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Unlike some states, Arizonans vote to seat Supreme Court justices after they have been appointed to the Court by the Governor. They do not have a seat for life and must run for their judgeship every four to six years. Usually most voters check YES...
by Mother Mags
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 04:58 PM PDT
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Your honors, sirs and madams, Messrs. Merchant, Engoron, McAfee, Kaplan, Honorable Judge Ms. Cannon: I am a juror in the Trump case before you. I am a witness, too. And a clerk. And the child of the judge, the spouse of the prosecuting attorney, a...
by kay dub
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 10:21 AM PDT
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Stakes are incredibly high for elections in across Los Angeles County March 5 — Democratic Party Central Committee, Judges, City Councils, School Boards, County Supervisor, District Attorney and more. Questions about how to vote? Check out our...
by laprogressivemajority
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on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 11:38 AM PST
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Several times since 2016 I’ve written diaries about Illinois downballot elections, focusing on Judicial Retention elections (my theory is that these are the most ignored races, but the results can be very important). Now comes the Democratic primary on...
by RealRick
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on Fri Mar 01, 2024 at 02:04 PM PST
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 02:50 PM PST
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The guy who said Trump 'might live to be 200' says we can't trust Biden's doctor Because who doesn’t trust the guy that gave Trump a clean bill of health? New poll shows it's the greedflation, stupid It’s time to reframe the argument around corporate...
by Jen Hayden
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on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 01:30 PM PST
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the ruling to remove Donald Trump from the Colorado primary ballot is part of a scheme by Democrats to help Trump win, but someone needs to tell that to Trump supporters. As NBC News reports, threats against the Colorado...
by Mark Sumner
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on Fri Dec 22, 2023 at 10:30 AM PST
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“It’s not a high bar,” said Professor Amichai Cohen, of the Israel Democracy Institute, when asked to comment on the assertion that Israel has the most moral army. Cohen is a recognized expert in the International Law of Armed Conflict, National...
by thewavethatiam
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 04:43 AM PST
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You know one way to make the legal system better? Install more public defenders as judges. In the past, the vast majority of federal judges were prosecutors or corporate�lawyers.�Although they ...
by GoodNewsRoundup
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on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 04:30 AM PDT
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Representation matters.�Different points of views matter. Joe Biden not only knows this and talks the talk about it, he also walks the walk. For example, in his judicial appointments. Most of Biden�
by GoodNewsRoundup
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on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 04:30 AM PST
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I’m glad I am not the only one who has noticed that the state and federal courts have been too deferential to Donald Trump. Michael Steele has a good summary of how I feel. Would ANYONE else — mob boss or just average Joe Blow — who acted like Trump...
by Merlin196360
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on Mon Nov 20, 2023 at 03:56 PM PST
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Aileen Cannon or Loose Cannon as I prefer to call her is doing some bias things and questionable things and when a conservative calls for her to step down from the case regarding the government’s classified documents, well then it is a bit telling....
by Vetwife
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on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 09:11 AM PST
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Voices & Soul by Justice Putnam, Black Kos Poetry Editor I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the day I finally learned how to tie my shoes, and the immediate sense of independence. Mom had spent some time going over the movements of the laces, and...
by Black Kos
227 comments
on Fri Nov 03, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Back in the good, old, days Dictator Trump “just” threatened to sue you! Here’s a list of Golden Oldies published in the Huffington Post that was last updated back in ancient times, in October of 2016! Dictator Trump threatened: The New York Times,...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 10:18 PM PDT
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I was reading a truly excellent diary and I felt like I wanted to add onto that: . Lindsey Graham knows that what he has been saying is false. When he started making false allegations and Hunter and Joe Biden and President Biden said something to him...
by Dem
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 11:03 AM PDT
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After setting an impressive pace for nearly two years, President Biden has fallen behind his predecessor on judicial confirmations. The White House largely has the Senate to blame, which confirmed only six judges in June, four in July, and zero in...
by Russ Feingold
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on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 07:08 AM PDT
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WHAT NOW? We’ve all read the mounting daily examples of Trump’s willful violation of Witness and Judicial tampering — including implied threats and name-calling of Jack Smith, Fani Willis and topped off by Trump’s direct tweet warning former Georgia...
by KKwriter
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on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 05:43 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have worked to pass a major milestone in approving the 100th district court nominee. That marks 139 federal judgeships in total under the Biden administration. We celebrate Biden being on track to fight back...
by Erin Tulley
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on Thu Jul 20, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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The amount of judicial corruption we accept has reached almost comical levels. � You may be thinking of Supreme Court Justices accepting expensive vacations or private flight. �Or having ...
by angryea
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on Mon Jul 17, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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If you’re a Republican judge, right now your worst nightmare is that Eileen Aileen Cannon will intervene on behalf of the Republican candidate to block all 37 charges. Doing so will hand the Democrats the Senate and a mandate to reform your sorry ass....
by somewhereoutthere
116 comments
on Mon Jun 12, 2023 at 03:09 PM PDT
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