Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

GOP-controlled State Legislatures cannot simply bypass that State’s voters and assign their Presidential Electors to Trump — and certainly not w/out the State Governor. The Constitution’s text and SCOTUS precedent are discussed here: https://t.co/TDEvE8H2vI — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

And even if a State's ballots are still being counted, no State Legislature could simply "get rid of the ballots," as President Trump has threatened to do, and appoint its own slate of presidential electors. SCOTUS case law and the Constitution's text make this clear. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Whatever other uses of the pardon power might be beyond the Constitution's Article II delegation to POTUS, this one certainly crossed that line. I couldn't agree more with @OrinKerr here. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Jorie graham (@jorie_graham) Tweeted: Essential watching. Please watch whole thing. Please share: Sen. Bernie Sanders gives speech on the stakes for democracy’s survival in the November election https://t.co/WsDx2M7cT1 via @YouTube https://t.co/5fE1c8W95a — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

iL Duce: Trump echoes Mussolini. And the sad truth is that he wouldn’t regard that as an insult. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

When you’re unable to respond, shout! That’s the drill. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Thanks, Sam! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I can now report: No balloons when you hit 1M! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

999,700?! Do balloons drop when it flips to 1M? I’ll let you all know. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I’ve decided to venture into the Lion’s Den this Sunday. Let’s hope the story ends for me as it did for Daniel in the Old Testament. It’s Yom Kippur Eve that day, after all. And my fast won’t yet have begun. Please tune in and offer moral support! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Peaceful transitions based on the expressed wishes of actual voters are the absolute hallmarks of democratic republics. Nothing less is at stake now than the survival of constitutional democracy. https://t.co/54TW0YsBUv — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservative blasts Trump’s resistance to a peaceful transfer of power as ‘dictator talk’ as we ‘backslide into autocracy’ | Raw Story https://t.co/MPgO67UXKW — PolitiTweet.org

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5. That's why Trump's gambit of trying to scare everyone into thinking he can just "get rid of the ballots" he views as questionable and avoid a peaceful transfer of power to anyone but himself, saying "there won't be a transfer, frankly, there'll be a continuation," is just BS. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

4. Any law or executive action purporting to disregard such ballots would deprive those who cast those ballots of their entitlement to vote without due process of law and in violation of equal protection of the laws. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

3. No legal provision, state or federal, purports to permit discarding or declining to count ballots just because they weren't processed by the end of a so-called "Election Day." — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

2. The day Electors "give their Votes...shall be the same throughout the U.S.," Art. II, Sec.1 (Dec. 14 this year) but no provision of law says Electors, who must all be "appoint[ed] in such Manner as [State] Legislature[s] may direct," must all be appointed the same day. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

1. 40 days till Election Day. But “Election Day” is a dangerous misnomer. Congress set the first Tuesday after the first Monday every 4th November as the date for states using a popular election (which all 50 now do) to appoint Electors. 3 USC Sec.1. This year, that’s Nov. 3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Everyone needs to understand this danger, which I’ve been explaining ever since July. We need to take Trump’s threats to destroy democracy seriously and link arms to sweep him and his Senate enablers from power. An unprecedented turnout is the key. https://t.co/e8WZLCDrUU — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The #TrumpCoupPlot is real. The rushed filling of the #RBG vacancy is only part of it. Their plan is to use the new SCOTUS majority to back the power of battleground state legislatures to bypass the will of the people of their States in (eg) Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@BrendanNyhan is right. We are in the midst of an EMERGENCY 🚨 It’s no longer a matter of one candidate vs another, or of Democrats vs Republicans, but a choice between Democracy and Dictatorship. Every state and federal officeholder, every citizen, must STAND UP AND BE COUNTED — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Donald J. Trump: “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very — we’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer frankly, there’ll be a continuation." Those are not the words of an American President. They are the words of the First American Dictator. We need a blowout — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

This! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Bingo! or Bazinga! Pick your cohort. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is absolutely insane — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Ruth Ginsburg’s life was one version of the American dream,” Chief Justice John Roberts said. Her parents were poor immigrants. “Ruth used to ask what is the difference between a bookkeeper in Brooklyn and a Supreme Court justice. Her answer: one generation.” — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Blood 🩸 on his hands. I imagine he’ll just rinse and repeat. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Sorry, but condemning any nominee based on her religious beliefs or associations reminds me of attacking JFK based on the theory that, as a devout Catholic, he’d base his presidential decisions on whispers from the Pope. I’m opposed to Barrett based on her judicial views. Period. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Hold onto this tape if Amy Coney Barrett ends up being Trump’s nominee on Saturday. She’s entitled to be as shameless as her nominator, no doubt, but just how smart she is will be tested by how she handles this bit of hypocrisy. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

You might “hardly know” Cindy McCain, Donald, but she sure knows you. And so do the American people, whom you’ve called “disgusting,” & many of whom are already busy voting your sorry ass out of the “dump” — as you once called 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — you’re now occupying. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

For sure! It’d be like charging John Wilkes Booth for shooting recklessly inside a crowded theater. — PolitiTweet.org