Notices by Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)

#Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 #nonviolent drug offenders

#POTUS Joe Biden plans Friday to commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent #drug offenses, making good on a promise to reduce the federal prison population….

The commutations target those serving disproportionately long sentences for drug convictions compared with the punishments they would receive today under sentencing laws, policy & practice….

#law #pardon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/17/biden-pardons-justice-clemency/

#DavidLynch, Maker of Florid & Unnerving Films, Dies at 78

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” considered his masterwork. He brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”

#art #culture #film
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

In his farewell address, #POTUS #Biden cautioned against the “concentration of #technology, #power & #wealth” & said that an #oligarchy is forming.

#law #democracy #kleptocracy #bourgeoisie #RulingClass #USpol

Judge #AileenCannon cleared the way Monday for the release of the section of #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s report on #Trump’s 2020 #criminal #ElectionInterference.

Earlier, Cannon temporarily blocked the #DOJ from releasing the report.

She set a hearing for Fri on whether #Justice can release to lawmakers the volume on Trump's #ClassifiedDocuments case. The DOJ has said it will not publicly disclose that volume as long as #criminal proceedings against Trump's 2 co-defendants are pending.

#law

#SCOTUS said it will review the constitutionality of a provision of the #AffordableCareAct that requires #health plans to provide no-cost #PreventiveCare, including #cancer screenings, #immunizations & #contraception, to millions.

The case puts the #law, commonly known as #Obamacare, in the crosshairs once again & follows several challenges in recent years by conservatives hoping to overturn it, as well as a landmark 2012 ruling by the justices upholding its legality.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/10/obamacare-preventive-care-supreme-court/

Shortly before 8:30AM, just over a dozen anti-Trump demonstrators with the group #RiseAndResist marched up Centre Street & silently gathered in front of the Manhattan #Criminal Courthouse. In the face of heckles from a few #Trump fans, they held signs that read “No Jail Time Is An Injustice To Us All” & “Orange Is The New Orange.”

“We are unhappy that he’s not getting jail time,” said one of the demonstrators, Jamie Bauer, 66. “There’s really no consequences to his actions.”

#law #unfit

That civil action, known as an Article 78 proceeding, will essentially serve as an early #appeal. In the coming weeks, a NY appeals court will begin to consider the proceeding.

In remarks Thursday evening at his Mar-a-Lago estate, #Trump attacked the case & vowed to formally appeal, even though he was expected to avoid #jail or any other substantive #punishment.

“We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” he said.

#criminal #law #PresidentScumbag

Though #Trump will soon begin the #appeal process, the case will be concluded after sentencing, meaning it will no longer hover over him. But he will also be the first convicted #felon to be sworn in as president.

This week, Trump filed a civil action against the judge overseeing the case, challenging a pair of recent rulings that upheld his #conviction. Both rulings rejected Trump’s argument that, as a former & future president, he is entitled to #immunity.

#criminal #law #unfit

On Friday, Justice Juan M. #Merchan sentenced Donald J. Trump to an #UnconditionalDischarge, a rare & lenient sentence in NY state courts that still cements #Trump’s status as a #felon before his inauguration.

A conditional discharge would have required him to meet certain conditions, like maintaining employment or paying restitution, but Trump will not be subject to any requirements going forward.

#criminal #law #unfit #PresidentScumbag #RapistInChief

Once he is sentenced, #Trump’s lawyers will have 30 days to file a statement indicating his intent to #appeal. He will then need to mount the actual appeal at New York State’s Appellate Division in Manhattan, & prosecutors will get a chance to respond.

#Legal experts have cast doubt on Trump’s chances of success. Appeals courts typically frown on overturning #jury decisions, barring some glaring error or misconduct by the judge or prosecutors.

#criminal #law #unfit #PresidentScumbag

The outcome was expected: Last week, in an 18-page decision, Justice #Merchan said that he planned to give #Trump an #UnconditionalDischarge, writing that it “appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality.”

Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal, had originally faced probation or up to 4 years in prison, & Justice Merchan had ample ground to consider incarceration.

#criminal #law #unfit #PresidentScumbag #RapistInChief

Since 2014, ⅓ of defendants sentenced to the most serious charge of falsifying business records in the 1st degree in Manhattan received jail time, amounting to less than a year behind bars.

Other defendants received prison time — more than a year’s incarceration — or were sentenced to probation, conditional discharges, community service or fines.

No other defendant in the cases examined received an #UnconditionalDischarge.

#criminal #law #unfit #PresidentScumbag #RapistInChief #Trump

#Trump to Be Sentenced in NY #Criminal Case

The proceedings are set to begin at 9:30AM in Manhattan. Though the president-elect is expected to avoid #jail time, his #sentencing on 34 counts will formalize his status as a #felon & make him the first to carry that distinction into the White House.

#law #unfit #PresidentScumbag
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Biden to block #oil #drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters

#POTUS will sign memorandums prohibiting future oil & gas leasing across parts of the #AtlanticOcean, the #PacificOcean, the eastern #GulfOfMexico & the #NorthernBeringSea.

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #law #EnvironmentalLaw #Ocean #Sea #ThankYouJoe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/01/04/biden-offshore-oil-drilling/

10 killed, 30 injured in #NewOrleans as vehicle plows into crowd

The mass casualty incident took place on Canal & Bourbon St.

“Public safety partners are responding on scene,” the city’s emergency preparedness agency, #NOLA Ready, said on its website & advised people to stay away from the area.

“A horrific act of violence took place on Bourbon Street earlier this morning. I urge all near the scene to avoid the area,”Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry (R) said on social media.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/01/new-orleans-vehicle-crowd-bourbon-street/

Earlier CBS News, citing witnesses, reported that a truck had crashed into the crowd at high speed, & then the driver got out & started firing a weapon, with police returning fire.

#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #extremism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/multiple-fatalities-truck-crashes-into-new-orleans-crowd-cbs-news-says-2025-01-01/

#US born citizen, Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect identified as the truck driver who plowed into groups of people on #NewOrleans' Bourbon Street, appeared to have an #ISIS flag on the vehicle, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.

#NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #NationalSecurity
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-new-orleans-car-drives-into-crowd-french-quarter-rcna185915/rcrd66124?canonicalCard=true

The suspect driving the car in #NewOrleans has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar, two federal officials told CBS News.

#terrorism
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/

Apparently #NewOrleans city workers were in the process of replacing the security barriers just before the attack.

#terrorism

“In response to vehicle attacks on pedestrian malls around the world, New Orleans was in the process of removing & replacing the barriers known as bollards that restrict vehicle traffic in the Bourbon Street pedestrian zone. The barriers had been first installed in 2017 ahead of the NBA All Star game as part of a $40 million security plan.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-orleans-was-replacing-street-barriers-time-truck-attack-2025-01-01/

The driver in the #NewOrleans truck ramming in New Orleans that killed at least 10 people was identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-din Jabbar, a #US citizen from #Texas, according to the #FBI. An ISIS flag and weapons were found in the vehicle.

#NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #NationalSecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/multiple-fatalities-truck-crashes-into-new-orleans-crowd-cbs-news-says-2025-01-01/