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
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
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