Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

This legal argument is totally preposterous. It goes even further than saying the president is above the law. It says only the president can investigate whether the president has broken the law. Game over! That’s insane. Actually it’s perfectly logical — in a dictatorship. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Exactly, @benjaminwittes. Doesn’t Trump always take the side of foreign dictators against the CIA, FBI, and US security interests generally? Not “treason,” as defined by Art III, but betrayal of his oath to protect the US, for sure. Just another day in Trump’s wild West Wing. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Did anyone mention how much symbols matter? This is just so typical of Team Trump. https://t.co/kmm9gn14E1 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@RonaldKlain is being a realist here. The days in which the Supreme Court played a human rights-expanding (or even a human rights-preserving) role are rapidly receding. Progressives and liberals will need new strategies, ones holding SCOTUS at bay. https://t.co/tJJ3y9KdzF — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Do you believe in prayer 🙏🏼 ? If you do, and if you care about the Supreme Court as an institution and about avoiding retrogressive and reactionary legal moves, then this is the time to pray. If not, then just HOPE for the best. I’m trying both myself !!!! https://t.co/7ahi3scdKy — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

To understand this remarkable case in the conext of the American system of “justice,” read the #NYT piece but then search for the brilliant Emily @GalvinAlmanza segment on @AlJazeera about the role of jury nullification in this and other such cases: https://t.co/bRbKHAV6qr — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Not #ImpeachTrumpNow but #ImpeachmentInquiryNow! Everybody must get that straight. It’s the reluctance to call the @RepJerryNadler hearings an IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY that’s pointlessly hurting the whole effort to bring America to the point of holding Trump accountable. Do it NOW!!!! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

And I think we should take @ewarren at her word, @ezraklein @markjgreen — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Has any #SCOTUS ever been as irony-challenged as this Court? I doubt it, @JoshuaMatz8 @AriMelber @Dahlialithwick @JoanBiskupic @RuthMarcus @chrislhayes @harrylitman @neal_katyal @ThePlumLineGS @stevenmazie @Lawrence — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Dems are foolishly giving Trump the best of both worlds: He gets the BENEFITS of blaming Dems for THINKING & TALKING about impeachment — but avoids the BURDENS of a full-blown IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY that would get the full truth out and expose his crimes for all to see. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Trying to read Trump’s mind as a guide to the impeachment process is, well, crazy. But, as with most things Trump, it seems to be irresistible. My advice: Ignore his “mind.” There’s not much in there. https://t.co/l8nh1unFZk — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

What's the best email address for me to use? — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

I'll send you some thoughts in a memo tomorrow but will ask that you treat my memo as privileged and confidential — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Yes! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Department of Hidden Agendas: Some will use this vote to claim @RepJerryNadler doesn’t need authority to conduct an “impeachment inquiry” as such. Not so fast! This deal isn’t a silver bullet. Not by a long shot. https://t.co/lB4QL15DDB — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The number of days till the 2020 election is 511 = 7 x 73, not a prime. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Oops. If this were a formal IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY this kind of waffling and muffling would be way easier to squash. @SpeakerPelosi needs to keep that in mind. https://t.co/TjPRWd6TwY — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Almost certainly yes. And it’s Jared’s blatant violations of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause of Art I that keep us from knowing for sure. POTUS thinks his whole Royal Family is above the law, not just His Bloated Highness. Pretenders to power, every one of them. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Here’s Mueller’s own compact summary of volume 2 of his report: https://t.co/2x4fbwGTME — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Here’s Mueller’s own compact summary of Volume 1 of his report: https://t.co/YTMBbGRZSG — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

.@JRubinBlogger shows how elegantly and forcefully the unflappable @JoyceWhiteVance and @BarbMcQuade brought Trump’s crimes to life in the @RepJerryNadler hearing. A great shame the helicopter crash prevented millions of folks from seeing their testimony https://t.co/s3nObkrA4G — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Side-splittingly hilarious, @djrothkopf, as only truthful insights can be . . . “An intellectual singularity” indeed! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

You can always count on the estimable @Mimirocah1 to smash the persistent myths of the liars and fakers, the demagogues and delusionists. She’s 💯 % right about the “no underlying crime” myth: — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The only reason not to listen to this really intense @djrothkopf podcast on impeachment would be that you took part in the conversation. But since I was the only one who did (apart from David Rothkopf), you really owe it to yourself to hear it. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

#Deepfakes are true threats. So is a deepfake president. https://t.co/GHhNTdkdrD — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

(@jonfavs): "Impeachment hearings are the only way to ensure television coverage of Trump investigations. It's the only way to take the microphone away from Trump. If you're still against it, fine, but don't expect regular hearings to command the same kind of media attention." — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Exactly — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Here’s my @AliVelshi interview on @allinwithchris about how the @HouseJudiciary Committee can and should conduct a full adversary hearing by starting a formal #ImpeachmentInquiryNow whatever the spineless GOP caucus controlling the Senate might do. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Excerpt from my @AliVelshi interview on June 10 about what the @HouseJudiciary Committee can and should do regardless of Senate recalcitrance ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Making it official MATTERS. The power of @RepJerryNadler to compel fact witnesses like McGahn to testify about Trump’s wrongdoing would be significantly enhanced if the hearings were formally designated an “impeachment inquiry.” https://t.co/FpVpa105cl — PolitiTweet.org