Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The Big Ripoff was itself a prosecutable instance of wire fraud, violating 18 USC 1343. The penalty is up to 20 years in the federal slammer. Would Trump claim he had no idea this money was being raised for his use and the businesses he favored? The "who me?" defense, I suppose — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

That was a day for celebration. Marshall was one of the greats. Probably the finest American lawyer of the 20th century, and clearly among the truly great Supreme Court Justices. He and William J. Brennan, appointed by Ike, were the last two genuinely "liberal" Justices. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

So it turns out that there was plenty of fraud in the 2020 election. But it wasn’t VOTER fraud. No, it was WIRE fraud — through Trump’s scheme to raise tens of millions of dollars from supporters by claiming the election was stolen. Penalty? Up to 20 yrs under 18 USC § 1343 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

So it turns out that there was plenty of fraud in the 2020 election, but it wasn’t VOTER fraud. No, it was WIRE fraud though Trump’s scheme to raise millions of dollars from gullible supporters by claiming the election was stolen. Penalty? Up to 20 yrs. under 18 USC sec 1343 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Today’s testimony opens a new possibility: charging Trump not only with seditious conspiracy (18 USC 2384), inciting insurrection (2383), defrauding the US (371) & obstructing a congressional proceeding (1505) but also wire fraud (18 USC 1343): fleecing ordinary citizens of $$$$$ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

It’s counterintuitive to fit the biggest crime in our 246-year history into conspiracy to defraud the US (18 USC 371) + conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding (18 USC 1505), but that’s probably the shortest, surest path to handcuffs for Trump. Small is beautiful if it does the job: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

If, as seems likely, the evidence shows the former president was clearly guilty of several federal crimes, calling it “excruciatingly difficult” to decide whether to give him a pass treats this almost like a pardon. But only POTUS has the power to pardon. https://t.co/6jtP6VnqcL — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

True, “no sitting or former president has ever been put on trial.” But so what? Not even Nixon matched Trump’s crimes, and Nixon would’ve been put on trial but for the pardon he got from Ford. Failing to try Trump for his crimes would mean anything goes. https://t.co/P9ARklMZxQ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Here’s why I “believe that Merrick Garland is both smart enough and dedicated enough to democracy and the rule of law, as well as sensitive enough to the running of the clock, not to let events lead us to the tragic end” of self-government under law: https://t.co/fCJLcK0JJa — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“There is no clear and straightforward answer to what constitutes a threat to a woman’s health and life. Doctors are afraid to make decisions.” No clear answer means: women die. One Polish woman’s dying words: They’re making me into an “incubator.” https://t.co/S5lKwag0BG — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@HC_Richardson was right to be kept up at night over this Grassley gaffe, a gaffe in DC being an unintentional blurting of an inconvenient truth… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

What’s unsettling is that Earth is much closer to the size of that Mercurial dot than it is to the size of this: 🌎 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

It’s counterintuitive to fit the biggest crime in our 246-year history into conspiracy to defraud the US (18 USC 371) + conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding (18 USC 1512), but that’s probably the shortest, surest path to handcuffs for Trump. Small is beautiful if it does the job: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I hadn’t realized Carl Sagan was so intimately familiar with Herr Trump! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Awesome. Our lovely little blue globe. If only we took better care of her . . . — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Anne Frank would be turning 93 today. We all know people who are not just alive but alert and vigorous past the age of 93. But for the Nazis, Anne Frank could well be among them. And millions upon millions of Anne Franks and their descendants. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Apparently it’s way too friggin hard for all but a tiny handful of GOPers! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Not only do I concur with my friend @gtconway3d but I feel duty bound to express my admiration for his graphic computer skills, which put my meager technological capacities to shame. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Don’t think Donald Trump can escape conviction by persuading gullible jurors that he really believed his own toxic BS even if Ivanka didn’t. That’s not an available legal defense for the federal and state crimes of trying to change the electoral outcome! https://t.co/4nCilYUKZm — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The 1/6 Committee is laying out a compelling case that “the attack on the Capitol was not an isolated event [but] a coordinated assault that continues to this very day” and that we must do all we can to prevent anything like it from ever happening again: https://t.co/6cB4jMPWLT — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I fully expect the pending EPA case to unravel much of the regulatory state as it has existed since the New Deal by weaponizing a constitutionally baseless “major questions” doctrine wildly ill-suited to 21st century conditions. https://t.co/A20sA7Z2Rs — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I agree with @danielsgoldman that proving Trump conspired to overturn the election poses no serious problems for DOJ—while seditious conspiracy is less of a slam dunk. But even that gravest federal crime (short of treason)already looks provable to me. I’m confident DOJ is on it. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

These guys aren’t patriots: their self-description is as National Socialists. That’s NAZIS — literally. They actually promote the murder of all Blacks and Jews. They’re in favor of Genocide. The FBI needs to trail them relentlessly. https://t.co/VaO1Gzadt8 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I’ve decided to follow @GrajalesDebbie because her “Standing With Ukraine” account became my 1,300,000th follower at 12:45 pm ET on 6/12/22. Debbie has some interesting tweets. I’m recommending that others follow her. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Good questions for the Committee to keep in mind as it conducts the remaining six public hearings this month: https://t.co/7azdXxbN21 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

This is a significant start. A journey of 1,000 miles must begin with a single step. This step wasn’t easy. Let’s cheer the Senate on, save for later the hand-wringing over how much remains to be done, how sad it is that even this took so long, . . . https://t.co/eTtpHF51V0 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“It never for a moment crossed Donald Trump’s mind that an American president committing sedition would be a debilitating, corrosive thing for the country. It was just another way for the Emperor of Chaos to burnish his title.” https://t.co/yuFIOqhh25 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“When the Capitol was attacked in 1814, it was by the British. This time, it was by an enemy within, egged on by the man at the heart of the democracy he swore to protect.” Read this paywall-free masterpiece by Maureen Dowd. Not since Mary Shelley . . . https://t.co/i1lfCJuZqC — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I just noticed I’ve got 1,299,871 followers on Twitter. Whoever can show me they’re the one who moved the public needle from 1.2M (where it’s been stuck for around a year) to 1.3M will get a special shout-out from me, fwiw. 👏 😎 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The “hearings [are likely to] have a longer-term effect: Priming and informing the American people in advance, should criminal charges be brought against Donald Trump, or any of his high level co-conspirators, or both.” Everyone’s being told: Get ready https://t.co/A0cP0Y2S9B — PolitiTweet.org