"She sought justice for sexual assault. B.C.’s judge shortage became her battle.
Delays in civil justice system forcing one woman to go one-on-one against the man she says raped her."
A popular way of comparing intercultural diplomatic actors beyond Europe is to focus on #courts and their performative roles, especially in (Eur)Asia. Compared to #earlymodern Eurasia, it is far more difficult to apply actor-based approaches in the Mesoamerican frontier and the Pacific, due to different recording styles and differences in how official receptions were prepared, as well as the absence of direct correspondences between delegation members and their patrons, which was usually carried out by indigenous intermediaries. (6/10)
THIS IS SO BADASS. This man runs a very queer friendly café, in 2018 he woke up to find his café’s #Facebook page deleted, so he decided to file an action to get back some lost revenue from people thinking he was closed because it was suddenly gone. #Meta lied and lied, and he won.
How owner of Teatotaller cafe defeated social media giant Meta in court
nearly ¾ of them appointed by #Trump to #federal#courts, where they have ruled on issues like #VotingRights & access to the #abortion pill. Roughly 10 more served in Trump’s admin; nearly a dozen made his #SCOTUS short lists. Fmr #ClarenceThomas clerks have argued, & won, several of the most momentous #SupremeCourt cases of recent yrs.
People are learning the #law and the #courts are just $hit people make up.
They are not math, they are not physics, they are not about justice, they are just rules passed by the powerful in a society. If you allow multimillionaires & billionaires to exists then law is just what the rich feel like turning into rules & #judges are just people, not impartial arbiters