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News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

Murray & Warchuk on Outster of Judicial Review Clauses and the Common Law Philip Murray (University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; University of Cambridge - Robinson College, Cambridge) & Paul Warchuk (University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law) have posted Ouster Clauses and the Common Law: a Historical Reappraisal (142 Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article traces the development of English administrative law's approach to ouster clauses, re-assessing the idea that ouster clauses have always been treated by the courts as so constitutionally repugnant that they are to be given the narrowest of interpretations.

Murray & Warchuk on Outster of Judicial Review Clauses and the Common Law

Philip Murray (University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; University of Cambridge - Robinson College, Cambridge) & Paul Warchuk (University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law) have posted Ouster Clauses and the…

Leonid Sirota: Yes, the notwithstanding clause overrides rights. No, it isn't defensible When Sec. 33 becomes habit, the people will lose

ICYMI: My piece in the National Post addressing some of the myths being spread about the "notwithstanding clause" to justify its widespread use. nationalpost.com/opinion/leon...

Alberta police watchdog to investigate N.S. police handling of Glen Assoun case | CBC News Glen Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, but was later exonerated.

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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

N.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist | CBC News A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.

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Power price stability and the insurance value of renewable technologies - Nature Energy Increasing solar photovoltaic and wind generation capacity beyond European 2030 targets could make electricity prices more stable, with reductions in sensitivity to fluctuations in the price of natura...

Two new papers find renewables are good insurance (they stabilize electricity price volatility in welfare improving ways)

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The Faculty of Arts at UWaterloo is pushing through a 'reorganization' plan that will - administratively, at least - collapse a number of its departments into 'schools'. Problems abound with both the process and the plan. A long thread... 1/n

The Law Society of Alberta has disbarred both John Carpay and Jay Cameron of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms for hiring a private investigator to surveil Manitoba Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal. documents.lawsociety.ab.ca/wp-content/u...

“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”

… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾

www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...

"... standard LLMs outperform LRMs at low complexity, LRMs excel at moderate complexity, and both collapse at high complexity"

The Illusion of Thinking

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Sask. judge stays immigration fraud convictions after 'systemic collapse' during border agency investigation | CBC News Gurpreet Singh was found guilty of 10 charges, all of which were related to his preparation of false letters of employment. Those charges have now been stayed because a CBSA agent working on Singh's c...

"This was not a single lapse in judgment by a single individual. This was a systemic collapse.”

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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for

Haibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of the Taliban, and

Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Chief Justice of the Taliban,

for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds.

www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

1/ We're hiring two (2) Staff Lawyers! The Staff Lawyer (Public Legal Education) will primarily work to enhance public understanding of the litigation efforts of Egale Canada as well as other key legal issues for 2SLGBTQI communities in Canada.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

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The Federal Court never fully adjudicated the application of Rebel News and True North Centre because the application was struck out as moot against the objections of both entities.

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Picture of paragraph 55 from the Court's decision in 2019 FC 1424, stating: "Given that the scrum takes place after the face-to-face debates have concluded, there is a significant question whether the Commission has any jurisdiction to control attendance there, as its mandate is directed to the conduct of the live debates. In any event, the Commission recognizes the importance to reporters and the media in being able to attend the scrums."

The motions judge also questioned whether the Commission even has jurisdiction to control the post-debate media scrum.

The injunction order in 2019 concerned "accreditation" and the opportunity to "attend and cover" the debates, including the post-debate scrum. The Court did not comment on the number of questions a media outlet should be permitted to ask as part of that coverage.

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CANADIAN REPORTER: Trump's tone on Canada has shifted. He stopped talking about Canada becoming the 51st state.

LEAVITT: I would reject that the president's position on Canada has shifted. Perhaps he just hasn't been asked about it. He believes Canadians would benefit from becoming the 51st state.

SCC majority concludes that the use of the balance of probabilities standard in prison disciplinary proceedings violates Charter ss 11(d) and 7 - presumption of innocence. Important decision for prison law with some stare decisis thrown in for good measure. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

As the voice of the legal profession in Canada, the Canadian Bar Association stands in firm support of the rule of law, judicial independence and the right to counsel—principles that are fundamental to any democracy.

Self-professed "deep and abiding interest in democracy" + dad was a judge + university thesis on "democratic institutions" + took constitutional law and administrative law = real stake or genuine interest

A very permissive public interest standing decision -- ¶124-125

The Federal Court has dismissed the application in MacKinnon challenging the Jan 2025 prorogation of Parliament. Decision here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m95bv.... Analysis to follow!

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’ Trump appointee Ed Martin made the claim in a letter to the Georgetown University law school dean. Martin has called the school a “locus” of anti-Trump activity.

This letter violates the First Amendment. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...