Laurence Tribe

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On @amjoyshow this morning: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

From @TheBeatWithAri last night: my argument that a “trial” where the fix is in doesn’t work to clear the defendant or give the defendant bragging rights. Period. https://t.co/jOIbxnBWn2 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Even if the S.Ct. rejects Trump’s sweeping claims in this trio of cases — none of which involves any official conduct or demands that any Executive Branch official DO anything — it will retain the option of putting the presidency itself above the law and beyond accountability. — PolitiTweet.org

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This has GRU-like fingerprints. Check Louisiana’s voting machines! Remember Trump has again asked Russia, not just Ukraine, to help him “win” reelection in 2020. Article I charges Trump’s compromise of our election integrity and national security . . . https://t.co/VLyVcaTihi — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @tribelaw: I’m joining @amjoyshow on MSNBC Saturday at 10 am to talk about . . . wait for it: IMPEACHMENT — and what lies ahead. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

In 1787, the year our Constitution was written, Catherine the Great traveled to Crimea in Ukraine, where her lover Gregory Potemkin had built a fake village to impress the Empress. #MoscowMitch is building a Potemkin “trial” to exonerate Putin’s puppet Trump. We won’t be fooled. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

BREAKING NEWS: Bizarrely envious 73-year-old man who sends 123 barely coherent tweets in one day tells 16-year-old Nobel Laureate Greta Thunberg with Aspergers, named TIME’s Person of the Year, to “chill.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@BetteMidler is more savvy than lots of talking heads and political “experts” — PolitiTweet.org

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My suspicion, @Lawrence, is that #MoscowMitch is afraid of crossing Putin, whose oligarchs like Oleg Deripaska (owner of the aluminum plant that ended up in — guess where? — Kentucky!) demand loyalty to Vlad . . . — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks, @chrislhayes: When 5-year-olds are wiser than the GOP defenders of POTUS, we’re in what Bush 41 used to call “deep doodoo.” — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

By agreeing to hear this trio of cases in March, SCOTUS kept Trump’s obsession with keeping his tax records secret out of the impeachment debate but ensured that, whichever way it rules in June, his money madness will be front and center next November https://t.co/P3MCmhdvBj — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I’m joining @amjoyshow on MSNBC Saturday at 10 am to talk about . . . wait for it: IMPEACHMENT — and what lies ahead. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@RepCicilline wisely invoked the “If the shoe were on the other foot” test: Would you favor removing the president if the tables were turned or would this be okay with you? https://t.co/iQjbEO3ZEe — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@RepJayapal (D-Wash.) held up a pocket Constitution with her right hand as she recorded her “aye” vote. Quite a moment. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll be joining @AriMelber on MSNBC’s @TheBeatWithAri in the 6 o’clock hour to discuss today’s historic impeachment vote charging President Trump with Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll be joining @AriMelber on MSNBC’s @TheBeatWithAri Ari in the 6 o’clock hour to discuss today’s historic impeachment vote charging President Trump with Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Trump’s defense that “Do US a favor” meant “Do America a favor,” not “Do ME a favor” is total BS. 1. He really sees himself as THE state. 2. He just came up with this talking point after he was accused of using the “Royal WE” 3. ALL the evidence shows personal benefit only. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

If McConnell gets away with letting Trump call the shots in the Senate trial, that’d set a terrible precedent: This will be the first presidential impeachment trial before a Senate controlled by the president’s party. If that means automatic acquittal . . https://t.co/LTno2WY9UA — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I’ll be joining @AriMelberon MSNBC’s @TheBeatWithAri Ari in the 6 o’clock hour to discuss today’s historic impeachment vote charging President Trump with Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

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

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Glad I could help with this fact-check on the highly misleading claim that Trump will be the first president impeached by the House without being charged with a criminal offense: Andrew Johnson was never charged with a crime. See this explanation: https://t.co/AnjyPRVBf8 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

To recharge your “hope” batteries, check out this @RepJayapal tweet: — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s nobody better than @RepJayapal at articulating why @realDonaldTrump must be impeached — before he fires the smoking gun again. She’s right to focus on how Trump is threatening YOUR vote. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

https://t.co/dHCl8sIg3G — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The GOP’s gloating over the absence of a formal “bribery” charge from Article I is phony. The House Managers can easily show in the Senate that the facts clearly prove Trump guilty of soliciting a bribe — but using that word would’ve led to a pointless debate over labels. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I’m grateful that Greg Sargent aka @ThePlumLineGS quotes from my book with @JoshuaMatz8, “To End A Presidency: The Power of Impeachment,” to show just how Anti-Constitutional and legally perverse the McConnell/Trump scheme for a fake Senate “trial” is. https://t.co/eZUNfdX3rV — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Left to fester, [democracy despair] can lead to apathy and withdrawal. Channeled properly, it can fuel an uprising. Democracy grief isn’t like regular grief. Acceptance isn’t how you move on from it. Acceptance is itself a kind of death.” https://t.co/6Ufspq18eB — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Sadly, this legally illiterate and constitutionally empty “defense” might well succeed in the court of public opinion. But anyone with a still functioning brain who perpetrates it is guilty of betraying the Constitution and embracing dictatorship https://t.co/1TgLrsMOvl — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Republicans might not have 51 GOP votes to realize [Mitchell’s] scheme ... This would mean if only a handful of the 53 GOP senators declined to approve it, Democrats would have leverage” to make it an actual trial. https://t.co/IN7dva2Wo5 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@JoyceWhiteVance is exactly right. A fixed jury has no capacity to exonerate. — PolitiTweet.org