Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

One thing for sure: These guys really don’t get tired of losing. If they have a plan — a big IF — it’s gotta involve saying they exhausted all standard ways to save the republic from a stolen election and thus had no options left except martial law. https://t.co/i8164OuDns — PolitiTweet.org

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Rand Paul isn’t shy about his fears: "I'm very, very concerned that if you solicit votes from typically non-voters, that you will affect and change the outcome." Read that again: The concern here is that new voters may ... vote. That's it. That's the entire "scandal.” — Daily Kos — PolitiTweet.org

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“The fact that there are so many Americans who are willing to end our democracy to keep one man in power shows that the threat to democracy will not end with Trump.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The more we learn about the inner workings of Trumplandia on everything from cyberwar to Covid-19, the clearer it becomes that the government is in the dangerous grip of fantasyland, power-hunger, corruption, and greed. I wish it were January 20 already. https://t.co/YEYQCqWMMS — PolitiTweet.org

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WTAF?! — PolitiTweet.org

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This is wonderful! Ya gotta listen to it: — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Even unserious ideas create opportunities for serious thought. Teachable moments can be found in the strangest places. — PolitiTweet.org

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6. This analysis matters despite the silliness and political implausibility of the Gormley idea, which he might’ve floated tongue-in-cheek, because it reminds us of the implicit constitutional framework that governs us all. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Just so, the rule of law, including due process, implies both that SCOTUS should hold that no presidential self-pardon would be valid but that no unpardoning decree has validity either. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The rule of law is a two-edged sword. It implies vital even though unwritten limits on every grant of governmental power, including the pardon power of the president. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Just as Trump has no authority to decide on his own that he’s entitled to grant himself a pardon, so Biden would have no authority to decide on his own that Trump’s self-pardon isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The reason is that even a pardon that’s subject to invalidation by a court is an entitlement that can’t be taken from its holder without due process of law. See Amendment V. — PolitiTweet.org

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1.Ken Gormley says his executive unpardoning idea “might sound strange, even extra-constitutional.” In fact, it wd be UNCONSTITUTIONAL even though I agree a self-pardon, if issued, should be judicially declared void if invoked as a defense to prosecution https://t.co/VmbCznfeQY — PolitiTweet.org

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“These behind-the-scenes preparations underscore the reality that while Trump may continue to tilt at windmills, his tenure as the president of the United States is ending”: https://t.co/TS0YCfCodl — PolitiTweet.org

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If you’re feeling discouraged, consider: https://t.co/L7Qg1IGsvd — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Let’s cheer Laguna Pueblo tribal leader Deb Haaland (D-NM) for head of the department that destroyed indigenous people in the 19th century. The daughter of two military veterans who got a law degree as a single mom, she’ll be the first ever Native American Cabinet member. Huzzah! — PolitiTweet.org

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It should go without saying that no conceivable basis exists for Trump to declare or impose “martial law” as a means of holding onto power, but these days even what should “go without saying” needs to be said, and said with authority. https://t.co/2hzsWq6Lrc — PolitiTweet.org

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What a few extremists have supposedly urged Trump to attempt as a last-ditch way of preventing the presidential succession from taking place peacefully on January 20 would be a serious federal crime punishable by 10 years in prison. — PolitiTweet.org

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At moments like this, it’s hard not to be grateful that Trump is so dumb and so hopelessly inept and impotent https://t.co/VpVxbXwpv9 — PolitiTweet.org

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I can’t add to what @RadioFreeTom has said so well 👇🏼 — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/JId7WhDK4f — PolitiTweet.org

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This is patriotism at its purest — PolitiTweet.org

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When Trump is "retweeting threats of putting politicians in jail, and spends his time talking to conspiracy nuts who openly say declaring martial law is no big deal, it’s impossible not to start getting anxious about how this ends." https://t.co/xLVNOqEMTU — PolitiTweet.org

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Seems right to me. Unless there’s a twist here I’m overlooking, GA will have no Senators representing it from noon on January 3 until the January 5 results are certified, which isn’t likely to be in time for the special Joint Session of January 6. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s an alarming Trump Executive Order dated 9/12/18 that I somehow missed until now. It’s EO 13848:  https://t.co/D483c8y7jh) The more people are aware of it, the less likely it will be that Trump can use it to pull off a sneak attack on our liberties before leaving office — PolitiTweet.org

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This is cause for genuine alarm. — PolitiTweet.org

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Please don’t dismiss this as harmless lunacy. These zombies are dead serious. They could be deadly. We absolutely must be on alert. Better to breathe a sigh of relief later than to wish we’d acted sooner to stop this insanity. — PolitiTweet.org

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Great idea. Maybe Rudy can be her deputy? — PolitiTweet.org

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Perdue cooks his own: (a) chicken? (b) goose? (c) both? — PolitiTweet.org

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“President Trump on Saturday morning appeared to contradict his top diplomat, tweeting that he has been ‘fully briefed’ and suggesting that ‘it may be China’ that’s responsible for the breaches.” Deja vu all over again! Maybe a 400-lb guy on some bed? https://t.co/qq8nWHxAcu — PolitiTweet.org