Merrick B Garland, the attorney general, recently told Congress that Trump’s demonization of judges and prosecutors threatened the rule of law. “Singling out individual career public servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous – particularly at a time of increased threats to the safety of public servants and their families,” Garland said.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/03/donald-trump-supporters-judges-prosecutors
Garland then added: “We will not be intimidated. We will do our jobs free from outside influence. And we will not back down from defending our democracy.”
With two weeks to go until the Voice referendum, Justice Dixon made his views clear during his farewell ceremony at the Supreme Court in Melbourne.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-28/supreme-court-judge-john-dixon-retires-voice-to-parliament/102912466
He said Indigenous people in Australia should be entitled to "constitutional recognition, to the truth, and to treaties".
"I think it is shameful that there is conflict and doubt over whether this will be achieved," he said on Wednesday evening.
"We ought to work together to resolve any uncertainty or disagreement on specifics, as our brothers and sisters across the ditch have done," he said, referring to New Zealand which provides recognition for the Indigenous Māori people.
"In truth, there is a root of collective shame in our racist past and the perpetuation and encouragement of racist attitudes by the empty vessels making the most noise.
"I want to believe that over the next few weeks, Australia will find the empathy, the grace and the fair go that ought to define our national character." #auslaw #auspol #voice #IndigenousIP #Yes23
Fears over right to protest after woman with sign at climate trial prosecuted https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/19/protester-who-held-sign-outside-london-climate-trial-prosecuted Sam Grant, advocacy director of Liberty, called on ministers to reverse the restrictions on protest which are contained in recent legislation – in the Policing Act and Public order Act – and commit to protecting the right to protest.
Grant said: “This decision is concerning – especially when seen in the wider context of increasing attacks on our right to protest. We all have the right to make our voices heard on issues that matter to us, but this government has continually narrowed our options for standing up for what we believe in." #climate #uslaw
'Right to repair has no cannier, more dedicated adversary than Apple, a company whose most innovative work is dreaming up new ways to sneakily sabotage electronics repair while claiming to be a caring environmental steward, a lie that covers up the mountains of e-waste that Apple dooms our descendants to wade through.' @b92dcc07https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/#thought-differently #righttorepair #apple
Senior public servants from the watchdogs regulating Qantas' consumer relations and aviation safety have accepted complimentary membership to the airline's exclusive Chairman's Lounge, despite their role in regulating the national carrier. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/public-servants-regulators-qantas-chairmans-lounge/102845600 via @ABCaustralia #ACCC #competition #regulation #Qantas
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