Spotlight PA, media groups sue to unseal records in ex-Democratic state lawmaker s embezzlement case pennlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pennlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Adam KlasfeldFeb 22nd, 2021, 2:50 pm
Positioned by President
Joe Biden as an attorney general nominee whose bipartisan bona fides can restore public confidence in the Department of Justice, Judge
Merrick Garland spent most of the first day of his confirmation hearing affirming that he will repair the wall between the prosecutor’s office and the White House.
“Too many in the Department’s senior roles cast aside the rule of law,” Judiciary Committee Chairman
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) noted. “Trump appointees in the Department sidelined career public servants from line attorneys to FBI agents limiting their roles, disregarding their nonpartisan input, overriding their professional judgments, and falsely accusing them of being members of the ‘deep state.’”
The organizations asked a federal court to unseal records related to the conviction of former state Rep. Leslie Acosta of Philadelphia, arguing there is a high burden for restricting that access.
Seven ways to restore our press freedoms before we end up with another authoritarian dictator President Donald J. Trump joined by Vice President Mike Pence, participates in a governors video teleconference on partnership to prepare, mitigate and respond to COVID-19 Thursday, March 26, 2020, in the White House Situation Room. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) Here s how to prevent a 2024 Trump campaign
Donald Trump s time in office was defined by death, destruction, disarray, and multiple attacks on democracy. Yet we must never forget that Trump s legacy also includes an evil milestone, reached in 2018, when the United States, for the first time ever, ranked among the top five deadliest countries for journalists. For context, other top nations were Afghanistan, Syria, Mexico, India, and Yemen. This was the same year that Trump first called the press the enemy of the people.
Join the
Militant in its fight to overturn a ban of the Jan. 4 issue of the paper imposed by prison officials at the Camp Hill State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.
The inmate-subscriber whose paper was seized sent the denial form to the
Militant. He said he plans to file an appeal of the ban as per prison regulations.
The denial form justifies the impoundment by saying page 2 of the issue could “create a danger within the context of the correctional facility.” But the only article on page 2 is “Workers in Scotland Speak Out Against Economic, Health Crisis.”
The form also says, “Brief Description: Socialist Workers Party Action, speaks on social unrest and standing against law enforcement.” Prison authorities are likely referring to the “Socialist Workers Party Action Program” appearing on page 3, which is the election campaign platform of the SWP that has been run in many issues over the past year.