I am fed up of being scolded on here, so this account will now be dormant - at least for a while.
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On leave from Mastodon, at least for a while.
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Another death in Minnesota
The significance of the killing of Alex Pretti
By me, at Prospect
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Dear USA
Policing and law enforcement losing the confidence of the community does not end well.
Yours,
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Why the Hillsborough law campaigners are right to be resolute
The attempts to water down the duty of candour should be resisted
Me at Prospect
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"Trade in illegal goods (Slaves, Narcotics and Firearms) is the most profitable, but may harm your legal status."
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Trump want to invoke the Insurrection Act.
But what is stopping him?
By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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“…neither rhyme nor reason.”
We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance.
By me.
Substack: https://emptycity.substack.com/p/neither-rhyme-nor-reason
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The new ICE Age
Me at Prospect on the implications of the transition to lawlessness as general policy
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/72155/trump-new-ice-age
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Notes on gangster states
Why legitimacy matters when the state has a monopoly on coercive and lethal force
New, by me
Substack
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/notes-on-gangster-states
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Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
By me, at Prospect
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/72070/ice-death-in-minnesota
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Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration?
The home secretary has brutal, wide-ranging powers to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights
By me at Prospect, on Begum and Abd el-Fattah
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/72006/a-politician-can-remove-citizenship-with-little-judicial-consideration
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When should social media posts have legal consequences?
Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah
By me, at New Statesman
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Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
Substack
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-austen-as-a-writer-about-law
Personal blog
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/12/jane-austen-as-a-writer-about-law/
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The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for Prospect
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/71813/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-rebalancing-the-echr
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Why juries matter
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/71731/why-juries-matter
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For those kind enough to be paying subscribers, I have done a treat post:
How the BBC censored the line that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history”
Substack: https://emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-bbc-censored-the-line-that
And Patreon, for those who don't like Substack:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/144717692
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The signature of Guy Fawkes both before and after he said on Mastodon that the Fediverse has its limitations.
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Why 'A House of Dynamite' is a good film about how those with power make decisions
This unconventional nuclear thriller does something rare in movies
By me
Substack:
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/why-a-house-of-dynamite-is-a-good
Personal blog
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/10/why-a-house-of-dynamite-is-a-good-film-about-how-those-with-power-make-decisions/
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The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at Prospect
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional
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What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal
The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government's position now makes sense
By me
Substack
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-chinese-spying-case-witness
Personal blog:
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/10/what-the-chinese-spying-case-witness-statements-reveal/
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