My latest for @readsludge: Tulsi Gabbard took thousands from leaders of the Hindu American Foundation, a group with ties to India’s right wing Hindu nationalist movement https://readsludge.com/2018/12/26/tulsi-gabbard-took-thousands-from-members-of-right-wing-hindu-group/
> Involuntary manslaughter: a killing that stems from a lack of intention to cause death but involving an intentional, or negligent, act leading to death
Seems to fit the actions of the police in this case, just saying...
@Wipqozn Yes, but involuntary manslaughter is typically a charge leveled at the individuals directly responsible for the death, like a person driving a car while intoxicated.
The proximate cause, so to speak.
Or at least, that's my understanding of involuntary manslaughter.
> Qualified immunity: a legal doctrine in United States federal law that shields government officials from being sued for discretionary actions performed within their official capacity, unless their actions violated "clearly established" federal law or constitutional rights.
(though I'm not sure they have qualified immunity, the standard is more like "does a reasonable officer believe they acted reasonably if they were in that exact situation")
(which always ends in "you can't prove he wasn't scared")
"clearly established" is always fun, especially here, since it basically gives the government a mulligan
DC federal judge refuses @TheJusticeDept's request to pause deadlines in suit challenging Trump's asylum rules. Order cites DOJ stats on non-furloughed employees:
Imagine passing your super restrictive law by putting up an even more extreme version to move the window and then being dissatisfied you merely got away with that con
@Ash My understanding is that the Court imposed deadlines on the DOJ to produce certain briefings. The DOJ attempted to delay/pause these deadlines, citing the government shutdown. The Court notes that the DOJ's Office for Immigration Review has 48% of its employees exempted from the shutdown as well as 91% of CBP and 81% of ICE.
And therefore, due to these numbers, cannot be reasonably hampered by the shutdown.
Correction, this is with regards to a current suit on Trump's asylum rule changes.
user15026
6:10 PM
Ah, so basically it's "haha no you have the people, do the thing"
> Trump: We're banning ZTE because they broke trade sanctions. > Galaxy Trump: We're not banning ZTE because they gave me a bunch of money. > Universe Trump: We're banning ZTE because trade wars are easy to win.
