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This case seems egregious, and it reeks of retaliatory prosecution (that a senior Fed prosecutor resigned today, seemingly over this, adds to that impression). But also? Police overcharge like this ALL. THE. TIME. Like saying YOU assaulted THEM when you bled on them bc THEY punched YOU.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I would like to point out that one of the signatories, Mr Worker, once called this Hong Kong-bred reporter and another experienced Kiwi Chinese journalist "taking their first baby steps in learning about China, Chinese culture and overseas Chinese communities". www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Why wasn't there a vote on Steve Abel's amendment? I didn't hear it ruled out of order.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I might expand this to a blog post when I have time, but I think - as with govt depts making OIA responses, reading public comment on bills does not delay or hamper the proper work of the select cttee. It *is* the proper work of the select cttee. - the problem is the not-reading rather than the LLM

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I make quite a few in-person submissions to select committees. When I do, it is my usual (although not invariable) practice to read all of the other submissions on the Bill before turning up in person. Most submissions are entirely unhelpful, but it's of course good for someone to check.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

De-regulate legal services.* Lawyers and the Court system have priced themselves out of the reach of almost everyone. These are ridiculous sums to spend on even a complex employment proceeding. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-... * I realise in employment matters, they are partly de-regulated.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

The thing is, I kind of agree with David Seymour that the number of submissions on legislative proposals & % pro/con don't tell us that much, aside from crude indications of strength of public sentiment. The main purpose of submissions is useful ideas. But Seymour doesn't care about those *either*.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

I can only imagine how despondent professors at other academics at the University of Otago Law School must be that the most prominent legal scholar from their university is a psychology lecturer who has no idea what he's talking about. e-tangata.co.nz/uncategorise...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The Regulatory Standards Bill is to the left, as the UN Migration compact was to right.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is why "you're right, it isn't what you voted for, because your values aren't shared by the Republican Party" is a much more effective message to help build a better America than "yes you did vote for this, you bad person" which fails to take advantage of this once-in-a-generation opportunity

submitted 7 days ago • 92 comments

Yeeeah we did this for ambulance training and it was, I think, the fifth person who saw patient 1, patient 2, and ambulance officers 1-4 who decided... yeeeah, that's a *pile* and I ain't going in there.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

This is honestly the only way I intend to watch this teaser.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

One of the similarities between supporters of the IDF and the RUAF is that they both believe targeting their uniformed soldiers is a war crime

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

I did an informal poll of local elected officials, local govt agencies, and their staff about Bluesky adoption. The main barrier to officials and agencies adopting a Bluesky presence wasn't "angry constituents yelling at them." It's the lack of Bluesky support in their records archiving software.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments