Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

It’s another day ending in “y,” so it’s time to ask @senatemajldr McConnell: WHERE ARE THE RULES for the impeachment trial you’re obliged to hold? You can’t blame @SpeakerPelosi for not fielding a team in a game you’re refusing to define! You say you’ve got the votes. Prove it! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

McConnell needs to do more than say the Senate’s trial rules will be “like” the Clinton rules. He must: 1. Agree to permit enough House Managers; 2. Rule out dismissal before votes on witnesses & evidence; 3. Ensure transparent rollcall vote on witnesses at start of phase 3. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

McConnell needs to do more than say the Senate’s trial rules will be “like” the Clinton rules. He must: 1. Specify the number of House Managers; 2. Rule out dismissal before votes on witnesses & evidence; 3. Ensure transparent rollcall vote on witnesses at start of phase 3. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

with romney joining the murkowski/collins chorus but suggesting a predisposition to favor at least a subpoena to Bolton in mid-trial, it looks like that’s where this is inevitably headed: mcconnell wins round 1, but it’s far from a knockout — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

LITTLE-NOTED LEGAL FACT: 18 USC §794 appears to make Trump’s decision to leak the Israeli agent’s identity to Russia a felony: that anti-espionage law is NOT limited to “classified” information, nor is a sitting president exempt from that crucial criminal statute. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@JoyAnnReid interviews me on MSNBC 10 am EST today about where #impeachment goes from here. I also have an op-ed coming out in @thehill at 8 this morning, “Ways Not To Think About The Impeachment Impasse.” Spoiler alert: Not just the same old same old. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @stevenmazie: Nailed it https://t.co/2nC96quSDr — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

This @repblumenauer approach of impeaching but withholding the Articles from the Senate makes great sense. But I’m not objective: I’ve been advocating it from the start. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Senate rules requiring the House to “immediately” present its articles of impeachment to the Senate clearly violate the constitutional clause in Article I giving each house the sole power to make its own rules. It’s up to the House when and how to prosecute its case in the Senate — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

With all respect, @jedshug, I wasn’t aware that Susan Navarro Smelcer, an assistant professor specializing in data analysis at Georgia State, is a constitutional law or constitutional history expert. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Unless the markup goes on through the 10 PM hour, I’ll be discussing the Articles of Impeachment with @Lawrence on MSNBC. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

As usual, @JeffreyToobin is more modest than he needs to be. If I could write as well and quickly as he does, I might be writing for the legendary @NewYorker as he is. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @npfandos: House Judiciary Dems are on Capitol Hill today prepping for what is likely to be a packed and consequential week. Among othe… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @npfandos: House Judiciary Dems are on Capitol Hill today prepping for what is likely to be a packed and consequential week. Among othe… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @tribelaw: https://t.co/oYDpH4B63W — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

It’s now clear that the credibility and fate of several institutions is at stake: — The Republican Party — The US Senate — The American Presidency — The US Constitution — The Rule of Law — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @tribelaw: “By invoking law against arbitrary power, the Democrats may not ‘win,’ and who knows what the political outcome will be, but,… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Help! I have 666,000 followers. The beastly number. Get me outta here!! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

No big deal, in my view. A 10-day freeze in the status quo is par for the course — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

People need to ask themselves whether they’re fine with EVERY FUTURE PRESIDENT using the awesome powers of his or her office for personal benefit — including reelection — not just with Donald Trump doing so. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @TomthunkitsMind: HE IS A NATIONAL THREAT: These are not the rantings of a person in a sound state of mind https://t.co/KyCqQGkVss — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Sondland’s testimony establishes what the House needs to conclude in order to impeach Trump for the “high Crime” of crippling Congress’s lawful impeachment process by withholding the documents and witnesses demanded of the White House and the State Dept https://t.co/71uScTpb88 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

My bet would be that the DC Circuit will affirm Judge Howell’s ruling that the grand jury material must be released. I’d be mildly surprised if Judge Rao doesn’t dissent. I then expect SCOTUS to deny cert or affirm. https://t.co/q6ojRdGjJe — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @tribelaw: I’ll be on MSNBC’s @amjoyshow around 10:35 this morning to discuss the likely Articles of Impeachment against our increasingl… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Hope you tune in ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

We are exactly one year — 365 days — from the most important election of our lives. The stakes are unimaginably high. Each of us has a huge amount of work to do. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @tribelaw: Oh, we’ll talk about impeachment too — and how Trump’s partially successful efforts to silence the witnesses to his abuses of… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @tribelaw: Oh, we’ll talk about impeachment too — and how Trump’s partially successful efforts to silence the witnesses to his abuses of… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Oh, we’ll talk about impeachment too — and how Trump’s partially successful efforts to silence the witnesses to his abuses of power figure into the calculus of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Hope you tune in to this double-header. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Watch MSNBC ~ 10:20 pm to hear me talk with @Lawrence O’Donnell about today’s ruling that Trump’s accountants must turn over 8 years of Trump tax returns sought by Manhattan DA Vance in the grand jury’s state criminal probe. Tune in to learn what I think SCOTUS will do. — PolitiTweet.org