#legal procedural

[countesspetofi]

One of the things I love about Perry Mason is that they’re always eating. I think there’s at least one restaurant scene in every episode, and more sandwiches and coffee in the office than you could shake a breadstick at. I learned to make potatoes Lyonnaise because Perry and Della got them with their steaks more than once so I knew they must be good. The practice probably has a running tab with every takeout place in the neighborhood. I bet Gertie has a candy dish on her desk. Justice will not triumph on an empty stomach.

[dykedvonte]

I think it’s so ironic that the Pony Express escapes a lot if not all blame in discussion. I can’t even say I am excused from it but it’s just how hard people circle back to the characters alone without considering the environment they were made to be in.

Why would they design a ship where only two of the rooms lock? Not the bathroom? Not the sleeping quarters? We assume that all the companies in the universe are this shallow and careless to their workers but we explicitly know the Pony Express in extra vile. They are fed processed slop pack they can’t even really cook and the ration of those pack is meager at best. They hired and made people with a plethora of conflicting demeanors and beliefs work together on a mission where cohesion is important if not an outright necessity and punish them for not being happy about it. There’s no social protocols, not chain of command other than Captain’s word/choice and the only way to enforce that is with a literal firearm. They don’t allow them to celebrate freely and even took away leisure activities that would make them less stir crazy. They are only allowed a few hours of sleep despite their being no other real responsibilities or work on the ship, no matter the position or its importance. With any crew, with any level of synergy, this was a powder keg waiting for a spark.

I’m not saying characters that made mistakes didn’t make huge ones, but I think part of the horror is that at least for some (this is targeting Jimathan) those mistakes are partly made by a force of the hand. There’s a running theme of lack of choice and being forced into something and the very nature of how The Pony Express expected them to function plays a big part.

[sleepyleftistdemon]

A university janitor who turned off a freezer after hearing multiple “annoying alarms,” ruined more than 20 years of research, according to a lawsuit filed against his employer by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York.

The janitor, who is not being sued in the lawsuit, was a contractor with Daigle Cleaning Systems Inc., who worked for several months in 2020 at the private research university in Troy.

The school is seeking more than $1 million in damages and legal fees from Daigle Cleaning Systems as a result of the incident.

The lab’s freezer contained over 20 years of research, including cell cultures and samples, to which a “small temperature fluctuation of three degrees would cause catastrophic damage,” according to the lawsuit filed with the Rensselaer County Supreme Court.

The college does not believe the janitor is at fault but instead blames Daigle Cleaning Systems for failing to properly train and supervise him, according to the suit.

[blessyouhawkeye]

the thing about the daredevil: born again overhaul is that i think it's possible the thing that wasn't working about the show is the fact that foggy and karen weren't in it. the article said that they were going for a dense legal procedural and that matt didn't actually get into the costume until episode 4, and the legal aspect of daredevil fundamentally does not work unless you have his LAW PARTNERS

[carlyraejepsans]

i think i found my people

[odessastone]

Thinking about the Vishkar cybernetic “upgrade” happening as soon as a student turns a certain age (thinking something like 16 to give them time to get used to it before graduation/starting work with the company, though it could even be as young as 13). Thinking about Niran having to go through the procedure first since he’s 6 months older, and then Satya trying to swallow her growing fear as the months pass and she watches Niran suffer through the phantom pains and the emotional trauma of having a perfectly healthy part of your body cut off. While Niran wears his feelings loudly, Satya retreats into herself, plugging her ears while Niran cries in the night

[flock-of-cassowaries]

Kade Prunell, s2: What you’re planning to do vis. Hannibal Lecter is illegal, unethical, and will actually inhibit our ability to legally detain this man long-term.

Jack Crawford: WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE STUPID SHIT WE’RE GONNA DO IN s3!!!

[cozybearz]

I haven’t seen it mentioned here, and just learned about it myself, but H.R 9495 Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which was introduced in September, is on the schedule to be considered by the House tomorrow. I thought people may want to know about it.

