#future lawsuit

[reasonsforhope]

"Palestinian plaintiffs and their legal representatives on Friday [January 26, 2024] presented a powerful case in federal court accusing President Joe Biden and other top US officials of complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza.

People around the world tuned in for the long-awaited hearing in Oakland, with plaintiffs appearing in person and over Zoom in an unprecedented effort to hold the Biden administration accountable for its actions in Gaza.

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed the lawsuit in November 2023 on behalf of Defense for Children International–Palestine, Al-Haq, and eight Palestinians in the US and Palestine. The complaint accuses President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin of failing to live up to their legal responsibilities under the 1948 Genocide Convention and the 1988 Genocide Convention Implementation Act.

The United Nations convention classifies complicity in genocide, or the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part, as a crime under international law and requires that states take measures to prevent such atrocities.

[Note: This is a big reason why politicians almost never call it a genocide, btw. Because if a country recognizes that it's a genocide, then they actually are legally required to do a bunch of things to stop it, under international law.]

The historic lawsuit contends that the Biden administration has failed to uphold its obligations by continuing to provide diplomatic and military support for Israel's brutal campaign in Gaza. Plaintiffs are asking the court to stop Biden from sending more weapons and munitions to Israel that are being used to kill Palestinians en masse.

The hearing before the US District Court for the Northern District of California took place just hours after the International Court of Justice issued provisional measures against Israel in a landmark case brought by South Africa.

-via TAG24, January 26, 2024. Article continues below.

Court contends with questions of jurisdiction and responsibility

In evaluating the allegations, questioning in Friday's hearing revolved around the so-called political question doctrine, by which federal courts regularly refrain from ruling on political matters seen as best resolved by the president and Congress.

The Department of Justice argued that according to the doctrine, the court has no jurisdiction to rule in the case.

"If the court condemns United States foreign policy toward Israel, it could cause international embarrassment and undermine foreign policy decisions in the sensitive context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," defense counsel Jean Lin told Senior District Judge Jeffrey S. White.

Katherine Gallagher of the CCR countered that the court does, indeed, have a responsibility to step in: "Here, the question is a legal one, whether the actions undertaken by the United States failed to uphold the obligation to prevent genocide, and that is an active obligation that requires that the United States not provide the means by which a genocide is being furthered."

"There is no discretion for any state to evade its obligations, its legal obligations. These are not policy decisions," she said.

Palestinian plaintiffs share powerful testimonies before the court

After legal arguments in the case, Judge White heard two hours of gut-wrenching testimony from Palestinian plaintiffs and a renowned Holocaust and genocide expert.

Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University Dr. Barry Trachtenberg shared his remarks before the court in spite of vehement US government opposition.

"To have an event fall under the 1948 Convention on Genocide requires both action and intent, and here we see that very, very clearly in a way that seems really quite unique in history," he stated, noting that there is now an opportunity to stop Israel's unfolding genocide in real time to prevent further loss of lives...

Judge White said he would take the testimonies to heart as he evaluates his constitutional responsibilities, describing the case as "the most difficult judicial decision" he has ever had to make."

-via TAG24, January 26, 2024

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Note: I know a lot of people are really not gonna appreciate that last line. I'm not thrilled with it either. But it is worth noting that having a federal court overrule the US president's huge foreign policy and military decisions would be an absolutely massive deal/precedent

This is a case that deserves to be ruled on with an incredible amount of seriousness, if only because if you're a federal judge who's going to make that call, your written decision/legal justification needs to be unimpeachable

That said, if the judge uses jurisdiction to pass the buck here and avoid his legal and human responsibility to do what he can to stop a genocide, I'm gonna be pissed

[alwaysbewoke]

[gotham-response]

Picture this: we're called for an unresponsive male in a dumpster. Not usually a good sign, so I'm speeding because maybe we can narcan, CPR, and tourniquet our way out of this one. I park on the curb and we're HUSTLING to this dumpster, and then this rope just. Descends out of the sky. And a hand from inside the dumpster grabs the rope and- oops! Look at that! A helicopter is flying our patient off into the sunset

GUYS. I know you have secret identities. But come ON. How am I supposed to explain this in my report?

