Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@RWPUSA is right about what the Constitution has said ever since 1868. But how to enforce the disqualification (other than by an unattainable 2/3 vote of the House to expel a member) remains mysterious. No court will do it. And Congress hasn’t enacted a mechanism using Section 5 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@HC_Richardson, Oct. 26, 2021: “People hark back to films from the 1930s & 40s & think that so long as we don’t have tanks in our streets, our government is secure. But in this era, democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.” The manipulated ballot box. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“It is no accident that the insurrectionists of Jan 6, 2021, carried the Confederate battle flag. We are today in a struggle no less dangerous to our democracy than that of the 1860s, though it is fought with Facebook memes and cable tv rather than artillery” — @HC_Richardson — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“It wouldn’t be fair to put the woes of humanity entirely on Facebook’s shoulders. But it is unquestionable that it is handing powerful tools to the obviously malevolent and not doing enough to mitigate the inevitable damage.” https://t.co/Xgm6rucRJv — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” https://t.co/zpXttFRPc5 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Scientists who once documented new species of insects are now charting their perilous decline—and warning about what it will mean for the rest of us.” https://t.co/zpXttFRPc5 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Listen up! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The biggest dangers are at the end of the process — certification of the voting and vote counting results: https://t.co/vbeHGould1 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Facebook Is Even Worse Than Anyone Imagined https://t.co/cj0DpUehaL Follow @newrepublic — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

These pseudo-intellectuals are doing those of us who want to save democracy a big favor by coming out of the authoritarian closet and strutting their stuff in advance. Treating them as unworthy of serious attention would be a huge mistake. https://t.co/hezwEisBaT — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“An exoplanet in M51 would be about 28 million light-years away, meaning it would be thousands of times farther away than those in the Milky Way.” https://t.co/CDyhzSBr8N — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Simple math. @RBReich gets it. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Yes. Attention must be paid. Now. Before. It. Is. Too. Late. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Looking backward as well as forward is essential if we’re to avoid falling over the cliff that lies ahead. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Exactly right. Trump’s request for Biden to assert executive privilege to cover up evidence of criminal insurrection made no legal sense, as OLC agreed. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Command Center? Hmmm. Sounds a bit like waging war on the United States . . . — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Yeah, right — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The architecture of a coup & an insurrection: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

We can hope that a Justice to the right of the Chief will recognize this danger and hesitate to rely on the right wing's permanent control of the Court to dispel it, leading to a fifth vote to hold the vigilante approach of SB-8 ineffective to preclude pre-enforcement relief: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Imprisoning a rival can look like vindictiveness and spark a violent backlash (as in South Africa). But not prosecuting a corrupt leader can be an invitation to even greater abuses.” #AppointSpecialCounsel https://t.co/WNudeAQ6VY — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Adrienne LaFrance: “When the most powerful company in the world possesses an instrument for manipulating billions of people—an instrument that only it can control, and that its own employees say is badly broken and dangerous—we should take notice.” That’s Facebook, of course. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Facebook has played a “crucial role in advancing the cause of authoritarianism in America and around the world. Authoritarianism predates the rise of Facebook, of course. But Facebook makes it much easier for authoritarians to win.” https://t.co/eQWNhl49Ax — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ rally trial begins today. Here’s what you need to know. - The Washington Post https://t.co/UyviwFrlSQ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Spoiler alert: They should be. And (prediction) they will be. At least our system for holding domestic terrorists civilly liable under the Ku Klux Klan Act isn't broken. . . — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I agree with @marceelias that this is what "should" happen. But expulsion requires a 2/3 vote of the House, and that just ain't in the cards with so closely divided a chamber. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The Easiest Case for the Prosecution: Trump's Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Occupation of the Capitol: "Prosecuting 674 foot soldiers while exempting their chief for political reasons would be disgraceful." https://t.co/Wb78hzxEH6 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Good question posed by @rsergay for major media organizations that accept Facebook's tainted money: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Very worth retweeting. And even if Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment isn't self-executing against the former president, it is certainly a strong basis for a vote of expulsion from the House for those members who aided and abetted the insurrection. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

If assisting a defeated president foment a violent sacking of the Capitol while Congress meets to certify his successor is not cause for expulsion from Congress, what would be? — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

There is a strong case against the former president and his co-conspirators under each of a number of federal criminal statutes. Hesitating to seek indictments at this point would be an abdication of duty unworthy of the U.S. Justice Department. — PolitiTweet.org