Laurence Tribe

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Hard not to agree with @MatthewCherry31 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

All the 3 judges really need to read is the last sentence of this amicus brief from the 24 former fed judges appointed by R and D presidents alike: It explains why the appeals court’s intervention to stop Judge Sullivan in his tracks is totally premature https://t.co/S4v3G5UMQm — PolitiTweet.org

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SCOTUS rules that the First Amendment permits California to treat church gatherings during pandemic the way it treats secular lectures and concerts rather than grocery stores and pharmacies. I’m relieved that Roberts voted with 5-4 majority but saddened that there were 4 dissents — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazing. Trump goes to the Rose Garden. He talks about Hong Kong. Not a word about George Floyd’s murder. Nor about the violence and riots in Minneapolis. Nor about the 101,000 Covid deaths in just 3 months. Do we even HAVE a president? What does he imagine his job covers? Golf? — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Minneapolis Officer George Floyd Is Charged With Murder. Good. We Can BREATHE a Bit More Easily Now. https://t.co/t6BrRXnsmH — PolitiTweet.org

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Amen. “I can’t breathe” must become our nation’s mantra. We’re all choking on our 400-year racist legacy, from slavery to Jim Crow to Trayvon Martin to George Floyd. We must change. — PolitiTweet.org

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Exactly. Remaining “neutral” in the face of lies or incitements to violence is impossible. Silence is complicity. @jgeltzer nails the larger issue again. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@JoeBiden’s statement about George Floyd’s death and America’s original sin was exactly what the situation called for. This is what presidential leadership looks like. We need to replace Trump with Biden in the White House. Nothing could be plainer. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Those facts would make an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim by Lori’s family very weak. 4. The facts would also make a defamation claim by @JoeNBC extremely uphill, 5. Suing & losing wd create the illusion of Trump’s vindication. 6. But he’s guilty as hell. — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s a mismatch between what makes Trump’s cruel treatment of Lori and her family so awful and the legal remedies available: 1. Trump’s intent was to hurt @JoeNBC, not to cause distress to Lori’s family; 2. @JoeNBC’s reputation couldn’t be injured by so unbelievable a claim — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump’s monstrous abuse of the tragic death of Lori Klausutis to injure @JoeNBC treated Lori and her family as means to his small-minded end of retaliating against Joe’s criticisms. But suing Trump for damages as this piece suggests wouldn’t help: https://t.co/6qnnxawVqz — PolitiTweet.org

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“The painful cries of Eric Garner will be with us forever. Now, George Floyd’s pleas for help will, too. I cannot begin to understand how any officer could ignore the painful pleas we heard from Floyd — or from anyone suffering.” https://t.co/wZSojbegH9 — PolitiTweet.org

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😂 👇🏼👏✔️ https://t.co/C1UkfHnNyf — PolitiTweet.org

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This outrage speaks for itself — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Twitter’s decision to warn its users that Trump’s “they loot, we’ll shoot” tweet glorifies violence can’t justify treating Twitter’s platform as the equivalent of a publisher liable for whatever users choose to post on that medium — PolitiTweet.org

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Twitter has added a “Glorifying Violence” warning to Trump’s tweet urging authorities to fire on the crowd. Good for Twitter’s CEO @jack. Nothing Trump’s stupid Executive Order would do (or encourage the Federal Government to do) could constitutionally penalize that choice — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump would evidently be happy with a repeat of the fatal shootings at Kent State by the National Guard 50 years ago. He doubtless thinks (if he thinks at all) that his base will reward such violence with Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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I can’t stop seeing a split-screen image, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee to protest racist policing on one side, a white cop casually choking a black guy to death with his knee on the other. President Trump voiced outrage at Colin, barely commented on the conduct of the cop. — PolitiTweet.org

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And it’s important that not only the FBI but the Civil Rights Division open a hates crimes and anti-lynching investigation. The tragic fact that we can’t trust Bill Barr to be independent of Trump doesn’t mean we should give up on the U. S. Justice Department altogether. — PolitiTweet.org

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to assist the victim or restrain the killer may well merit prosecution as accomplices. Details I don’t have would determine whether they’re criminals under Minnesota law. But at the very least there’s probable cause to arrest and detain them. Firing the entire group isn’t enough — PolitiTweet.org

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and called for his mother. What in the name of God are the local authorities waiting for? They’ve arrested CNN crews just doing their jobs as reporters but are still pondering whether to arrest the cold-blooded killer. Even the officers who stood by and didn’t lift a finger — PolitiTweet.org

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There are millions of eye witnesses to the heartless murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. You don’t need proof beyond a reasonable doubt to arrest and prosecute the officer we all saw with his knee on the immobilized victim’s neck as he repeatedly cried out “I can’t breathe” — PolitiTweet.org

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If you doubt this is likely or think the Constitution provides a clear solution, (1) you don’t understand the situation & (2) you need to read & retweet this entirely realistic and well-informed analysis. Your survival as a free citizen may depend on it. https://t.co/6S2MivdjWo — PolitiTweet.org

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This captures the essence of it! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@RepJerryNadler has this just right — PolitiTweet.org

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This — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

If you’re interested in the crazy Executive Order that Trump tossed into the ring as his latest hat trick, reading this account is a great place to start. https://t.co/w0N1HCbJII — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the text of Trump’s Executive Order — filled with rhetoric about Trump’s devotion to freedom of speech (!) and laced with claims about social media like Twitter supposedly censoring and blocking his views and those of his supporters. No kidding. https://t.co/p633rnwshQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Thus the launch of this EO, timed cynically to distract from the tragedy of over 100,000 Covid-19 deaths in 3 months & Trump’s responsibility for at least 30,000 of those deaths, is an abuse of power that could well cause injury out of all proportion to its enforceable specifics. — PolitiTweet.org

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On the contrary, the very announcement of this EO constitutes a vague and ambiguous threat likely to chill and deter the kind of entirely responsible comment that Twitter employed to minimize the harm that factually baseless and irresponsible tweets by the president could do. — PolitiTweet.org