The Peace Preservation Law, aimed at rooting out socialists and communists, was promulgated 100 years ago, while a new museum for kanji was opened in Kyoto 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/japan/history/peace-law-womens-week-minobe-kanji-history-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #law #freedomofspeech #feminism #womensrights #ryokichiminobe #ryoichikuroda #kanji #kyoto

More of this please:

The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.

#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share

#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:

Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract

#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.

#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/

A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the #Trump admin to take immediate steps to return a MD man who was deported to #ElSalvador’s #CECOT mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the WH & the courts.

"This was an illegal act," US Federal District Judge Paula Xinis told #DOJ lawyers at a federal court hearing in Greenbelt, MD about the deportation of #KilmarAbregoGarcia, who lived in the US legally & had a work permit.

#law #immigration
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5352448/judge-orders-the-trump-administration-to-return-man-who-was-mistakenly-deported-el-salvador

Texas AG Ken Paxton Won't Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run
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The federal criminal investigation was the most serious legal threat the once-embattled Republican faced. With the probe now over, Paxton is gearing up to likely challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2026.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

"The Executive Order (which is now subject to a temporary restraining order) should be permanently enjoined as a violation of core First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment guarantees, as well as bedrock separation-of-powers principles." -- From the amicus brief

Here it is with the names of the law firms that signed.

https://www.mto.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/63-1-Exhibit-1-Amicus-Brief.pdf

#USPol
#Law
#Resist

Remember when #Trump told people that they’d get tired of winning once he was in office? If you are a Trump Admin lawyer, it surely doesn’t feel that way. Based on the #litigation tracker compiled by #JustSecurity, the admin…has lost in 36 of 56 cases decided so far in the federal district courts & not yet subject to appellate rulings. It has lost in 10 of 15 cases that have been decided at the next level of review, the federal circuit courts of appeals.

#law #felon47
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/has-trumps-legal-strategy-backfired

#NorthCarolina's #Republican majority Court of Appeals sided w/the GOP candidate in a suit contesting last year's State #SupremeCourt #election.

The decision could result in ~64k ballots being thrown out, handing the election to the Republican instead of the Democratic Justice who won.

The case will likely be appealed.

#law #elections #judiciary
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/republican-jefferson-griffin-nc-appeals-court-challenge-ballots/275-01d7066c-9759-47c5-bcae-59a6dba9bb64

“…tucked away in section 6B of #Trump’s day-one #ExecutiveOrder declaring a national emergency at the southern border was this pearl… :

‘Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secy of Defense & the Secy of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report…about the conditions … & any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary…, including whether to invoke the #InsurrectionAct of 1807.’”

#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/will-trump-invoke-the-insurrection-act-1807-southern-border

In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals
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Records show that a fraction of the school’s athletes are complying with a state law requiring them to disclose endorsements. In the wild west of college sports, Illinois’ flagship university says the rules are losing relevance.
https://www.propublica.org/article/university-illinois-nil-basketball-college-sports-ncaa-endorsements-disclosures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

This week's net.wars, "Catoptromancy", goes to the workshop day of We Robot 2025: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/04/catoptromancy/ #NetWars #robots #law #werobot