BILL NOAKES @wnoakes
Public Defender | former AF JAG | Former Assoc Independent Counsel | ND | U Chicago Law |Perkins School of Theology | #lawtwitter [email protected] linkedin.com/in/billnoakes Detroit Joined November 2009-
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If you want to reduce crime, make sure people have access to: * health care * education * food * housing, employment, and community
I will keep saying this: Texas and Florida are more populous and economically powerful, but Louisiana, with its new Christian nationalist governor, is now running point on America's drive toward fascism. Watch what happens here to see what's coming nationwide.
I will keep saying this: Texas and Florida are more populous and economically powerful, but Louisiana, with its new Christian nationalist governor, is now running point on America's drive toward fascism. Watch what happens here to see what's coming nationwide.
That about sums it up. Sad that so few are listening.
That about sums it up. Sad that so few are listening.
The 9th Circuit today granted qualified immunity to an officer who shot a man six times. The decision nicely illustrates why the justifications for qualified immunity doctrine bear scant relationship to reality, and why it is brutally unjust. 🧵 1/10
BREAKING: Morning Joe Scarborough brutally mocks Donald Trump for whining that no president has ever been as badly mistreated as him — except for maybe Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln. This is absolutely pathetic, and Scarborough didn't hold back... "Let's sort through that,"…
BREAKING: A new poll from ABC News shows that FIFTY-NINE PERCENT of Americans have an unfavorable view of Donald Trump. Retweet if you’re part of that 59%!
BREAKING: Fox News guest stuns Republican viewers by admitting that President Biden’s historic State of the Union address was a huge “success.” “He brought a lot of vigor, a lot of energy,” said the guest, talking about how Biden crushed expectations. “I think that it was a…
BREAKING: Donald Trump gets slammed with bad news in his New York criminal trial as the judge overseeing the case agrees to the prosecutors' request to limit access to juror information — ensuring that they'll be safe from violent MAGA fanatics. But it gets even better... Judge…
If the "big time" means endless and unrepentant copaganda while also presenting an almost entirely false impression of how courts actually work.....welcome to the "big time" Toronto?
If the "big time" means endless and unrepentant copaganda while also presenting an almost entirely false impression of how courts actually work.....welcome to the "big time" Toronto?
A true waste of a contributor to all humanity - Damn shame!
A true waste of a contributor to all humanity - Damn shame!
After waiting an hour, I left the office without seeing my doctor. Patients and consumers must pay or be penalized for late or missed appointments. And despite being early/on time, we are expected to wait…
This knee jerk criticism of Rep. Tlaib is unfair and unwarranted. As for Max Miller, does he seek to have Klan flags removed to?
This knee jerk criticism of Rep. Tlaib is unfair and unwarranted. As for Max Miller, does he seek to have Klan flags removed to?
Tlaib faces backlash for response to Hamas attacks on Israel detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews
Clarence Thomas lays the groundwork for dismantling defendant rights. If this comes to pass, what rights will defendants have? Will the power of the State be overweening and overwhelming? slate.com/news-and-polit…
Simply unbelievable
If prosecutor’s align too closely with police departments, I ask: Who hold police such as these accountable?
If prosecutor’s align too closely with police departments, I ask: Who hold police such as these accountable?
FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave' detroitnews.com/story/news/nat… via @detroitnews
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Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe
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Karl's Girlfriend @nomoreevictions
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Public Defenseless Po.. @PDefenselessPod
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Rodney D Barnes @RodneyDBarnes63
4K Followers 3K Following Career public defender, navy vet, husband to a wonderful wife for over 26yrs, father of three fine young men. My opinions are all my own. BLM; LGTBQ+...He/Him
Waqar Vick Rehman @WaqarVick
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Bridget Mary McCormac.. @BridgetMaryMc
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins
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Scott Hechinger @ScottHech
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Joshua B. Hoe @JoshuaBHoe
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Governor Gretchen Whi.. @GovWhitmer
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Karl's Girlfriend @nomoreevictions
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Public Defenseless Po.. @PDefenselessPod
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Rodney D Barnes @RodneyDBarnes63
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones
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Waqar Vick Rehman @WaqarVick
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Bridget Mary McCormac.. @BridgetMaryMc
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins
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Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow
248K Followers 5K Following Michigan State Senate Majority Whip | @NotreDame | @raywert's ginger half | Noa's mom
Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior
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Melissa Murray (@Prof.. @ProfMMurray
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Dr. Frederick D Hayne.. @llfhunscripted9
208 Followers 2K Following Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, Ill is a follower and servant of Jesus, committed to prophetically making a difference. ©
Dennis @GrandpaDennisP
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Amanda Lorei @AmandaLorei
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Suzanne Nossel @SuzanneNossel
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Public Defender Servi.. @pdsdc
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158 Followers 55 Following Asst. Prof. @UCLA_Law. Criminal legal scholar and social psychologist writing about punishment and the intersection of psychology and law.
