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2023 - 2 - 14

New York Online Hate Speech Law Is Blocked by US Judge (1) (Bloomberg Law)

A federal judge blocked enforcement of New York's new law prohibiting hate speech on social media, ruling the measure violates the Constitution's protection ...

A federal judge blocked enforcement of New York’s new law prohibiting hate speech on social media, ruling the measure violates the Constitution’s protection of free speech. The law requires social-media networks to make it easy for users to report “incidents of hateful conduct” and to respond to complaints explaining how the matter is being handled. New York Online Hate Speech Law Is Blocked by US Judge (1)

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DOJ wants to stop Republicans from choosing the judge who hears ... (Vox)

But the motion, at the very least, will allow the Justice Department to appeal this issue up the judicial chain — and eventually to the Supreme Court, where the ...

[attack on the right to contraception](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/13/23505459/supreme-court-birth-control-contraception-constitution-matthew-kacsmaryk-deanda-becerra) after the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion last June. This regulation was challenged by a bunch of states with Republican leaders, as well as a few energy companies, who claim that it does too much to promote “environmental, social, and governance (‘ESG’) factors in investing” — a [pet issue of Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/leonard-leo-courts-dark-money.html). [Matthew Kacsmaryk’s record](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/17/23512766/supreme-court-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-trump-abortion-immigration-birth-control) reads like he’s the villain in a parable about a puritanical witch-hunter. Walsh](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/15.pdf), is quite a bit afield from the more prurient issues that define much of Kacsmaryk’s career. Realistically, DOJ faces a tough fight ahead if it hopes to rein in the worst judges in the federal judiciary. Given the wide lineup of Republican luminaries challenging this Labor Department rule, in other words, Kacsmaryk’s record suggests that he will strike down the rule, regardless of whether it is lawful, if he holds on to this case. [the Biden administration so many times](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/17/23512766/supreme-court-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-trump-abortion-immigration-birth-control), and appeared so hostile to the very idea that the law sometimes calls for outcomes that right-wing activists do not like, that the Justice Department most likely calculated that it has nothing to lose from antagonizing Kacsmaryk. He attempted to [neutralize the federal ban on LGBTQ discrimination by health providers](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/17/23512766/supreme-court-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-trump-abortion-immigration-birth-control). They [assign virtually all cases filed in Victoria to Tipton](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/11/27/23464741/supreme-court-ice-drew-tipton-texas-united-states-immigration). [Matthew Kacsmaryk](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/17/23512766/supreme-court-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-trump-abortion-immigration-birth-control), [Drew Tipton](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/11/29/23484335/supreme-court-united-states-texas-ice-immigration-drew-tipton-trump), and [Reed O’Connor](https://www.vox.com/2022/1/4/22866839/supreme-court-covid-vaccination-navy-seals-reed-oconnor-religion-military) are probably the best known among them — who have largely behaved as rubber stamps for whatever far-right cause shows up in their courtrooms. [assign 100 percent of all cases filed in Amarillo to Kacsmaryk](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2023/1/25/23568436/trump-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-press-freedom-antitrust-childrens-health-defense-washington-post). The Texas federal courts’ practice of allowing conservative litigants to choose their own judges, the motion argues, “undermines public confidence in the administration of justice.”

'You wanted the money': Judge rebuts jewelry store robber's speech (London Free Press (Blogs))

Too many judges already had heard Troy Wolfe's speech “from the heart.”

So make that decision yourself, do what you have to do. While the sentencing submission was appropriate “this is the least I would have given you,” Thomas said. He has a plan to start a fence and decking business. Thomas ordered he pay $162,500 within five years or face more jail time, similar to the order given to Ireland. Thomas agreed with a joint sentencing submission from assistant Crown attorney Meredith Gardiner and defence lawyer Harlene Bajwa for Wolfe to serve a sentence of seven years. The jewelry wasn’t recovered except for an earring back and a ring. “You’ve been in what I would describe as a cyclical period of recidivism and re-offending. Wolfe, Thomas said, had a criminal record with 29 adult offences, including two prior armed robberies and stints in prison. Judges in this court have heard from you before and … “But you’ve given impassioned speeches to this court before. “I’ve been in and out of this courtroom since I was 12 years old and it’s not a good thing. He wanted his Indigenous background be taken into account before he was sentenced.

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OUT NOW: Judge Dredd Megazine #453 (2000 AD)

Judge Dredd Megazine #453 is OUT NOW! Alongside the latest instalments of 'One-Eyed Jacks', Devlin Waugh, Judge Dredd: Year One, Mega-City Two and Death ...

Skysurfing is one of the most popular pastimes in the twenty-second century metropolis, a sport that requires a great deal of skill and agility. Young Zane Perks is a particularly gifted surfer, and won a place to be in an illegal movie recreating the famous Supersurf 7. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various divisions, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, who has the ability to talk to the dead, and is always accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Judge Dredd Megazine #453 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps!

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Behind the scenes: Dynamiter goal judge Larry Armstrong (Kimberley Bulletin)

Every once in a while it's nice to acknowledge community members who make a difference behind the scenes.

He’s there most days with his coffee klatch, known to some as The Old Grannies. His perch is behind the visitor’s goal, so he gets to watch the Nitros attack for two periods each game. Here’s a little recognition of a long time volunteer at Dynamiters games.

