Trump family who are complaining about her upcoming tome. In an attempt to seek a legal path to publish Mary Trump’s forthcoming book “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man”, her lawyers now claim, cited by The Guardian, that reports regarding Trump’s tax affairs show that the non-disclosure agreement that the Trumps are using as […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/latam/202007021079774500-uk-unequivocally-recognises-guaido-as-president-of-venezuela-in-legal-battle-for-gold—reports/ Caracas earlier filed a claim in a London court to force the Bank of England to transfer some $1.13 billion worth of its gold stored there for safekeeping before relations between Venezuela and the West deteriorated two years ago. The UK High Court has unequivocally recognised top Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido as the president of the Latin American state in a case filed against the Bank of England regarding its handling of Caracas’ gold reserves, PA Media reported. Guaido proclaimed himself interim president of Venezuela in January 2019, with the claim receiving […]
Salvatore Palella is often credited as the man who brought electric scooters to Italy. Less known is his attempt to bring ride-sharing to the blockchain. In June 2019, Italian Minister of Transportation Danilo Toninelli granted a decree to allow micro-mobility businesses to operate in cities that decided to participate in an e-scooter trial, at Palella’s urging. That’s the story the serial entrepreneur tells of his startup Helbiz, the “first sharing electric scooter company” in the country. Or at least, the first one partially funded by cryptocurrency. With a fleet of 8,000 scooters in Italy alone, and offices reportedly in New York, […]
The governor of Texas is encouraging people to wear masks in public and stay home if possible, as the number of COVID-19 cases spike in the state. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP The governor of Texas is encouraging people to wear masks in public and stay home if possible, as the number of COVID-19 cases spike in the state. Eric Gay/AP As the number of new coronavirus cases spikes in several states across the U.S., governors, county officials and business owners have been crafting laws and guidelines that mandate the use of face masks to help prevent the […]
For decades, D.C. license plates have bemoaned the district’s lack of representation. There are renewed efforts in Congress to grant D.C. statehood. Owen Byrne/Flickr hide caption toggle caption Owen Byrne/Flickr For decades, D.C. license plates have bemoaned the district’s lack of representation. There are renewed efforts in Congress to grant D.C. statehood. Owen Byrne/Flickr Some residents of Washington D.C. have lived there for years but still cast their votes from elsewhere in the United States. D.C. is home to over 700,000 people, a population greater than Wyoming and Vermont — but unlike citizens in those states, D.C. residents don’t have anyone […]
By Ken Silverstein, award-winning columnist who has covered energy and the environment for more than two decades. Follow him @Ken_Silverstein After Russia, Iran and Qatar, the US has the world’s greatest natural gas reserves. But unlike those other countries, it has trouble building pipelines, threatening its ability to supply domestic and international markets. Americans tend to see issues in black and white: it is industry versus the environment, with little common interest between the two. It’s either you are for us or against us. And this tension is playing itself out in US politics. But the courts are the ultimate arbiters of select disputes. While […]
On Wednesday, the US federal court of appeals ordered District Judge Emmet Sullivan to dismiss the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, as earlier requested by the DOJ. Foreign relations experts have discussed the Flynn case in the light of newly released documents unearthed by the general’s defence team. The ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has apparently brought an end to the years-long legal saga triggered by a January 2017 visit by FBI agents Peter Strzok and Joe Pietka to the White House to interview the general about his phone talks with Russian […]
The Trump Administration announced on Monday it is suspending five classes of work visas, including H-1B visas through the end of 2020 in an effort to open jobs to Americans. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs over the last few months due to the Coronavirus lockdown orders. Trump is working to get Americans back to work by extending the Coronavirus-related immigration ban originally announced in April. Via the Washington Examiner: TRENDING: Crazy Woman Who Banned Her State from Buying Seeds and Punished Barbers Now Wants a Bailout from Trump Trump will extend the 60-day halt he took April 22 toward […]
City Bar Calls For Investigation Following Arrests Of Legal Observers By Tom McParland, Law.com. June 19, 2020 City Bar Calls For Investigation Following Arrests Of Legal Observers2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/national-lawyers-guild-legal-observer-yellow-hat.-photo-by-diego-m.-radzinschi-alm-e1592572403956.jpg200px200px Above photo: National Lawyers Guild legal observer outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington during oral arguments in the consolidated cases Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, on Tuesday, November 11, 2019. In a statement, the City Bar said it was “gravely concerned” by what it called “concerted efforts” in New York, and across the country, to interfere with the work of observers at mass demonstrations protesting systemic racism and police […]
