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 Than 500 law firms backed Perkins Coie in fight with Trump, calling the presidents action “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.”

The brief filed by the law firms argued that Trump’s orders ran violated the First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the Constitution. “Unless the judiciary acts decisively now, what was once beyond the pale will in short order become a stark reality,” the brief said.
https://shorturl.at/NDMT8 #press #law

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

“A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for an American academic under Thailand's lese-majeste #law that forbids insulting the monarchy. The army filed a complaint against #PaulChambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in central Thailand, under lese-majeste & computer crime laws… the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights Centre [lawyer] representing Mr Chambers, told the BBC he did not know the reason for the complaint.” | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx48egpgq1o.amp #LèseMajesté

N.B. First Nation wants RCMP ‘held accountable’ after officer cleared in man’s death
Elisopogtog First Nation community members are upset after SiRT found no grounds for criminal charges against an RCMP officer who shot and killed a man during a wellness check.
#police #law #death #Elsipogtog #News #ElsipogtogFirstNation
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116353/nb-first-nation-officer-held-accountable-cleared-mans-death/

#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

Assuming that there will be historical records about this current shitshow, attorneys are being given an excellent opportunity to choose which side they want to be associated with: fascist appeasement or right of law.

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-attorney-rachel-cohen-resigns-protest-law-firm-skadden-makes-deal-trump-administration/16124647/

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

TL;DR: A New Jersey teenager advocates for legislation to impose severe penalties, including prison sentences and fines up to $30K, on users of nudify apps, aiming to protect students affected by these invasive technologies. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/adults-told-her-to-move-on-instead-teen-won-fight-to-criminalize-deepfakes/ #law #tech #legaltech #autosum

"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

TL;DR: The Trump tariffs are causing uncertainty in the AI industry, with companies unsure about their GPU supplies, leading to a significant drop in market shares for major players like Nvidia and TSMC. https://www.theverge.com/tech/643753/gpu-tariffs-nvidia-tsmc-chips-openai #law #tech #legaltech #autosum