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@MalcolmNance @ColinPClarke Tom Wolfe called the phenomenon “Radical Chic”. To these overwhelming white bred bored suburban born wannabe revolutionaries, it’s all fashion for them. This is why one cause is interchangeable with any other cause to them. If there was a real revolution, they wouldn’t last a day
If you want to reduce crime, make sure people have access to: * health care * education * food * housing, employment, and community
“The greatest political danger in America isn’t fascism, and it isn’t wokeness. It’s inertia. America needs a warning.” nytimes.com/2024/04/11/opi…
"If you want Democrats to be there for you, you can't act...like Kevin McCarthy. You're going to have to work with them and bring up the thing that you know is the right thing to do" @BrendanBuck on why Speaker Mike Johnson needs to pass more aid for Ukraine #SaturdayShow
I can hardly believe it. Trump was in Grand Rapids Michigan , surrounded by police officers, calling immigrants ANIMALS, and those STUPID POLICE endorsed him for President. I cannot express how ASHAMED AND ANGRY I am about that. Grand Rapids police can STOP going on T V and…
Who knew millions of people would want a man/child for their leader. Those who actually know him understand he is INCOMPETENT, and EVIL! msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
I asked my husband “if you were a juror and I was a defense attorney, would you trust me if I wore this outfit” and he said “jurors don’t have to trust the defense, the defense has no burden” I’m obsessed with him
I’ve never been to the Continent, and it feels unreal that my first trip will be to South Africa in September to talk about SECURE study! What??😭😭😭 May the ancestors be pleased. Ashe✊🏽
The 9th Circuit today granted qualified immunity to an officer who shot a man six times. The decision nicely illustrates why the justifications for qualified immunity doctrine bear scant relationship to reality, and why it is brutally unjust. 🧵 1/10
In 1963, the famous photographer Richard Avedon took a picture of a man named William Casby. William Casby, born in 1857, was 106 years old at the time. In his hands, he was holding his great-great-granddaughter, Cherri Stamps-McCray. The image amazes me because the elderly…
@AfricanArchives Yup. That’s what led to the war with Mexico. It’s often compared to the civil war because the generals who were officers fighting for slavery were fighting on both sides 20 years later.
@AfricanArchives Many people don't realize the U.S. was one of the last industrialized nations to abolish slavery. Emancipation only came after a long Abolition Movement and a Civil War that killed between 620,000 and 750,00 soldiers and untold civilians. Slavery in America didn't die easily.
@AfricanArchives And some of them were Black Seminoles whose African and Gullah Geechee ancestors escaped from the rice plantations of South Carolina. They spoke/speak a Gullah dialect. Learn about their journey to Mexico here. glc.yale.edu/sites/default/…
@AfricanArchives Vincente Guerrero, this half black Mexican was the president of Mexico in 1829, he abolished slavery
What is wrong with this man? thehill.com/homenews/campa…
@Trump_Losses @nee_haynes It should🙄 be 99% not impressed.
Me, In law school - I just want to be a successful partner at a firm by 35 Me, as a lawyer - I just don’t want a client or Judge to yell at me today
BREAKING: Donald Trump gets slammed with bad news in his New York criminal trial as the judge overseeing the case agrees to the prosecutors' request to limit access to juror information — ensuring that they'll be safe from violent MAGA fanatics. But it gets even better... Judge…
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