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads throughout Venezuela, the Latin American nation is looking to access gold reserves which are being held by the UK’s central bank. Due to Westminister not recognising the government of Venezuela as legitimate, the country’s legal representatives are looking to justify their claim to its national assets. The Bank of England (BoE) has been accused of “putting lives at risk” after denying a request from Venezuela to release more than £800m from the South American country’s gold reserves currently withheld by the UK. Legal representatives of the Central Bank of Venezuela (CBV) have claimed that the BoE is holding the nation’s […]
Fintech bank Revolut will give its users legal control of their cryptocurrencies on July 27, but the U.K.-based bank is tightening its hold on how they can actually wield it. There is a catch, though: that crypto still cannot leave Revolut’s client ecosystem. Users “can’t transfer cryptocurrency to anyone who is not a Revolut customer,” the updated terms and conditions read, detailing that while users “have complete control” of their crypto, they “will not be able to carry out transactions” themselves. Revolut is also ending crypto card payments, one of the few ways its users could use their crypto outside the […]
South Korea’s central bank is moving ahead with research into digital currencies as it sets up a legal panel to advise on possible regulatory sticking points. Per an article in The Korea Times on Monday, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said the six-person panel, comprised of legal experts in the financial and IT sectors, as well as one specializing in fintech, would provide guidance and advice to the bank as it develops and tests a central bank digital currency (CBDC). “We established the advisory group to discuss legal issues surrounding a CBDC and figure out which laws need to be revised […]
NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers By Jake Offenhartz, Gothamist. June 11, 2020 NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers2020-06-112020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/nlgarrest-e1591842365913.jpg200px200px Above photo: A legal observer from the National Lawyers Guild is arrested in the Bronx on Thursday night. CS Muncy/ Gothamist. “Round Up The Green Hats.” On Thursday evening before curfew, Rex Santus was standing alone on a quiet Mott Haven street corner when he caught the attention of NYPD officers passing in an unmarked minivan. As eight officers surrounded him, the 28-year-old CUNY law student identified himself as a legal observer with the National Lawyers Guild, and explained his intention to […]
As nationwide protests in honor of black victims of police brutality have become accompanied by calls to defund and restructure the police, Harvard professor and researcher Caroline Light tells Sputnik that it’s also important for the US to examine the relationship between its own unethical history and how it justifies violence. “We already have this massive architecture of armed citizenship, which is based so much on implicit biases that disproportionately assume criminality when they see a black or brown face,” Light, who specializes in gender, critical race and ethnic studies, noted to Political Misfits hosts Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas on […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As the world is struggling to get past the coronavirus pandemic, doctors around the globe are working day and night as frontliners against the deadly virus. After all, our doctors, who are dealing with infected patients every day, are the first ones we need to keep safe, don’t we? A couple of doctors of Indian heritage, Nishant Joshi and Meenal Viz, on Thursday began legal proceedings against the British government over allegations of not addressing the safety and precautionary needs of personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare frontliners. The doctors, in their legal case have highlighted that Britain’s […]
Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective Wins Legal Victory By Anya Parampil, The Grayzone. June 6, 2020 Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective Wins Legal Victory2020-06-062020-06-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/venezuelan-embassy-protectors-washington-dc-arrested-trial.jpg200px200px Above photo: Four protectors in a second floor window of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC. Front row: David Paul and Adrienne Pine. Back row: Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. The sentencing of the final four from the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective marked another defeat for Juan Guaidó and his DC-based coup administration. Prior to handing it down, however, an Obama-appointed judge delivered an unhinged law-and-order tirade denigrating the defendants. On the morning of June 3, four U.S. citizens […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox every Sunday. Kate and William launch magazine legal action Kate Middleton and Prince William are taking legal action against Tatler magazine, which is a fixture in the homes of British landowners, after it published an article which claimed that Kate blamed Meghan for ruining her family’s life by deserting the royal firm, the Mail on Sunday reports. Source link
