Friday, October 10, 2025

The Battle Over Civil Society

Chris Minns’ chief of staff in constitutional showdown with parliament over 120-year-old law

James Cullen, who was summonsed to appear before Rosehill inquiry, says 1901 law that enables parliament to compel witnesses is unconstitutional


Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE

AP – “Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press


A man in glasses and a suit frowns Lukas Coch/AAP Australia’s anti-corruption commissioner has a trust problem. He needs to change course to fix it

OpenAI signs first ever Australian government contract


No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

The New York Times Gift Article, Stephen I. Vladeck, a professor of law at Georgetown: “President Trump’s escalating efforts to deploy armed troops onto the streets of several American cities run by Democratic officials are raising a question courts have been all but completely able to avoid since the Constitution was drafted: Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?


The Battle Over Civil Society Dissent


Gig Drivers Win the Right to Unionize in California New York Times 


The number of countries issuing travel warnings about the U.S. is growing Boing Boing

Austrailia sic

While the continent down under told its people that travel's fine to travel to the 'States. However, they warn that anyone popping by America for more than 30 days (a pretty common occurance for Austrailians as traveling up here costs so much and takes so long) need to do what ever paperwork U.S.


The Moral Stupefaction of the American PublicBoston Review


Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks WaPo