⚠️ If you are trans, living in Kansas, it just became illegal for you to drive — effective immediately. ⚠️

You must somehow make it to a RMV / DMV without driving, and request a new drivers license.

#Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #Justice #RuleOfLaw #Kansas

⚠️ If you are trans, living in Kansas, it just became illegal for you to drive — effective immediately. ⚠️

You must somehow make it to a RMV / DMV without driving, and request a new drivers license.

#Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #Justice #RuleOfLaw #Kansas

Kansas makes Trans People’s Driver’s Licenses Invalid Overnight. 🤯

Transgender individuals in Kansas are now required to surrender their driver's licenses if they do not reflect their sex assigned at birth, as mandated by a new law that took effect on February 26, 2026. This law invalidates previously issued licenses and imposes penalties for noncompliance, including fines and potential jail time.

The fact that the bill says there's no grace period, so this takes effect immediately, is such nasty bit of bonus cruelty. It's the ultimate proof that this was truly meant only to harm and punish people, and not for any of the (still awful) other reasons they tried to pretend.

It says people must come to an office to surrender their now-invalid driver's license, and apply for a "corrected" one. Since that driver's license was instantly invalidated, it would be illegal for those people to even drive themselves to the office to do that.

#Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #Discrimination #Justice #RuleOfLaw #Kansas #Cars

In case you didn't know where we are the coup process, we're at the part where the coup plotters openly reject the constitution and declare a set of laws made up by themselves.

We have arrived at the overthrow of the US government, unless Democrats or the military do something useful very soon.

And frankly, don't hold your breath.

Link: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-constitution-is-not-a-bargaining

#Coup #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #ChristoFascism #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #Government

In case you didn't know where we are the coup process, we're at the part where the coup plotters openly reject the constitution and declare a set of laws made up by themselves.

We have arrived at the overthrow of the US government, unless Democrats or the military do something useful very soon.

And frankly, don't hold your breath.

Link: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-constitution-is-not-a-bargaining

#Coup #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #ChristoFascism #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #Government

My piece on the #US #sanctions against #ICC judges, prosecutors & other jurists:

Attacks Against the International Criminal Court: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes? “Diplomacy to protect the ICC must go beyond…oblique statements of general support. To prevent further erosion of the international #ruleoflaw, small & middle powers…need to join forces to uphold international #humanrights #law & institutions...” | full article at https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/ 1/2

This is how democracies support each other. Even from far away, they can monitor the ethics of their private sector.

"French lawmakers, including Finance Minister Roland Lescure, had asked the company to shed light on the contract amid concern over the tactics used by ICE agents following the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota last month."

#RuleOfLaw #France #EU #Ice #Democracy
French tech company Capgemini to sell U.S. unit linked to ICE
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/french-tech-company-capgemini-to-sell-us-unit-linked-to-ice.html

This is how democracies support each other. Even from far away, they can monitor the ethics of their private sector.

"French lawmakers, including Finance Minister Roland Lescure, had asked the company to shed light on the contract amid concern over the tactics used by ICE agents following the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota last month."

#RuleOfLaw #France #EU #Ice #Democracy
French tech company Capgemini to sell U.S. unit linked to ICE
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/french-tech-company-capgemini-to-sell-us-unit-linked-to-ice.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli/115991669385405641

ICYMI

An independent Judiciary matters.

#Law #RuleOfLaw

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli/115991669385405641

ICYMI

An independent Judiciary matters.

#Law #RuleOfLaw

My latest piece is out today.

Attacks Against the International Criminal Court: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes? “…The assault against the ICC is part of the Trump administration’s comprehensive siege against the rule of law and international institutions.”
| Slaw: Canada’s online legal magazine https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/
#ICC #Sanctions #USA #Trump #AtrocityCrimes #humanrights #Judges #prosecutors #lawyers #Canada #Carney #InternationalLaw #law #RuleOfLaw

A system called ELITE is being used to map neighborhoods, generate dossiers, assign probability scores, and plan enforcement actions against people living on U.S. soil.

This isn’t speculation. It’s architecture.

A Juracán Speaks dossier on how wartime targeting logic is being normalized in civilian life—and what it means for due process.

underlyter.substack.com

#JuracánSpeaks #DueProcessIsNotOptional #SurveillanceState #RuleOfLaw #CivilLiberties

A system called ELITE is being used to map neighborhoods, generate dossiers, assign probability scores, and plan enforcement actions against people living on U.S. soil.

This isn’t speculation. It’s architecture.

A Juracán Speaks dossier on how wartime targeting logic is being normalized in civilian life—and what it means for due process.

underlyter.substack.com

#JuracánSpeaks #DueProcessIsNotOptional #SurveillanceState #RuleOfLaw #CivilLiberties

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115929143599028065

As a lawyer, I love this so much.

#RuleOfLaw

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115929143599028065

As a lawyer, I love this so much.

#RuleOfLaw

US believes its power matters more than international law, UN chief

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0zx0llpzo

#HackerNews #USPowerInternationalLaw #UNChief #GlobalGovernance #InternationalRelations #RuleOfLaw

“A federal judge⚡️in Minnesota has ordered restrictions on ICE's tactics against protesters who aren't suspected of committing crimes — including stopping cars that aren't obstructing them.”
-K Cheney

This ruling is warranted, and overdue; hopefully conditions will improve in Minneapolis, but it’s Trump’s #DHS & #DOJ, so it’s doubtful they’ll fully comply.

#Courts #Judges #RuleOfLaw #Constitution #Minneapolis #ICE #Protest #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.85.0_1.pdf

“A federal judge⚡️in Minnesota has ordered restrictions on ICE's tactics against protesters who aren't suspected of committing crimes — including stopping cars that aren't obstructing them.”
-K Cheney

This ruling is warranted, and overdue; hopefully conditions will improve in Minneapolis, but it’s Trump’s #DHS & #DOJ, so it’s doubtful they’ll fully comply.

#Courts #Judges #RuleOfLaw #Constitution #Minneapolis #ICE #Protest #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.85.0_1.pdf

"NEW:⚡The #ACLU filed a class action suit today alleging ICE, CBP, & other agents🚨violated Minnesotans’ constitutional rights through🚨"the administration’s policy of racially profiling, unlawfully seizing, and unlawfully arresting people without a warrant and without probable cause."
-T McBrien
#Racism #RacialProfiling #Law #Rights #CivilRights #Constitution #Minnesota #RuleOfLaw #ICE #DHS #BP #Protest #USPol