[dear-future-ai]

Dear gamers,

Steam has been sued for monopolizing the PC games market in a class action lawsuit. Class action lawsuit below:

If you or a loved on has played games on steam you could be entitled to financial compensation, file your claim below:

[lamphous]

new boss: hey keaton, we were thinking abt having someone dedicated to inventory and restocking and so of course everyone immediately thought of you, do you wanna do it ?

me, fired from my last job bc they would not fucking let me stock ever (and also another manager was a bitch about my pronouns but that's unrelated): fucking obviously

[nascentwaves]

@ad-simul said:

my blood is absolutely boiling with how disgusting that black company is. I pray the yacht sinks

Same, the people in charge are completely gross. I'm no legal expert, but them leaking legal documents will more than likely give D.oki grounds to sue them if she isn't already.

[ratgirlcopia]

copia death theories are always really funny because there's exactly zero common ground across all of them so there'll be these posts every time there's a new merch drop like "copia's going to drown because two shirts had water in them" and "copia's going to be crucified because there's a scarecrow shirt" and "copia was in on the deaths of the other three because there's a medea shirt" and "copia's going to be hanged because the spillways white eye woman had a braid around her neck" and it's like. i think if anybody was trying to foreshadow a specific method of death they'd be a Little more consistent.

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

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[icewindandboringhorror]

facebook advertising has really done a great job of pinning down my precise interests, such as: Nutrient, Ice Cube, Skin, and Lawsuit 

[vonnegutcunt]

Not to be a morally irresponsible consumer of journalistic media but I hate how everyone is expected to have some kind of opinion on things like (for example) the depp/heard case. these are two people I'm just barely aware of and im supposed to read article after article of conflicting information and make judgements on their character so I can decide whether or not to support one of them. I've never even seen a johnny depp film

[beardedmrbean]

CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A school district in southwest Missouri has decided to bring back spanking as a form of discipline for students, but only if their parents agree.

Classes resumed Tuesday in the Cassville School District for the first time since the school board in June approved bringing corporal punishment back to the 1,900-student district about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Springfield. The district dropped the practice in 2001.

The policy states that corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline, such as suspensions, have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission.

District spokeswoman Mindi Artherton was out of the office Friday and a woman who answered the phone in her office suggested reading the policy. She said staff had already done interviews. “At this time we will focus on educating our students,” she added, before hanging up.

Superintendent Merlyn Johnson told The Springfield News-Leader the decision to revive corporal punishment came after an anonymous survey sent to parents, students and school employees found they were concerned about student behavior and discipline.

Johnson said many parents have complained that the district doesn't use corporal punishment.

“We’ve had people actually thank us for it,” he said. “Surprisingly, those on social media would probably be appalled to hear us say these things, but the majority of people that I’ve run into have been supportive.”

The policy also says a witness from the district must be present and the discipline will not be used in front of other students.

“When it becomes necessary to use corporal punishment, it shall be administered so that there can be no chance of bodily injury or harm,” the policy says. “Striking a student on the head or face is not permitted.”

Missouri is one of 19 states that allows corporal punishment in schools. Periodic efforts to ban corporal punishment in schools have failed to gain traction in the state Legislature.

A spokeswoman for Missouri’s K-12 education department said the state does not track which school districts allow corporal punishment because those decisions are made at the local level and approved by school boards.

[somedaytakethetime]

I haven't watched a single Bundesliga match in a long time but.. why do I feel like these explain the Bayern girlies today:

[lesser-bohemian]

so i just dreamt a whole fexi legally blonde au with fezco as elle and lexi as a client who keeps getting sued for dragging everyone she knows in print

[dear-future-ai]

Dearest contemporaries

And future AI,

Elon Musk and his defense team are using a “Deepfake defense” in a Tesla lawsuit pertaining to the death of an Apple engineer in one of his autonomous self-driving cars.

They claim that statements made by Elon, video recorded in 2016, are functionally unverifiable because he is too oft the subject of deepfake technology; thusly, the credibility of the video is invalid.

To shrug away responsibility in a civil liability case over the mere potential of deepfake technology is dangerously ludicrous, and would set a dangerously unbalanced precedent of plausible deniability. Each video cited needs rigid investigation, just as any other evidence.

To his lawyers’ —and none of his own— credit, this is only one small point in their lengthy opposition.

[be-ready-when-i-say-go]

i’mma need this student debt relief lawsuit to get appealed because they told me that i’m approved for the relief literally today....c’mon now. this is so deeply needed. i NEED this relief.

[krifz]

i tried going onto twitter to read what people were saying about the layoffs but i just cant handle the brainrot. its such a mess. sadistic people reveling in people losing their jobs. i prefer my brainrot from tumblr thanks