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"In a groundbreaking ruling, the Brussels Court of First Instance has not only ordered the Flemish government to block a specific container of military equipment but also banned all further transit of military material to Israel. The judge found that Flanders is systematically failing to meet its obligations under arms legislation and international treaties, and even imposed a penalty for each shipment that still goes through. Four Flemish NGOs — Vredesactie, INTAL, 11.11.11 and the League for Human Rights — who brought the case, were upheld on all counts."
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11.11.11 · Belgian court bans further transit of all military equipment to Israel in landmark rulingBrussels, 17 July 2025 — In a groundbreaking ruling, the Brussels Court of First Instance has not only ordered the Flemish government to block a...

alojapan.com/1326099/japans-ru Japan’s ruling coalition set to suffer big loss in upper house poll #big #coalition #house #Japan #JapanNews #Japans #Loss #news #poll #ruling #set #suffer #upper TOKYO — Japan’s ruling coalition looks set to suffer a significant loss of seats in the country’s upper house election, in a vote dominated by inflation and immigration. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito is poised to end up with far fewer se

A federal judge’s ruling on ICE raids in Los Angeles should be required reading – MSNBC

U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong refused to be deceived by the administration’s smoke and mirrors.

July 14, 2025, 2:47 PM PDT

By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College

Los Angeles is a city under attack. Spurred on by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s outrage that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not been deporting enough people, ICE agents have been sweeping through the city, often clad in full military attire like a conquering army. Photographs and videos document ICE’s “arrest first and ask questions later” approach on a daily basis.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong ordered ICE to stop “conducting roving patrols without reasonable suspicion and denying access to lawyers.” She refused to be taken in by the Trump administration’s fog of deception and disinformation. “The federal government agrees: Roving patrols without reasonable suspicion violate the Fourth Amendment and denying access to lawyers violates the Fifth Amendment,” she wrote. “What the federal government would have this Court believe — in the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case — is that none of this is actually happening.”

Frimpong’s ruling should be required reading for every American. She modeled the kind of resistance that is essential in the face of the administration’s concerted attack on facts, truths and common sense. Her “believe what you see, not what they say” response sets an example for all Americans who wish to resist an authoritarian takeover in this country.

The Courthouse News Service reports that, at a hearing held Thursday, the government wanted the judge to believe “that the ICE raids were sophisticated operations, based on surveillance and information from other law enforcement agencies targeting specific individuals.” According to CNS, lawyers for the Justice Department argued that ICE could “also stop and question other individuals there who they suspected were immigrants without legal status….” That would be acceptable, a DOJ lawyer argued, based on the “totality of the circumstances.”

The government offered these claims against the weight of the evidence and out-of-court statements. In an appearance last week on Fox News, the administration’s border czar Tom Homan included “physical appearance” in the list of things that ICE takes into account during their patrols in Los Angeles. At the Thursday hearing, the American Civil Liberties Union argued that ICE was engaging in racial profiling, targeting members of the Hispanic community and ignoring people of European ancestry who might be in the country illegally. “The evidence is clear that they’re looking at race,” Mohammad Tasjar, an attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, told Frimpong. Even a lawyer for the government acknowledged that “agents can’t put blinders on.”

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A federal judge’s ruling on ICE raids in Los Angeles should be required reading

#MyPillow CEO's legal counsel Christopher Kachouroff and Jennifer DeMaster were excortiated by a Federal Judge and fined by court after violating court rules by turning in #ArtificialIntelligence generated legal motions with nearly 30 defective citations, including bogus cites of non existent case law.

The attorneys were retained while taking #MikeLindell for an expensive ride, as he unsucessfully fought another losing legal battle where a jury recently found him liable for false claims about the 2020 #election and defamation against voting machine mfgrs.

Prior to issuing the fines, U.S. District Judge Nina Wang ordered Lindell, and his legal team to demonstrate why they should not face #court sanctions and be referred for disciplinary action. Kachouroff issued a rebuke that the judge said attempted to "shift responsibility" and his filing was "both troubling and not well-taken."

In a 20-page #ruling issued Monday, July 7th the judge made clear that their breeches of #ProfessionalConduct and #Legal standards by the #Virginia based law firm McSweeney Cynkar & #Kachouroff were unacceptable to the court. In partcular the federal court circuit judge called out Kachouroff for trying to shirk responsibilty for the matter, when another filng he was involved in after this case in #Wisconsin was also found to have similar #AI generated errors.

Lindell's other sanctioned #attorney Jennifer Tavares Breedon DeMaster, who received her JD at an #evangelical law school in #VirginiaBeach and is author of the book " #Babylon Unveiled : Redefining Faith. Exposing Deception," told jurors that Lindell's false claims were protected by the #constitution in an animated and rambling closing argument made against a so-called “Ministry of Truth” built for suppressing US #ElectionRgging claims.

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"The #ruling, which goes into effect within weeks, mandates tech giants including Google, X, and Meta to monitor and remove content involving hate speech, racism, and incitement to violence. If the companies can show they took steps to remove such content expeditiously, they will not be held liable.
#Brazil is one of the largest markets for #socialmedia, with 144 million users on YouTube, 112 million on Facebook, 140 million on Instagram..145 million active on WhatsApp."
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Rest of World · Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ postsA new regulation from the Supreme Court holds Meta, X, and other online platforms accountable for content and user safety, setting Brazil on a collision course with the Trump administration.

Federal Judge Reinstates Consumer Product Safety Regulators Fired by Trump

In the ruling, Judge Matthew J. Maddox of the Federal District Court in Maryland said that the law only allowed Mr. Trump to fire the officials for “neglect of duty or malfeasance,” while Mr. Trump had purported to fire them without cause.

“Plaintiffs have performed ably in their roles,” Judge Maddox wrote, “and have never been accused of neglect of duty or malfeasance in office by either President Trump or President Biden.”

Hoping this actually goes through instead of being delayed indefinitely.

“The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was set to start enforcing the remaining provisions of its “click-to-cancel” rule on May 14th, requiring that subscriptions be as easy to cancel as to start. Now, the agency says it won’t enforce the rule until July 14th, as TechCrunch reports.”

#FTC #ruling #delayed #tech #news
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The Verge · The FTC puts off enforcing its ‘click-to-cancel’ ruleBy Wes Davis

alojapan.com/1266493/japans-ru Japan’s ruling party balks at importing US rice as part of tariff deal #balks #deal #importing #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #Japans #news #part #party #rice #ruling #tariff #us TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party are fighting a proposal to offer to import more U.S.-grown rice as a part of a deal on tariffs with the Trump administration. A resolution by the LDP’s food security committee calls the idea of sacrif…