Law

In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation

The one-sentence summary is “real advocates argue both sides of a Shakespeare-derived legal dispute to a panel of real judges”. The event takes place at Harman Hall in DC, on 17 February at 19:30 (ET). There is a livestream ticket for $25, to accommodate people who cannot physically attend.

Civil law notarial acts can be executed immediately. Meaning seizing money or property without a court.

Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE’s noncompliance is almost certainly understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted.

“The Secret Service came to my door today because of a tweet. No threats. No violence. Just words. That’s where we are now,” she wrote on X in a thread about the ordeal.

“I find it breathtaking that I have been compelled on the evidence to find the conduct of such high-level officers of our government—Cabinet secretaries—conspired to infringe the First Amendment rights of people with such rights here in the United States,” Young said, alluding to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “These Cabinet secretaries have failed in their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.”

This case seeks to end a startling pattern of abuse spearheaded by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) that is fundamentally altering civic life in the Twin Cities and the state of Minnesota. Masked federal agents in the thousands are violently stopping and arresting countless Minnesotans based on nothing more than their race and perceived ethnicity irrespective of their citizenship or immigration status, or their personal circumstances. At the center of DHS’s campaign are Somali and Latino people, who are being targeted for stops and arrests based on racial profiling motivated by prejudice.

*Even some of the Court’s Republicans ruled that his attempt to use troops against US citizens went too far.*

Came across an interview with Cass Sunstein by Tyler Cowen, which covered many things, but where this idea of a right to be free of manipulation came up. I found this article Sunstein wrote about the topic a few months ago. Apparently part of a promotion tour for his book https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/manipulation/right-not-to-be-manipulated/FBB35C24137F78950566867F1D348AB0