Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

If withholding essential aid from Ukraine until it did Trump’s bidding was impeachable — and it was — why isn’t doing that to NY, Michigan, Washington, or other blue states equally impeachable? Asking for a friend . . . — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Trump is responsible for that lost month and the tragic results that are now too late to avoid. In a just world, he’d be held accountable https://t.co/E2BYyzALXf — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

So they do it now, when nobody even cares?!?! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Trump will now take revenge on the people of Illinois. Sadly, you can take that to the bank. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I never fully trusted law professor #RichardEpstein’s pretensions to socioeconomic expertise. His entry into the medical sciences is even more phony — and, we now see, dangerous. https://t.co/0FUDrNzbnl — PolitiTweet.org

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Not quite. The 78 days between 11/3/20 and 1/20/21 leave ample time for the Trump Virus 🦠 to do lasting damage. Plus that virus will have left wounds in the body politic too deep to heal anytime soon. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Maybe our misery now, like Lear’s, will help us to see the meaning in the lives of others.” But for a self-centered narcissist like Trump? Don’t hold your breath. https://t.co/i03p8VO8Nr — PolitiTweet.org

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LOL — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

When Fauci says COV-19 could kill up to 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, Trump multiplies by 10 & says if we can keep it below 2 million he’ll deserve kudos for doing a great job. See what he did there? He may be dumb, but he has a feral political instinct. We need Trump antibodies — PolitiTweet.org

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When Trump does the right thing, we shouldn’t hesitate to say so. Not because he gives a damn what people like us think — he doesn’t. But because it’s true, and truth matters. https://t.co/FolhP309KD — PolitiTweet.org

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Astonishing. He’s a lunatic. — PolitiTweet.org

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OMG — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

If this thread doesn’t bring tears to your eyes, you just might be dead already. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“It has come to this: America’s deadliest pathogen may be its own president. In one sense, COVID-19 is Trump’s dream come perversely true—it has licensed his endless voracity to consume our mass consciousness.” https://t.co/z2XSPR1tgf — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Yes, he’s ignorant, incompetent, vindictive and utterly lacking in empathy. But his failures on pandemic policy owe as much to the nature of the movement he serves as they do to his personal inadequacies.” https://t.co/qo36eL1tFA — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

REMINDER: What we’re seeing now reflects what was actually happening 2 to 4 weeks ago. What COVID-19 is doing now won’t be visible until 2 to 4 weeks from now. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“The nameless leader in ‘The End of October’ is grotesque, but he doesn’t give daily press briefings full of dangerous misinformation, or expect governors to flatter him in exchange for disaster aid. Some horrors would seem too absurd [even] for fiction.” https://t.co/k8YXG4OBgX — PolitiTweet.org

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Who wudda thunk it? Like the famous butterfly effect in chaos theory: COVID-19 —> a shortage of rubbers —> ??? https://t.co/G5P7Pp8iVL — PolitiTweet.org

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“That self-satisfied, nasal and plaintive presidential voice has become a norm. And so merely to hear a sane, caring, scientific response to the virus from other leaders is riveting and reorienting.” https://t.co/46yvtrHtek — PolitiTweet.org

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For a dose of joy, try this: — PolitiTweet.org

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I just explained on MSNBC with @JoyAnnReid that Trump has no such authority. Minutes later, he announced he decided he doesn’t need to do this after all. — PolitiTweet.org

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Typical of Trump: issue a half-baked threat, then say “never mind” and expect gratitude for not carrying the threat out. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Governor Cuomo’s doubts are well placed. Federal statutes don’t even purport to delegate such sweeping authority to the president. Executive power reaches only INDIVIDUALS who are reasonably believed to be contagious. Not to entire state populations. — PolitiTweet.org

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Federal statutory authority to quarantine is limited to “any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease.” No such authority empowers executive officials to quarantine on a statewide basis. Nor does POTUS have any such power under Article II. — PolitiTweet.org

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Scientists found a bowhead whale they estimated was 211 years old, nearly as old as the U.S. Also, they have the largest mouth of any animal — nearly 25 feet long, almost half the animal’s body length. The dubious lesson: Bigmouths live the longest. https://t.co/OqR5aMJIfe — PolitiTweet.org

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“Free movement by the citizen is ... as dangerous to a tyrant as free expression or the right of assembly... “ Aptheker v. Secretary of State (1964)(Douglas, J., concurring). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tribelaw: With Trump pitting states against one another in bidding for scarce medical supplies and retaliating against states like NY a… — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

This is beyond Trump’s power. Congress has delegated to the president broad powers over foreign immigration but not power to restrict movement within or among the states. Such powers are reserved by the 9th & 10th amendments to the states & the people. https://t.co/sphT3hn2sl — PolitiTweet.org

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