Category: Law And Legal Article

It’s hard to blame El Paso Democratic mayor Oscar Leeser, who has done his best to be compassionate to those crossing the border without prior authorization. But he knows he’s got a problem.

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued an emergency declaration Saturday night to address the increase in migrants crossing the southern border, citing the dangerous winter conditions and shelters lacking the capacity to meet the demand next week.

With the federal health order known as Title 42 — which was used during the COVID-19 pandemic to quickly expel migrants — set to expire Wednesday, El Paso officials hope to leverage the emergency declaration to unlock additional resources and expand available shelters for migrants as evening temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing in the coming week.

Leeser said the influx of migrants has strained the city’s resources, and his decision to make the declaration came

For years, people have asked how they can get out of jury duty. My response has always been the same, that we need good jurors or the system doesn’t work. People tend to agree, but they still want to get out of jury duty. Let some other guy be the good person.

But now a Legal Aid Society lawyer with a felony conviction has decided he not only wants to be on a jury, but that his exclusion from jury service for having a prior felony conviction is racist and unconstitutional.

This civil-rights action challenges the mass disenfranchisement of Black people—
especially Black men—from the state court jury pool in Manhattan. A New York statute—Section 510(3) of the Judiciary Law—disqualifies people convicted of felonies from serving on juries, no matter the offenses or how long ago the convictions occurred. As a result of decades of racially biased policing and

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Rarely is that more true than here.

This was the “major announcement” of a putative candidate for president, that he was selling NFTs of his thin and manly fantasy self. Was this his way of demonstrating his self-loathing or just another grift to see how stupid his followers were, whether they would spend good money to buy the Trump version of the Barbie Dream House?

When Donald Trump teased a “major announcement” Wednesday, the MAGA boards went crazy with speculation. He’s going to be the next speaker of the House! He’s enlisted Ron DeSantis to be his vice presidential candidate! He’s finally found that voter fraud he’s been promising for two years!

But no, it was a digital card collection of Trump dressed up like a superhero. In other words, another money grab.

Another? Indeed.

He raised nearly $100