Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

A reflection of why Supreme Court nominees saying at Senate confirmation hearings that X or Y is "settled law" or "a precedent of the Court" is meaningless. SCOTUS justices (unlike lower court judges) have the power to unsettle settled law and to overturn precedent. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Supreme Court “overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion in a 6-3 vote, a momentous break from a half century of rulings on one of the nation’s most controversial issues.” ⁦Via @PeteWilliamsNBC⁩: https://t.co/8oMFMxMV81 — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Roe v. Wade is dead, Supreme Court rules https://t.co/i7zPG3fHPv — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

The Supreme Court abortion ruling is here. Roe v. Wade and its subsequent precedents are overturned. Five conservative justices in the majority. Chief Justice Roberts concurs. The three liberals dissent. https://t.co/UenraDNFFK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NBCNews: U.S. Senate votes 65-33 to pass most sweeping gun bill in decades, setting up House vote. https://t.co/gRP3ixnfVl — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

@DemFromCT home recovering but he’s been tweeting all day and seems in good spirits. still got the humor: — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

There was audible laughter in the hearing room when Mr. Donoghue recounted how he told Mr Clark he was unqualified to be attorney general: “You’re an environmental lawyer. How about you go back to your office, and we’ll call you when there’s an oil spill?” https://t.co/WoB8ijD6qI — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

RT @petestrzok: When the Feds seize your iPhone https://t.co/QntX10Wa1v — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

The 15 GOP "yes" votes on gun bill FOUR ARE RETIRING Blunt Burr Portman Toomey EIGHT DON'T FACE RE-ELECTION TILL 2026 Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Graham Tillis McConnell Ernst THE OTHERS Young (already won 2022 primary) Murkowski (reelection 2022) Romney (seat's up in 2024) — PolitiTweet.org

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PELOSI: "First thing tomorrow morning, the Rules Committee will meet to advance this life-saving legislation to the Floor. When the Rules Committee finishes its business, we will head immediately to the Floor. And we will send the bill to President Biden for his signature" — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

This vote was supposed to be tomorrow and any senator had the power to prevent the gun bill from passing today. NEVER underestimate the tantalizing scent of #jetfumes, especially when the Senate is about to go on recess. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

🚨 Senate votes 65-33 to pass the most significant gun violence prevention bill in decades, marking a victory for the gun-safety movement and a rare defeat for the NRA on the Hill. The bill now goes to the House, which is expected to pass it. President Biden says he will sign it. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

McConnell votes yes on final passage of the gun bill. — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Senate is voting NOW on final passage of the gun bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a huge moment for Chris Murphy, the most outspoken voice in Congress for tougher gun laws, who was instrumental after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting at ending the longstanding norm that it's politically incorrect to talk about gun laws after a gun massacre. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT: "This will become the most significant piece of anti-gun-violence legislation Congress has passed in three decades. This bill also has the chance to prove to the weary American public that democracy is not so broken, that it is able to rise to the moment." https://t.co/O5VsoBLdkv — PolitiTweet.org

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Important moment here for Cornyn, who has been dismissed by liberal critics as a Republican who likes to negotiate, who sounds pragmatic and game to compromise, but tends to bolt when facing pressure from the right. On this gun deal he got to yes with Dems and said no to the NRA. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ahead of his vote for the Senate gun bill, @JohnCornyn speaks to "people who've suffered unthinkable losses in some of these mass shootings incidents." "I want to tell them that their advocacy has turned their pain into something positive." https://t.co/3ZDqhYO8yy — PolitiTweet.org

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Final vote on the Senate gun bill is expected TONIGHT, starting in about half an hour. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: A quote for the ages. Washington Post, Nov. 9, 2020. https://t.co/7gq8eIp7BR https://t.co/zwmQkGxIOb — PolitiTweet.org

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A hall-of-fame take https://t.co/4jQL8TCYtZ — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Liz Cheney wraps the Jan. 6 hearing with this: "It can be difficult to accept that President Trump abused your trust. That he deceived you. Many will invent excuses to ignore that fact. But that is a fact. I wish it weren't true. But it is." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MeetThePress: Thursday was a momentous day for gun laws in the United States. The Supreme Court handed down a major ruling to expand g… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ColtonMLong not a criticism of @jonathanchait! his point is fair. I’m just not sure I get the endgame of the subjects — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshrogin: Mark Meadows had Defense Secretary Chris Miller call the Italian government to check out a Rudy conspiracy theory that Itali… — PolitiTweet.org

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Presume for a minute DeSantis beats Trump for the nomination. What do people think happens next... Trump gracefully concedes, accepts that voters simply didn't want him and tells his supporters to back DeSantis for the good of the party? Is that the theory? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abedelman: 'Say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me': Donoghue details 'direct quotes' from Trump https://t.co/rfkywutHbY… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PollTrackerUSA: 2022 #NYGov Democratic Primary Poll: Kathy Hochul 54% Jumaane Williams 18% Tom Suozzi 11% Undecided 17% @surveyusa ~… — PolitiTweet.org