Laurence Tribe

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“Republicans can only [support] kicking cans down the road. Because they know we have the full weight of the argument on our side. There’s virtually no argument that we should not have witnesses, that we should not have documents.” — Senator Chuck Schumer https://t.co/WQ1D3lKMPs — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I’m with @SarahKSilverman here. Purposeful cruelty is Trump’s hallmark. It’s not impeachable as such — but it impeaches the character of anyone who watches Trump do it and neither weeps nor hurls but cheers or just looks away. — PolitiTweet.org

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Let’s not go overboard with praising Trump for not escalating further. After all, it was his dumb withdrawal from the JCPOA with Iran and his criminal use of assassination to punish Iran rather than in self-defense that started the fire he has temporarily stopped spreading. — PolitiTweet.org

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This gun seizure law will save lives without sacrificing anyone’s constitutional rights. Colorado will hopefully provide an example for the other 49 states to follow. Big props to federalism and to states as laboratories for democracy! https://t.co/BcUITerpz6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump took Iran’s “yes” for an answer: he accepted Iran’s decision to stand down after its non-lethal missile retaliation. By not raising the stakes beyond unjustifiably killing Soleimani, he’s turning down the temperature. I’m glad. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PhilipRotner gets this exactly right. I’m finding him increasingly worth reading. https://t.co/6Ag9hFvpan — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Judgment ... will be rendered by an ever-more demographically diverse America unlikely to be magnanimous toward cynical politicians who prioritized pandering to Trump’s dwindling all-white base over the common good.” https://t.co/c5VqDB6FTb — PolitiTweet.org

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“All cults come to an end, often abruptly, and Trump’s Republican Party is nothing if not a cult. While cult leaders are generally incapable of remorse ... their followers almost always pay a human and reputational price once the leader is toppled.” https://t.co/c5VqDB6FTb — PolitiTweet.org

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“Heedless lapdogs like Kennedy, Devin Nunes, and Lindsey Graham are acting now as if there is no tomorrow, but tomorrow will come eventually, whatever happens in the near future, and Judgment Day could arrive sooner than they think.” https://t.co/c5VqDB6FTb — PolitiTweet.org

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“For all the technological quickening of the media pulse..., Trump’s collaborators will one day be viewed through the long lens of history like Nixon’s collaborators before them and the various fools, opportunists, and cowards who tried to appease Hitler” https://t.co/c5VqDB6FTb — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve studied this issue further and am convinced Professors John Brooks and David Gamage have explained how a system of interstate transfer payments could solve the constitutional problems with a wealth tax like the one @SenWarren has advocated. See their fine law journal essay. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@JRubinBlogger is right: Collins “and other Republicans will face the real possibility that conclusive evidence of Trump’s wrongdoing will come to light after a sham trial. That would make for a disastrous, humiliating legacy.” https://t.co/VO5YYOCde2 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Read this thought-provoking @Edsall essay about the premises of Trumpism: why they’re wrong https://t.co/0MDLoehgLQ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Schumer may get the last laugh if McConnell’s impeachment strategy costs the GOP the Senate.” Not to mention costing Trump a meaningful vindication. https://t.co/5bSMqfL5BF — PolitiTweet.org

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“Asked ... to elaborate about the ‘imminent’ attack he previously described, Mr. Pompeo instead shifted to General Suleimani’s past actions.” But retribution cannot justify targeted assassination of a foreign military leader. Only self-defense can. https://t.co/EbzFPVKkjE — PolitiTweet.org

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.@gabrielsherman made the key point about Bolton: He has plenty to say that’s clearly relevant to Trump’s conduct as POTUS, so he should just SAY IT. He has a mouth; this is a free country; his insistence on a Senate subpoena is ludicrous. He plans to cash in later without one! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“This is where having credibility — and having a president who didn’t lie about everything — would be really, really helpful,” Samantha Power, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations, wrote recently. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

In my three dozen Supreme Court arguments, I rarely got half a dozen words out before getting my first question, often by Justice Scalia. I can’t imagine the luxury of getting a full 120 seconds to frame my case before any Justice speaks. Awesome. https://t.co/nNKA4eQO4F — PolitiTweet.org

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“The administration has said that the killing of Suleimani was justified by an imminent threat to American lives, but there is no reason to believe this.” Think about that: No. Reason. To. Believe. Our. Government. It. Lies. Constantly. Aargh! https://t.co/ahXojpk2U3 — PolitiTweet.org

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These rules for the Clinton trial were approved 100-0. It looks like identical rules will be approved 53-47 later this week. Dealing with radically different situations as though they were the same is crazy. https://t.co/ZjFqLBwzP6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Listen to @Alyssa_Milano. Make yourself look at this tragedy. The future is here, and it kills. But as long as the Trump blimp fills our mental space, we can’t give this crisis the energy it demands. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Republican senators with a modicum of self-respect need to ask...: Did they really work this hard, did they really go to Washington, just to cover for Trump? Are there four members who can handle the truth?” — @RuthMarcus We’ll see! Watch this space. https://t.co/T6lgh2Os5Z — PolitiTweet.org

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“Why would any senator charged with the grave responsibility of trying the president on articles of impeachment not want to hear Bolton’s account? How could any senator justify refusing to hear from someone so central to Trump’s handling of Ukraine?” https://t.co/T6lgh2Os5Z — PolitiTweet.org

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“Even if ...Republicans successfully ... rush through an acquittal, the whole affair will be forever stained by the indelible fact that they could only exonerate Trump by refusing to ...hear the very ...testimony they ... claimed to want for months.” https://t.co/F8IpuukppM — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

with romney joining the murkowski/collins chorus but suggesting a predisposition to favor at least a subpoena to Bolton in mid-trial, it looks like that’s where this is inevitably headed: mcconnell wins round 1, but it’s far from a knockout — PolitiTweet.org

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I share Harold Koh’s views about what these present and former Trump officials have a duty to do — but I remain uncertain about the steps Congress should take to enforce that duty. Yes, their defiance is intolerable. The question is: How best to stop it? https://t.co/TUXxQCAsWE — PolitiTweet.org

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Senators planning to vote NO Bolton subpoena better start imagining how they’ll look when Bolton finally tells all about the Trump/Giuliani “drug deal.” And that day might come sooner than they think. @RepAdamSchiff can subpoena him any time — after, during, or before the trial. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

A recession would inflict long-term damage on the most vulnerable. If you’re hoping for one in 2020, STOP! https://t.co/GhiDiM18Qi — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

It’s often darkest before the dawn https://t.co/ENiKG7RD2b — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

What’s becoming quite clear is that President Trump ordered Soleimani killed as an act of vengeance, not of self-defense. Distraction from impeachment was probably part of it too. But preventing an imminent attack? Sorry, no way. Making us less safe? Trump didn’t care about that. — PolitiTweet.org