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Judge to Trump: Too late to offer DNA to rebut rape claim (CTV News)

Former U.S. President Donald Trump missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he didn't rape a longtime magazine advice columnist, a federal judge ...

military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-military-finishes-recovering-chinese-balloon-debris-1.6278459) The two-time Finals MVP is recovering from a sprained knee ligament. Hundreds of raucous, roaming parties will flood the streets. While building the show around its AARP-eligible cast two decades after the last movie imposes certain limits, getting the band back together feels like a clear case of giving the loyal audience what it wants. has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon, U.S. diplomats at 'maximum risk' by selling secret information to Russia. A former Canadian sniper has triggered a cross-border battle over press freedom, after providing classified information to an American podcaster. Resources in your community can be found by entering your postal code. Kaplan added: "His conditional invitation to open a door that he kept closed for years threatens to change the nature of a trial for which both parties now have been preparing for years. Trump's application is intended for a dilatory purpose or not, the potential prejudice to Ms. Carroll's lawyers have sought Trump's DNA sample for three years to compare it with stains found on the dress Carroll wore the day she says Trump raped her in an upscale Manhattan department store dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996. Kaplan rejected the 11th-hour offer by Trump's legal team to provide a DNA sample to rebut claims E.

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Judge denies Trump's offer to give DNA in E. Jean Carroll case ... (The Hill)

A federal judge on Wednesday denied former President Trump's “quid pro quo” offer to provide his DNA in a case accusing him of sexual assault, ...

[Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/tag/donald-trump/) [Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/) [E. Carroll also added a new allegation of defamation that occurred after Trump’s time in office. Carroll is obliged to supply the omitted appendix or she is not. Trump is not entitled to the undisclosed appendix. [denied Trump’s request to dismiss the suit](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3812997-judge-rejects-trumps-motion-to-dismiss-e-jean-carroll-sexual-assault-lawsuit/) last month, allowing the case to move forward. Trump is obliged to provide a DNA sample or he is not. Carroll, a longtime columnist for Elle magazine, first sued Trump for defamation for statements he made about the alleged incident, which Carroll’s attorneys argue cast doubt on her credibility and demeaned her appearance. [remains unresolved in the 2nd U.S. Kaplan, who was nominated by former President Clinton to the U.S. Jean Carroll — who accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s — to secure a DNA sample from the former president. Trump vehemently denies the assault, and Carroll wanted to test it against samples from the dress she said she wore that day. Carroll’s attorneys rebuffed the offer.

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Lawrence McKenna, New York Judge in High-Profile Cases, Dies at ... (The New York Times)

He ruled against the Giuliani administration on issues involving homelessness and free speech. He also revoked the citizenship of a Brooklyn man who had ...

Judge McKenna, he added, “gave every defendant his or her due (and then some) and approached every case and every litigant without a hint of bias.” During the 1990s, Judge McKenna presided over a case against corrupt police officers in a Harlem precinct and a trial that cleared the boxing promoter Don King of fraud charges. “He was a Republican — close to a libertarian — but in my dealings with him I never saw a hint of ideology,” Mr. He is also survived by a sister, Catharine, and five grandchildren. Madoff and his wife had to surrender their passports. Lawrence Michael McKenna was born on Nov. Bush in 1990, handed down both decisions against the Giuliani administration in 2001, a year before he retired from active service and received senior status. But the judge found that Mr. McKenna, a federal judge who in presiding over many high-profile cases in Manhattan rejected two of Mayor Rudolph W. City lawyers claimed that the church was operating an illegal shelter. The church had been trying to coax the homeless into treatment programs. Reimer had played a supporting role.

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Trump DNA Offer in Rape Accuser's Battery Suit Rejected by Judge ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump's offer to provide a DNA sample to a New York author who claims he raped her in the 1990s was rejected by a judge.

The DNA offer related to the more recent sexual battery suit she filed against him. The forensic report on the black Donna Karan dress that Carroll stored after the alleged attack shows DNA from an unidentified male, according to her court filings. He added that Trump has frequently sought to delay the case. Trump never in three years asked a court to require its production,” the judge wrote. Trump’s offer to provide his DNA sample made contingent on the court granting his application.” In exchange, he wanted her to turn over pages he says are missing from a forensic report on the dress she says she wore during the alleged attack.

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Judge rejects Trump offer to provide DNA sample in E. Jean Carroll ... (CNBC)

No DNA evidence will be admitted in an upcoming trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses former President Donald Trump of raping and defaming her.

Trump to submit a DNA sample. Trump to submit a DNA sample," Kaplan wrote. Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Trump's offer, which came after years of litigation in E. "Her counsel have had plenty of opportunities in both of the two related cases to move to compel Mr. Trump's DNA." The judge noted that trial in the case, in which Trump is also alleged to have defamed Carroll when he denied her claim, is set to begin in less than three months.

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Judge rejects Trump DNA offer in E Jean Carroll rape defamation case (The Guardian)

Lewis Kaplan says Trump has missed his chance to provide DNA sample to rebut allegations first made by Carroll in 2019 book.

In the UK, [Rape Crisis](https://rapecrisis.org.uk/)offers support on 0808 802 9999. Whether Mr Trump’s application is intended for a dilatory purpose or not, the potential prejudice to Ms Carroll is apparent.” Carroll’s lawyers have sought Trump’s DNA for three years to compare it with stains found on the dress Carroll wore the day she says Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996. [Rainn](https://www.rainn.org/)offers support on 800-656-4673. She has sued him for defamation and under a He said a positive match of Trump’s DNA to that on the dress would prove only that there had been an encounter between Trump and Carroll on a day when she wore the dress, but would not prove or disprove that a rape occurred and might prove entirely inconclusive.

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Judge rejects Trump's late offer to provide DNA in rape accuser ... (Reuters)

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's offer to provide a DNA sample as part of a defamation lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, ...

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