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Lawyer, law professor and alumnus of the London School of Economics currently teaching at the De La Salle University Law School•Served as law dean for 14 yrs•Recognized by the prestigious Legal 500 in the General Counsel (GC) Powerlist PHL 2023•Likes pizza, plant-based burgers, gelato & churros con chocolate on weekdays•Enjoys burritos & enchiladas on weekends• #LawFedi #LawProfs #LawDeans #Lawstodon #Law #LSE #PatentFedi

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“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within” — Cicero

February 2nd is Philippine Constitution Day.

Today likewise marks the day when new impeachment complaints were filed against the Vice President of the Philippines

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/impeachment-complaints-filed-against-philippine-vp-sara-duterte-5900211

Impeachment complaints filed against Philippine VP Sara Duterte

MANILA: Philippine civil society leaders and members of a left-wing coalition filed impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday (Feb 2), restarting a process sidelined by the country's Supreme Court last year.Both cases accuse Duterte of misusing public funds during her term as educat

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Attorney General Bonta Leads Amicus Brief Challenging Militarized and Illegal Deployments in Minnesota https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-leads-amicus-brief-challenging-militarized-and-illegal
Attorney General Bonta Leads Amicus Brief Challenging Militarized and Illegal Deployments in Minnesota

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general, yesterday filed an amicus brief in support of Minnesota’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s extraordinary campaign of lawlessness during its deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol to the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Over the course of just a few weeks, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent more than 3,000 federal agents into the area.

State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
"Just like the killing of Renée Good, Saturday morning’s shooting once again raises the question of why it is so damned difficult to hold federal officers—and the federal government itself—accountable if and when they violate our rights." Me on the federal accountability gap—and how to close it:

204. Accountability After Minn...
204. Accountability After Minneapolis

A short post explaining (1) why it's so hard to hold federal officers and/or the federal government liable for violating our rights; and (2) how a one-sentence statute could (and *SHOULD*) fix it.

One First
All day Lincoln’s words at Gettysburg have been ringing in my mind.
As the spending on frontier artificial intelligence capabilities for defense and intelligence increases, Matteo Pistillo explores how the Defense Department and the intelligence community should strengthen AI testing to prevent internal security threats from arising. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/keep-ai-testing-defense-worthy
Keep AI Testing Defense-Worthy

In defense and intelligence, AI testing and evaluation should adapt to prevent national security threats arising from AI misalignment.

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In her Lawfare Lecture series, Laura K. Field discusses the intellectual movements behind the MAGA new right.

You can watch the first three lectures on Lawfare's YouTube page. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9f-8IUHQF3kj_C9dAdqVLzFJOGEWfPr3

To watch all of the lectures, become a Lawfare material supporter at lawfare.substack.com

This is literally what the 4th amendment was written to protect against. There are lots of things that are up for discussion and debate about how one interprets the 4th amendment. This isn't one of them.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/post/3mc6rlsmgjc2y
Statement by the Secretary of National Defense, 31 December 2025

Freedom of speech is a bedrock Constitutional principle. The ABA encourages dialogue as protected by the First Amendment, underscoring that free speech is a concept grounded in Constitutional law and defined by centuries of legal precedent.

Source: American Bar Association (ABA)