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SJC cuts signature requirements; an uncomfortable win for democracy in the absence of legislative action

April 18, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 21 Comments

Thanks to Christopher for flagging this down: The SJC has made a rather uncomfortable "emergency" decision, in halving the number of signatures needed for some offices; extended deadlines; and required Sec. of Commonwealth Galvin to accept … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: bill-galvin, COVID-19, COVID19, democracy, disenfranchisement, ed-markey, elections, john-walsh, ralph-gants, robert-deleo, sjc, speaker-deleo, vote by mail

Massachusetts High Court Limits Police Searches in Small Marijuana Cases

April 21, 2011 By ACLUm blog 9 Comments

First, and most obviously, it's an important step forward for marijuana decriminalization. The justices took seriously the notion that when Massachusetts voters said they didn't want police harassing marijuana users or using limited law … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, marijuana, massachusetts, question-2, racial-justice, sjc

Governor’s Council continues to cover itself in glory on judicial nominations

April 7, 2011 By David 15 Comments

Cipollini is not alone in his determination to make foolish comments about Lenk's nomination. Councilor Jennie Caissie of Oxford called Patrick's comments odd. "I don't think he said when he found out that Fernande Duffly was a heterosexual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governors-council, sjc

Governor’s Council narrowly averts profoundly embarrassing itself

January 26, 2011 By David 40 Comments

In a 4-3 vote, the Governor's Council has approved Governor Patrick's nomination of Appeals Court judge Fernande R.V. Duffly to the Supreme Judicial Court. The reasons given for the three "no" votes range from barely plausible to laughable. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governors-council, ma, patrick, sjc

SJC releases damning probation report

November 18, 2010 By David 69 Comments

I haven't read the report yet, but it sure sounds bad. The state's highest court, armed with a special counsel's report that details widespread "abuse and systemic corruption" in the state's Probation Department, said today the senior court … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: probation, sjc

SJC ssues major new case on evidentiary standards for non-jury hearings

November 4, 2009 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

Full opinion: Term   NOTICE: The slip opinions and orders posted on this Web site are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. This preliminary material will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: care-and-protection, child-welfare, judicial-notice, non-jury-hearing, sjc

Trial Court Law clerks to be bought [oops – paid for!] by private law firms! See poll!

June 15, 2009 By AmberPaw 36 Comments

Now that he has eliminated guardian ad litems for education, Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert Mulligan [a/k/a "The CJAM] has come up with another bright idea - his plan, which looks like it will happen - let the big … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: conflict-of-interest, ethics, ethics-reform, sjc, supreme-judicial-court

Rumors Fly About Prop 8 Day of Decision Being Thursday

May 20, 2009 By john-hosty-grinnell Leave a Comment

UPDATED: May 20 2009 -- No opinions were announced for filing on Thursday, May 21, 2009. There is no pending notice of forthcoming opinion filings. When opinions are expected to file, notices are generally posted the day before. Opinions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: california, marriage-equality, prop-8, protest, sjc

Ralph Gants for SJC

December 1, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

Well, this is downright uncanny. It is a very small world. Gov. Patrick nominated Ralph Gants for the SJC -- he's been a Superior Court judge for 11 years. Well, I actually served on a jury in Judge Gants' court, for a medical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gants, law-and-lawyers, massachusetts, patrick, sjc

State House roundup: Global Warming, Justice Greaney, 1913; [update] overrides!

July 30, 2008 By David 10 Comments

Several interesting tidbits from Beacon Hill today. The house unanimously passed the Global Warming Solutions act.  The House version is not identical to the Senate's, so this is not a done deal yet, but according to the Globe the … [Read more...]

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BenDowningMABen Downing@BenDowningMA·
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Our leaders didn’t prepare us for the virus, or a shock like it, and that left all of us, but particularly the most vulnerable, exposed. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/06/nation/mass-surpasses-16000-deaths-due-covid-19/ #mapoli

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It’s telling that the last two Democratic Presidents began their presidencies with a “Recovery Act” and a “Rescue Plan” because their inheritances were so catastrophic.

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Beautiful urban visions from @berkie1 !

Sure would help to have a robust, thriving public transit system to enable this.

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Streets that put people first, not cars - The Boston Globe https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2021/03/superblocks/ via @BostonGlobe

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DrEricDingEric Feigl-Ding@DrEricDing·
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Let this sink in— 5,700,000 children will be lifted out of poverty soon by President Biden’s #COVID19 relief aid passed by Congress.

Zero Republicans (House/Senate) voted for it.

Only way we passed it that Democrats won 2 senate seats for a 50-50 tie & VP Harris made it 51-50. https://twitter.com/chrislu44/status/1366524803742597120

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This deserves a lot more attention

New analysis: 13.1 million fewer Americans would be in poverty after the passage of Biden's economic relief bill

Significantly, the child poverty rate would be cut in half. That's 5.7 million fewer kids in poverty https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/2021/presidential-policy/biden-economic-relief-proposal-poverty-impact?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210228&instance_id=27598&nl=the-morning®i_id=103545475&segment_id=52539&te=1&user_id=cd59d05eab07f3403b8db65ae0fa15b3

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“..it could become one of the most effective laws to fight poverty in a generation. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimates that the plan would reduce the poverty rate by more than a quarter for adults and cut the child poverty rate in half.”

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