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning. The New York City Mayor is asking President Trump for $7 billion to bail out his city following years of failed far left policy and the recent coronavirus pandemic. During the discussion Maria Bartiromo asked Comrade de Blasio about New York City’s illegal sanctuary city policies. De Blasio argued his sanctuary city policies are “Constitutional.”Wow. TRENDING: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Calls American Soldiers ‘Bitches’ Who Are ‘Killing Innocent Children Abroad’ (VIDEO) Mayor de Blasio: We follow the rule of law in this city and we […]
In September 2018, the Crown Prosecution Service charged two Russian men over the incident, although charges relating to the poisoning of Sturgess and her partner Charlie Rowley were conspicuously absent. The family of Dawn Sturgess, who died in July 2018 after allegedly coming into contact with novichok, has won the first stage of a legal challenge against a coroner’s decision to limit the scope of her inquest. David Ridley, senior coroner for Wiltshire, originally moved to delay an inquest into Sturgess’ ever-puzzling death indefinitely at the end of 2019, although due to legal pressure was forced to convene an official probe, albeit with a […]
Europe 06:55 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL LONDON (Sputnik) – By threatening to proceed with legal action against London over an alleged violation of the EU’s freedom of movement rules, Brussels is trying to penalise it for Brexit, Freddy Vachha, the general secretary of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), told Sputnik. “I am sure they have got lots of things to argue with and the European Court of Justice will be involved and they will try to impose financial penalties on us. The main political point though is that they have got used to us giving in and crumbling. We have had […]
Gary Waters/Fanatic Studio/Getty Images Gary Waters/Fanatic Studio/Getty Images This year started off busy for Daphne and Alex. After almost five years together, they got married. Daphne was training for a new job at a local theater in Colorado. Alex was juggling gigs as a motion-graphic freelancer and a barista. When the coronavirus hit, they found themselves among the millions suddenly jobless. But for them, that came with an unexpected anxiety: Is it safe to apply for unemployment? “We were just wondering for a long time … how is it going to affect the green card application?” Alex said. “Immigration-wise I just […]
President Trump has not approved FEMA funding for legal help for Americans affected by the coronavirus. So-called Disaster Legal Services are usually available to survivors of disasters. Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images President Trump has not approved FEMA funding for legal help for Americans affected by the coronavirus. So-called Disaster Legal Services are usually available to survivors of disasters. Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images Unprecedented job losses and furloughs have pushed millions of Americans to the brink of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the White House have failed to fund a […]
Europe 16:58 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki praised the ruling by Germany’s Constitutional Court on the EU’s mass-bond buying scheme, which he called “one of the most important rulings in the history of the European Union”. Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc may take legal action against Germany after the country’s highest court came with harsh criticism against the European Union’s top court. The row may strengthen Eurosceptic sentiments, especially in eastern member states, which have previously accused of the bloc of interfering in their internal affairs. “The Commission is now […]
Roy “Captain Roy D” Davis has devoted much of the last three years to the QAnon conspiracy theory, writing books pitching the concept to new fans and getting his car repainted with an enormous “Q” on the hood. Through it all, he’s been utterly convinced that former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn—a central figure to much of the Q community—was the victim of an anti-Trump cabal orchestrated by the leaders of the deep state. He corresponded with other Flynn supporters following his legal case, and donated proceeds from one of his books to Flynn’s legal fund. So when Davis saw […]
After mentioning that he had just seen former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s memos to Robert Mueller, providing direction in his sham special counsel investigation, Senator Lindsey Graham and Sean Hannity dropped some major news on Wednesday night. At the 2:30 mark in the interview with Hannity below, Senator Lindsey Graham says the following: Well the legal foundation to justify Mueller’s appointment, in my view, does not exist. That’s why this memo is so important. They name four people. Rosenstein tells Mueller to look at four people. August the 2nd, 2017, Carter Page is one of the four. You just said […]
The Libra Association has named HSBC Chief Legal Officer Stuart Levey as its first chief executive. The Facebook-created consortium announced Wednesday that Levey would be joining “later this summer” and will be overseeing its efforts to “combine technology innovation with a robust compliance and regulatory framework.” He has been at HSBC since 2012. He oversaw sanctions enforcement through the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control and anti-money laundering regulations through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), according to a press release. Levey had already taken on the HSBC role by the time the bank was fined nearly $2 billion by the […]