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#RuleofLaw

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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2253361/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2253361/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> You’re on your own – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUBudget</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU27" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU27</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GergelyKaracsony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GergelyKaracsony</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LivingCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LivingCities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mayors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mayors</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parliament</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PiotrSerafin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PiotrSerafin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Regions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regions</span></a>/Cohesion <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UrsulaVonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaVonDerLeyen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ViktorOrb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViktorOrbán</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2253177/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2253177/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> There Remains a Way to Make Russia Pay for its Crimes <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2250573/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2250573/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> New rule of law conditions proposed for next EU budget could hit Hungary <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hungary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>New rule of law conditions proposed for next EU budget could hit Hungary <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1199754/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1199754/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@davidallengreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidallengreen</span></a></span> on the Afghan data breach &amp; the 'super injection':</p><p>'[T]he courts have shown that they will grant a super-injunction that the government does not even ask for, on the basis of taking flawed assessments at face value and leaving them in place long after there is any need for them. An immense data breach &amp; the scrambled policy intended to repair it will remain free of meaningful accountability'.</p><p>The lesson; our democracy is too often unaccountable!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <br>h/t FT</p>
Bytes Europe<p>Slovakia risks becoming ‘the next Hungary,’ EU lawmakers fear – POLITICO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1199675/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1199675/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RobertFico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertFico</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SlovakPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlovakPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Slovakia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slovakia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SophieWilm%C3%A8s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SophieWilmès</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1Zdechovsk%C3%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomášZdechovský</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"To cover the Supreme Court these days is to catalogue its lawlessness."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/198007/supreme-court-education-department-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/198007</span><span class="invisible">/supreme-court-education-department-trump</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Turkey seizes billions in assets, shuts down hundreds of Gulen-linked institutions since 2016 coup attempt <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1199354/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1199354/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AKParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AKP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GulenMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulenMovement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>More than 126,000 convicted, over 11,000 arrested as Turkey’s post-coup crackdown enters 9th year <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1199042/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1199042/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AKParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AKP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoupAttemptIn2016" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoupAttemptIn2016</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FethullahGulen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FethullahGulen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GulenMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulenMovement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAW</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TransnationalRepressionTurkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransnationalRepressionTurkey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jakeyounglol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jakeyounglol</span></a></span> and he has no reason to follow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> or the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> because eitger he becomes a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Franco</span></a>-Style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a> or ends up impoverished and in dying in jail.</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> declares millions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>undocumented</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> ineligible for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bond</span></a> hearings. A memo from the agency’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pambondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pambondi</span></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/14/ice-trump-undocumented-immigrants-bond-hearings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/immigration</span><span class="invisible">/2025/07/14/ice-trump-undocumented-immigrants-bond-hearings/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAlcatraz</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2246212/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2246212/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Is €1.2T enough to save Europe? – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Competitiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Competitiveness</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conditionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conditionality</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/d%C3%A9fense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>défense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUBudget</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hungary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarioDraghi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarioDraghi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalBudgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalBudgets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OwnResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OwnResources</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PiotrSerafin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PiotrSerafin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Regions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regions</span></a>/Cohesion <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UrsulaVonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaVonDerLeyen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ViktorOrb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViktorOrbán</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a></p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Npars01</span></a></span></p><p>An important aspect of the Rule of Law - which I'm hopeful will help guide us through this mess - is the role of the various state Bars to enforce ethical guidelines for practicing lawyers. </p><p>This year, DOJ lawyers have arguably violated ethics rules of various states, based on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA), and have seemingly done so at the behest of AG Bondi.[1] </p><p>Pam Bondi has had several ethics complaints filed with the Florida Bar for, among other things, allegedly coercing DOJ lawyers to engage in unethical conduct to avoid termination.[2][3][4]</p><p>State Bars have significant power and it appears some DOJ attorneys are at least aware of the potential impacts to them personally.</p><p>Hopefully we will see more action here.</p><p>[1] ABA's MRPC 🌐 <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_table_of_contents/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbar.org/groups/profess</span><span class="invisible">ional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_table_of_contents/</span></a></p><p>[2] Newsweek article about Bondi complaint: 🌐 <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-accused-serious-misconduct-florida-bar-complaint-2081798" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/pam-bondi-accused</span><span class="invisible">-serious-misconduct-florida-bar-complaint-2081798</span></a></p><p>[3] Complaint about Bondi: 🌐 <a href="https://ldad.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Pamela-Bondi-Ethics-Complaint-6.5.25-1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ldad.org/wp-content/uploads/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/Pamela-Bondi-Ethics-Complaint-6.5.25-1.pdf</span></a> </p><p>[4] Inartful opinion piece by The Miami Herald Editorial Board defending Florida Bar's dismissal of ethics complaint against Bondi: 🌐 <a href="https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article308052090.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestate.com/opinion/article30</span><span class="invisible">8052090.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/ABA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABA</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/law" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>law</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>Career <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> were also uncomfortable defending Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a> targeting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirms</span></a>, according to 2 former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers &amp; a 3rd person familiar with the matter.</p><p>A longtime ally of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> who defended all 4 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a> cases argued they were a lawful exercise of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> ultimately struck down all 4 as violating the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has indicated it will appeal at least one case.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The supervisor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ErezReuveni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErezReuveni</span></a>, filed a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> complaint, made public last month, alleging he faced pressure from admin officials to make unsupported legal arguments &amp; adopt strained interpretations of rulings in 3 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> cases.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> officials have publicly disputed the claims, casting him as disgruntled. A senior official, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a>, told a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> panel that he never advised defying courts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Govt lawyers often walked into court with little information from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> about the actions they were defending, the four lawyers said.</p><p>…AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> in Feb threatened disciplinary action against govt lawyers who did not vigorously advocate for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s agenda. The memo to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> employees warned career lawyers they could not "substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Its lawyers are expected to seek to narrow prior court rulings &amp; also defend against an anticipated rise in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> lawsuits challenging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> policies.</p><p>Lawyers in the unit are opposing 2 attempts by advocacy organizations to establish a nationwide class of people to challenge Trump's order on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a>. A judge granted one request on Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> leadership has also brought in about 15 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> appointees to help defend civil cases, an unusually high number.</p><p>The new attorneys, many of whom have a record defending conservative causes, have been more comfortable pressing legal boundaries, acc/to 2 fmr lawyers in the unit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"The demands are intensifying at the same time that the ranks of lawyers there to defend these cases are dramatically thinning."</p><p>The departures have left the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department scrambling to fill vacancies. More than a dozen lawyers have been temporarily reassigned to the section from other parts of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> &amp; it has been exempted from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> hiring freeze, according to 2 former lawyers in the unit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The unit is fighting to sustain actions of the *cost-cutting* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> formerly overseen by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s order restricting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirthrightCitizenship</span></a> &amp; his attempt to freeze $2.5B in funding to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>.</p><p>"We've never had an administration pushing the legal envelope so quickly, so aggressively &amp; across such a broad range of government policies &amp; programs," said Peter Keisler, who led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s Civil Division under Republican President George W. Bush.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
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