Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The sins of the fathers? Germany has done a lot in coming to terms with, rather than trying to erase, its past. But the conundrum remains. The past is never entirely past. Time past and time present are both always present in time future. https://t.co/tOnpCvpxO9 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Have the US, NATO, the EU, and the UN given serious thought to an airlift rescue mission for those trapped beneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, surrounded, besieged and bombarded by Russia’s forces? Will we just stand by silently as Putin’s military slaughters them all? — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Save Democracy: Rewrite the 1807 Insurrection Act. Overhaul the Electoral Count Act of 1887. https://t.co/XyaLey2dBr — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

For Ukraine 🇺🇦 https://t.co/q4tEzmQEtV — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

You mean the Judge Mizelle who earned one of the rare verdicts of “unqualified” from the ABA? — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The $100 billion dollars in frozen Russian holdings in U.S. banks that I’ve been urging President Biden to channel to Ukraine could buy lots of artillery rounds and battalions of howitzers. Just saying. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The more we learn about the Ginni & Clarence show and its role in the 2020 election, the more obvious it becomes that Justice Thomas has not exactly met the “good behavior” test for life tenure under the Constitution and that his judgment leaves, shall we say, much to be desired — PolitiTweet.org

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LOL 😂 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

You can mock this "we'll definitely appeal . . . maybe" statement, but it's exactly right. DOJ has given notice that it doesn't regard the absurd district court opinion as good law -- while making clear it won't waste CA11's time if CDC would moot the case anyway. Well played! — PolitiTweet.org

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“Animals like ants and bees manage their impressive mathematical feats with vastly smaller brains than humans have.” There may be hope for the judge who wrote that mask mandate opinion yet! https://t.co/1TuiqtNb6D — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“To impress females, [certain male frogs] make a call with a [numerically precise] series of quick croaks at the end.” Funny, when I was a math major in my teens, I never found that to be a very good technique. https://t.co/1TuiqtvAf5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Glad DOJ decided to appeal this judicial train wreck. CDC’s mask mandate will soon expire & half the 11th circuit judges are Trump appointees, but it’s possible they’ll have enough self-respect to wipe this idiotic abomination off the books! https://t.co/NfOPJ51Uhk — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Hopefully this is true. But if it is, it’s true in spite of Lying Lavrov’s promise, not because of it. Lavrov’s word is worthless. Sort of like the Russian ruple. https://t.co/ebWLi5hsEG — PolitiTweet.org

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“Trump’s allies are escalating efforts to get swing-state GOP legislatures to revisit and overturn the 2020 outcome.” Breaking News: That’s not even a thing. It’s literally impossible. Even this Supreme Court would rule 9-0 that it can’t be done. Period. https://t.co/UgE5Dt8XF6 — PolitiTweet.org

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What's Putin planning to celebrate? If he truly crushes Ukraine -- a huge "if" that we must help to negate -- then he'll be celebrating the genocidal slaughter of toddlers and tens of thousands of other innocent civilians, the destruction of a nation. What's to celebrate in that? — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I've heard very few former Trumpers nearly as "on target" as @MilesTaylorUSA. He's insightful, well informed, eloquent, and persuasive. Worth a listen. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I can't add anything to this perfect contrast! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“This image of a man with both eyes open is one of the most compelling and disquieting photos to come out of Bucha. It’s an intimate and puzzling image of death. . . .What did this man see at the moment of his death? Whatever it was, his resolve remained.” https://t.co/s7JzBmFtA6 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Even if we just made an interest-free loan of the needed $50B to Ukraine from the $100B in US dollars Russia parked in US banks — rather than confiscating the funds outright, as we could legally do — that’d eliminate Ukraine’s shortfall. https://t.co/zRTzrUZODb via @politico — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Give to these charities. But don’t forget the $100 billion in US dollars parked by the Russian Government in U.S. banks. We’ve already frozen that money. I’ve explained how the law empowers POTUS to spend it for Ukraine. Call WH now to urge that option!!! https://t.co/Z1356wPaZ3 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“What happens if secretaries of state won’t protect democracy? In most states, they are elected. And it’s precisely those elections that Trump and Bannon are targeting, especially in key swing states.” We need to out-organize them on the ground. https://t.co/W3RxUBzmEE — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Don’t assume all Trump supporters who tell others they “believe” the 2020 election was “stolen” from their guy by fraud are total dummies who’re unable to tell up from down. Not at all. Many of them are simply “virtue signaling” their tribal affiliation. https://t.co/MhN7K4vEQN — PolitiTweet.org

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A confederacy of dunces, but deadly nonetheless — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Actually there can be a victory in Ukraine. But only if it’s Ukraine’s victory over Putin. Nothing will ever erase or reverse the torture, rape, maiming, and slaughter Russia has perpetrated. What’s done is done. But Russia can still be expelled and repelled. It has to be. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I joined MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to explain that current U.S. law allows Pres. Biden to liquidate tens of billions of dollars Russia has in the U.S. in foreign exchange reserves which officials have already frozen — and to use the $100B to help Ukraine https://t.co/W2pxqtCCEQ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“We can never forget that in the middle of a pandemic, 80 plus million people turned out to get rid of him,” [Ben-Ghiat] told Politico. “That’s very rare in history where you interrupt an autocratic personality who’s in the middle of his project.” https://t.co/pOmMbDJNHI — PolitiTweet.org

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Right. Tell this child we won’t use the power that Congress gave the president to spend Russian dollars lawfully frozen in the U.S. to help heal Ukrainian kids like this and to protect other kids in Ukraine from illegal slaughter by Putin’s military. I dare you. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Jeeze, actually be questioned?! What’ll they think of next?? Make you swear to tell the truth? No way, that’d be just way, way too much. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

She did it without even an oral argument! No wonder she earned a really rare ABA rating of “unqualified” to be a federal judge. Her opinion is a shambles, filled with unsupported medical claims as though she were an expert in fields about which she knows even less than about law! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

A well deserved victory, just as I predicted, Any other ruling would make a dead letter of Sec. 3 of the 14th Amendment. — PolitiTweet.org