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Dozens of lawsuits have been filed that seek to stop some of President Trump’s executive orders. Here’s a brief rundown.
“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.
All the ways Elon Musk is breaking the law, explained by a law professor. (There are a lot of them.) voxdotcom.visitlink.me/VETn5u
“President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to put America First, just proposed the wildest and most improbable intervention by the United States in overseas affairs since the invasion of and occupation of Iraq,” writes @jonlemire.bsky.social: theatln.tc/lLhsbF44
France and Germany are among 12 member states pressuring EU to use its digital services act, as well as blacklists, to crack down on foreign meddling ahead of key elections.
US President Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to stop US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said reut.rs/4hdufPr
Australia imposed sanctions on extreme right-wing online network ‘Terrorgram’ as part of its efforts to combat a rise in antisemitism and online extremism, following similar moves by Britain and the United States reut.rs/4aQ2I4k
This is why scholars are calling this a constitutional crisis. When blatently illegal action go unchallenged by the ruling regime, and only those perceived to be against the regime face consequences, then the rule of law does not exist. If congress and courts remain silent, that's how you'll know.
"Trump is single-handedly reneging on 80 years of American work to persuade others to trust and rely on the United States. He is remodeling the international image of the U.S. after himself: impulsive, self-seeking, short-sighted, and untrustworthy."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The first two weeks into President Trump's second tour in the White House "have seen so many lines crossed in the pursuit of his agenda that anyone who believes in the Constitution and honest governance should be worried," the editorial board writes.
As Donald Trump takes aim at global norms and institutions, the question of what parts of the post-Cold War order can be saved – and for whom – requires urgent attention.
We Need the International Legal Order: A Call to Protect the International Criminal Court
A special essay by all the current and former Presidents of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court
Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
There goes that meddling European Court of Human Rights again, sticking up for women who want to decide for themselves whether or not to have sex 👇
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/w... via @nytimes.com
#Consent #HumanRights #ECHR #RightToPrivateLife
‘David Lynch altered our brains’: fellow directors, friends and fans remember a titan of cinema
‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
Assisted dying set to be legalised in England and Wales after historic vote
US farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally reut.rs/4fGZiT2
How are states responding to #ICC arrest warrants for Israeli PM #Netanyahu and former Def. Minister Gallant? Will ICC member states comply?
Follow this living resource from @becingber.bsky.social mapping the global reaction:
www.justsecurity.org/105064/mappi...
1/ Some thoughts on tomorrow's big CJEU hearing - the challenge by the EU Commission to Hungary's law on LGBT content.
First of all, here's a link to the Commission's arguments - eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L...
(Hungary will be making counter-arguments, of course)
