ABC FeedsThousands of trans rights supporters rally in Central London
Trans rights protesters gather in the English capital to protest against the UK's Supreme Court ruling that a woman is someone born biologically female.
William Lindsey 
"The Trump administration wants a confrontation with the courts. Trump wants to try to break them.
That’s an essential path forward for a dictator. ...
It’s time for people to stop pretending that it isn’t happening. Trump is trying to break the government. To control all its levers, he needs a complicit judiciary to go along with a complacent Congress."
~ Joyce Vance
Inquest into death of Aboriginal man in care hears of support gaps
By Anisha Pillarisetty
Lawyers for the family of Kumanjayi Johnson, who died in Alice Springs while under public guardianship, tell an inquest his family felt left out of his care and weren't told he went missing on the night he disappeared.
#Courts #Aboriginal #PeopleWithDisability #AnishaPillarisetty
Inquest hears of service gaps in lead up to Aboriginal man's death in care
Lawyers for the family of Kumanjayi Johnson, who died in Alice Springs while under public guardianship, tell an inquest his family felt left out of his care and weren't told he went missing on the night he disappeared.
Kim Perales“D.C. Circuit halts Judge James Boasberg's plan for contempt-related proceedings against Trump administration in case involving deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador prison. 2-1, Judge Pillard dissents.”
-J Gerstein
“The ACLU has gone to the Supreme Court re the Alien Enemies Act.”
-K Cheney
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25902054-jggcontemptcadcord041925/
Man charged over alleged sexual assault of 84yo woman inside her home
The 41-year-old man had offered to help the woman, 84, carry her shopping home and once inside allegedly assaulted her in Sydney's west.
"#ICE is reportedly loading ppl onto🚨buses *now -to be IMPRISONED IN SLV w/o a day in ct, in VIOLATION OF A SC ORDER. Incl: at least 1 person w TPS & a 19-yr-old accused of being in TdA b/c of a water pistol.
This is happening at the Bluebon det cen in TX & appears to be in DIRECT VIOLATION of the SC's ruling requiring notice "afforded within a reasonable time & in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief."
It's been <24 hrs."
-A Reichlin-Melnick
#Courts #Contempt #USPol
“America/MD: safer bc he's gone. & -woman -he's married to & that child, they're safer tonight bc he's out of our country & sitting in SLV where he belongs.”
-AG Bondi
Ignored a key ruling: a judge in 2019, after hearing days of test he was *deemed “credible,” agreed: Abrego couldn't be deported: “well-grounded fear of future persecution"... +no crimes.🚨Re suspended cop -his misconduct would've come up in cross examination, but HE WAS NEVER CROSS EXAMINED.
#USPol #Courts https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/18/abrego-garcia-fact-checker/
Liberal Currents"In America, they tend to think that it's the job of the #courts to make sure we have rule of #law. That's completely incorrect. Courts are always a last resort, and they're not a very good one, because in order for them to be an effective last resort, the rest of the system has to listen to them." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswer/half-the-answer-8-what-is-personalism/
Half the Answer #8: What Is Personalism?
Trent and Caitlin talk with Adam Gurri, founder and editor-in-chief of Liberal Currents, about his take that the most accurate way to view the Trump presidency is as an example of “personalism.” What is personalism? What are other examples of personalist systems? What can a nation do once a personalist
Catherine Schmidt
