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James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>MILITARY LAW CLE: March 20th, 5pm<br>Presented by NLG-Bay Area Military Law Panel<br>How Can You Help Military Dissenters Resist the Trump Agenda?</p><p>One hour of free MCLE Credit for California Attorneys</p><p>Date: Thursday March 20th, 5-6 pm<br>Location: Zoom <a href="https://nlgsf.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/mailing/url?u=13163&amp;qid=2202975" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nlgsf.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm</span><span class="invisible">/mailing/url?u=13163&amp;qid=2202975</span></a></p><p>Trump and Musk can give orders, but they rely on a compliant military to enforce their agenda. Historically, service members are often outspoken leaders of resistance and refuse orders which compromise their moral integrity. They seek legal assistance from the Bay Area Military Law Panel (BAMLP), the local working group of the Military Law Task Force (MLTF) of the National Lawyers Guild. to understand both the consequences of dissent and how to separate from the military. We expect an increased need for legal counsel as service members are ordered to carry out deportation policies, suppress domestic protest, and enforce the administration’s global agenda.</p><p>This program will be an overview for lawyers, law students, legal workers, counselors and medical care providers who want to advise and represent active-duty personnel who engage in protest activities, speak out against illegal or immoral policies, or resist illegal orders.</p><p>No prior military law experience necessary. Veterans welcome. No court litigation expected.</p><p>Facilitator: Jane Kaplan, Esq., Pro bono military lawyer<br>Panelists: Rai Sue Sussman, Esq., Pro bono military lawyer<br>Jeff Paterson, founder and former executive director of Courage to Resist<br>Tia Christopher, Honorable discharge due to PTSD related to military sexual trauma, recognized by the Obama White House as a Woman Veteran Champion of Change.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMilitary</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2025/nlg-military-law-task-force-welcomes-court-ruling-protecting-transgender-military-servicemembers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nlgmltf.org/military-law/2025/</span><span class="invisible">nlg-military-law-task-force-welcomes-court-ruling-protecting-transgender-military-servicemembers/</span></a></p><p>Sharing this statement from an organization I'm proud to be closely associated with, the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild.</p><p>(link to the actual opinion by Judge Reyes in comments)</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMilitary</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>I'm very impressed with this judge.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/transgender-service-members-hearing/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/tr</span><span class="invisible">ansgender-service-members-hearing/index.html</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-military-defense-worst-case-scenario.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-military-defense-worst-case-scenario.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2025/01/16/oklahoma-state-guard-could-be-reestablished-governor-kevin-stitt/77744321007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oklahoman.com/story/news/2025/</span><span class="invisible">01/16/oklahoma-state-guard-could-be-reestablished-governor-kevin-stitt/77744321007/</span></a></p><p>Absolutely bonkers --- <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> governor Kevin <a href="https://c.im/tags/Stitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stitt</span></a> is planning to create a new state <a href="https://c.im/tags/militia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militia</span></a>, answerable only to him (not under federal control), which could theoretically be used for <a href="https://c.im/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> raids and who knows what else?</p><p>From a <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> perspective, this news is terrifying.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://www.wabi.tv/2024/11/11/paralyzed-airman-takes-yearslong-military-malpractice-fight-supreme-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wabi.tv/2024/11/11/paralyzed-a</span><span class="invisible">irman-takes-yearslong-military-malpractice-fight-supreme-court/</span></a></p><p>Very important litigation on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/FeresDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeresDoctrine</span></a>, the legal principle that bars military veterans from suing the goverrment for damages in most cases.</p><p>I'm not holding my breath that it will happen, but I personally think it is long past time for <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to strike down Feres.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p>It is official. I'm closing down the OKPeace.org server at the end of this month of paid hosting.</p><p>I do plan to post, hopefully more than in the past, here as well as at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://babka.social/@jmb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jmb@babka.social</span></a></span>. </p><p>Also, since it has been awhile since I've done an <a href="https://c.im/tags/Intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intro</span></a> post, here are a few things about me and what I'm up to these days:</p><p>Work:<br>* Part-time <a href="https://c.im/tags/Attorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Attorney</span></a> in the area of <a href="https://c.im/tags/GIRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIRights</span></a> / <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> <br>* Part-time <a href="https://c.im/tags/Editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Editor</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/HumanisticJudaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanisticJudaism</span></a> magazine<br>* Part-time online student at <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tohono_Oodham_CommunityCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tohono_Oodham_CommunityCollege</span></a> <br>* Co-lay leader of the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://babka.social/@spinozahavurah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spinozahavurah</span></a></span> (a humanistic Jewish online community)</p><p>Interests:<br>* <a href="https://c.im/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> Activism<br>* Riding my <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ebicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebicycle</span></a> <br>* Art - drawing, watercolors, photography<br>* <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> equality and culture (FYI, I'm on the borders of the community falling somewhere in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/DemiGuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemiGuy</span></a> range of things)<br>* Learning languages - I have some limited knowledge of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BiblicalHebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiblicalHebrew</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Esperanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Esperanto</span></a> <br>* <a href="https://c.im/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> (KG5JST) and <a href="https://c.im/tags/DX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DX</span></a> Radio listening more generally, including <a href="https://c.im/tags/SWL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SWL</span></a> <br>* <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> especially about our state's significant history of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialism</span></a> in the 1910's<br>* <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodiversity</span></a> - Most days I'm happy that I am on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> spectrum.</p><p>A few more things:<br>1. I post often about <a href="https://c.im/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>, but do not do CW's for these posts unless they deal with especially troubling subjects.<br>2. I try hard to do alt-text for pictures, but if I forget please don't hesitate to nudge me.<br>3. I post a lot about topics related to my locale in <a href="https://c.im/tags/OklahomaCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OklahomaCity</span></a> , <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <br>4. I've been posting on the fediverse since 2022. Most of my old posts are archived off-line but I may try to put them online somewhere (in static form) down the road, probably on my blog at www.jmb.mx.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/OKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OKC</span></a></p>
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