All kinds of awful.
"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant."
https://futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-lawyer-displace-amazonian
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.
Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ
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Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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The administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
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An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Texas #School #Law #Ethics #Students #Teaching
The #LawsOfWar Are Being Largely Ignored
#International #courts have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more #civilians are being bombed, #starved & #raped by men with guns. These are the curses that the laws of war were invented to prevent, & that international courts are meant to punish & deter.
#law #InternationalLaw #ICC #ICJ #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #geopolitics #RulesBasedOrder #NewWorldOrder
https://www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored
Despite a long-standing court order, the NYPD didn’t audit thousands of stops made by its Community Response Team, which has a history of unconstitutional policing and has drawn hundreds of civilian complaints.
ProPublica previously found the unit often sidestepped oversight.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-community-response-team-stop-frisk-reviews?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
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“The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation,” said one DOJ lawyer. “The end goal was to file a damn complaint — or have something to threaten the university.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ucla-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #UCLA #College #DOJ #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Palestine #Protest
Farmers want the Trump administration to overhaul the H-2A visa program to make it more favorable to their businesses. But cutting red tape could cut labor protections, too.
#Agriculture #Law #Trump #Immigration #Immigrants #Farm #Labor
Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes
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A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alabama #Law #Immigration #Crime #Justice #Immigrants
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
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A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #COVID #Vaccines #Fraud #Law #Health #PublicHealth #Utah #PamBondi
Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules
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More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana
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Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the only two Black jurors had voted not guilty.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Judge rules #Trump troop deployment in #LA #illegal
The federal judge found that the deployment exceeded legal limits that generally prohibit the use of the #military for domestic law enforcement.
The Trump admin illegally used thousands of military #troops in #California, a federal judge said on Tues, in a ruling that accused Trump of effectively turning nearly 5k #Marines & #NationalGuard soldiers into a national police force.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
New records show that Uvalde school leaders initially planned to defend Police Chief Pete Arredondo after the Robb Elementary shooting.
The details were revealed in over 25,000 pages the district released after a legal fight with news outlets.
https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-pete-arredondo-new-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Connecticut DMV Committee Expands Study of Towing Law to Help Low-Income Residents Get Their #Cars Back
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The working group was created as part of a towing reform law passed in response to a ProPublica and Connecticut Mirror investigation into towing practices in the state.
A fabulous baseball/legal rabbit warren I stumbled upon last night—while watching the incredible Dodgers-Orioles game—into which one can dive and spend hours better understanding both baseball and law, amongst various and sundry related (and wholly unrelated) time-wasting matters[1]:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Common_Law_Origins_of_the_Infield_Fly_Rule
1. I found myself sorely tempted to footnote much of the foregoing, but somehow managed to resist.[2]
2. Note 1 supra.
#Judges vexed by #SCOTUS '#ShadowDocket' rulings in #Trump cases
An extraordinary fight is occurring within the #US #judiciary concerning a flurry of #SupremeCourt decisions backing Trump, with judges voicing confusion over the rulings issued on an emergency basis while a Trump-appointed justice accused some of them of defying the nation's top judicial body.
#law #Constitution #democracy #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #FederalistSociety #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/
A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay
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Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Tennessee #DomesticViolence #Violence #Guns #Safety #Women #Law
After 17 Years, DNA Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.
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Massachusetts has one of the strictest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court.
https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees
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Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate. The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Trump #USPolitics #Government #Data #Research #Journalism #Law #Ethics
We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.
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For years, North Dakota legislators rejected proposals to protect mineral owners from oil and gas companies withholding their earnings. “Something has to be done,” one lawmaker now says.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
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Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That
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An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investigating the practice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Business #Law #Trump #USPolitics #Banks #Consumer #Regulation