The summary of the bill from the official site (which also includes other info including tracking it’s progress):

“This bill postpones certain tax filing deadlines for U.S. nationals and their spouses who are unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad. It also allows for a refund and abatement of tax penalties and fines paid by detained individuals.

The bill terminates the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations. “

The full bill in pdf form - details on “Termination of tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations” begins in section 4, page 10

If I understand correctly, organizations would be designated as such by the Secretary of the Treasury (with review by IRS and district courts)

[segretecose]

people are getting color changing surgery on their eyes?????????

[gameofthunder66]

Law & Order (1990- ) tv series

-(started) watchin' Season 24- 10/3/2024- on NBC (Peacock)

[peppermintfreak]

[countesspetofi]

Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, William Shatner guest stars in "Killer Instinct," episode 1 of the third season of The Defenders (original air date September 23, 1961).

Shatner plays the law firm's client of the week, an ex-commando who accidentally kills a man when he fights back after being accosted in the street.

Other Trek connections:

Shatner's wife is played by Joanna Linville, who played the Romulan commander in the Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident."

Kermit Murdock plays the District Attorney in "Killer Instinct" and the Prosecutor in the Star Trek episode "All Our Yesterdays." Typecasting!

Mitchell Ryan, who played Commander Riker's father in the Next Generation episode "The Icarus Factor," plays the brother of the decedent in "Killer Instinct."

[orokana-bara]

this was really was how he was in aa1 though

[youngpettyqueen]

thinking about trans Julian again specifically thinking about the idea of Julian being trans but electing to not undergo any gender-affirming surgeries

like I was thinking about this the other day in the context of his line about him and Kira being the only other options for a womb when he had to transplant the baby from Keiko, because the implication that Julian has a womb also implies he's elected out of having a hysterectomy for gender-affirming purposes. I say that because we know gender-affirming surgeries- at least the more cosmetic ones- are very easy to undergo (see Profit and Lace, where they very quickly and easily turn Quark into a woman (yes I know it wasn't gender-affirming for him but its the easiest episode to use for my point)) so I feel like it wouldnt be a reach to say that a hysterectomy would be a fairly easy procedure to ask for and undergo

which as ive been thinking about it more I think this like. perfectly tracks with Julian as a character, that he would opt out of undergoing gender-affirming procedures. because I think, considering what his parents did to him and how strongly he resents it, that he would steer clear of anything he would view as "changing" himself. honestly so far in the future I think its safe to assume views of transitioning are very different, and I'd like to think that there wouldnt be nearly as much social pressure to physically transition at all, but even if there was I think Julian would be very resistant to the idea that he would "have" to change anything about himself. Julian is very unapologetically himself in every regard, so im pretty confident in saying that that would translate over to his gender identity and asserting that he is a man, and he doesnt need to change anything about himself or his body to be one

[siaradwast]

yk how like. some british people make "jokes" about school shootings in the usa which are obviously not at all funny. well not only is it not funny but also it's like. not hypocritical, exactly, but something like that. because whilst the usa's issue with violence against children is based around gun violence, the uk actually has a pretty similar issue with knife crime against children. so i think the bigger thing to focus on is "hey it's pretty fucked up that there is so much violence against children" rather than "at least we don't have guns". because whilst i don't agree with the first amendment, im not entirely sure guns themselves are the whole issue, since a similar level of knife crime exists in the uk.

basically: the "violence" part of "gun violence in the usa" is quite possibly the bigger thing to focus on rather than "gun", especially when you consider that you can say "knife violence in the uk" and it would be a comparable sentiment

[djungleskogs]

ok maybe this is just me but i need to know like it’s bothering me… would maddie get in trouble for giving amir’s information to athena without verifying that she was actually on duty/needed that info? or would it be entirely on athena? i feel like there’s gotta be a verification process that you have to go through before you can give out information even to police officers especially if they’re asking outside of the official channels. like if athena had done what she was set out to do, and killed amir, would maddie have been implicated in that? would she have gotten in legal trouble for giving out his address? it’s been bothering me for days. i need to know