The passage of the ADA in 1990 also shows how much this country has changed, for the worse, since then. That bill passed with a lot of bipartisan support. Big Business opposed it, but most Republicans in Congress still voted for it. It passed the House with 377 votes, and the Senate with 91 votes. George H. W. Bush also supported it, and proudly signed it into law.
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Anyone, anywhere, anytime can become disabled, whether permanently or merely temporarily.
Even a billionaire can break a leg on a ski slope and find their home difficult to navigate.
Only a total idiot would not understand that.
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Dammit I canât get any previews to work
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âTodayâs decision is a welcome victory for our clients and the rights of all people to safe, usable identity documents,â added Julie Murray, co-director of the ACLUâs State Supreme Court Initiative.
âThe Attorney Generalâs move to target transgender people in this way has always been baseless and discriminatory. As this case returns to the lower courts, we will continue to defend the ability of all Kansans to access driverâs licenses that reflect who they know themselves to be.â
Thatâs the guts of it. I gotta admit, I get very confused with the way these get reported of âreversing the block of the block.â I find myself counting up the reversals to figure out if it ends negative or positive!
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Iâm not a fan of the MeidasTouch folks. I donât trust them long-term and their clickbait headlines are squicky. I do like Michael Popakâs analyses, though. Hereâs a good one on the next steps in the lawsuit seeking to return control of the Cali National Guard in LA to the Governor:
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A district court judge in LA issued a temporary restraining order against the administration, halting ICE raids in 7 California counties due to racial profiling.
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Thatâll stop them for sure. 
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I mean, it probably wonât stop them, but it will at least put the issue on record, so when, someday, sanity is restored to our government, maybe some of these assholes can be held accountable. Iâm not holding my breath for that, but I do still want the courts to keep trying to uphold the law.
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What if Mayor Bass orders LAPD to follow ICE around and enforce the order? Same with Newsom and CHP? I guess they could deny the orders, but thatâs a good way to get fired. I would imagine the power imbalance between fed and local shifts a bit when one is clearly violating court orders and one is upholding them, and ICE just doesnât have much law enforcement scope to begin with.
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I donât think, legally, the mayor of a city or the governor of a state has much authority over federal law enforcement, unless theyâre violating state law for which they could be arrested.
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Are you sure? I thought local law enforcement also enforces federal law when there arenât appropriate federal law enforcement present. For instance, I know that state police enforce violations of the Endangered Species Act in the ocean (state waters). They donât have to wait for NFWS to show up.
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Sure, but thatâs not the same thing as trying to enforce a federal court order against federal law enforcement officers, especially when it concerns immigration, which is the exclusive domain of the federal government.
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But in this case, itâs not immigration enforcement - itâs abduction. If ICE doesnât have a judicial warrant, itâs the local law enforcementâs job to stop them from kidnapping people.
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Yeah, I just donât see it going down that way. Plus, from a practical standpoint, do you really think the LAPD is going to arrest ICE? Or the LASD? Theyâd probably side with ICE.
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I think if they are ordered to do it, LAPD has a choice - do it, resign, or get fired. LASD might just take it up as an opportunity to take on a rival gang. Maybe offer up to match ICEâs $42k bonus!
ETA: If everyone follows the imagined intent of the law preemptively in resistance to fascism, weâre fucked. Weâre going to have to get creative to survive this.
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I mean, ICE isnât a federal law enforcement agency anymore. They are just walking 4th Amendment violations. They are just as much a criminal gang as LACSD.
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This is interesting:
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