Laurence Tribe

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Here we go! Nothing in today’s majority opinion by Justice Alito or in any of the concurring opinions, despite all the stuff about letting states decide, suggests any limit on the ability of Congress to ban abortion nationwide. Only voting for pro-choice Reps and Senators will do — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s staggering how the Court can celebrate giving political majorities in the states control over women’s bodies the very day after the same Trump-Packed majority took from those political majorities the ability to protect lives from gunfire delivered by people concealing guns. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Whatever the exact scope of the coming laws," the Dobbs dissenters write, "one result of today's decision is certain: the curtailment of women's rights, and of their status as free and equal citizens.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Breyer/Sotomayor/Kagan: "With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent." From Roe ... to Sorrow. It truly is sad. — PolitiTweet.org

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Despite SCOTUS expansion of gun rights, Thomas’s crazy is offset by the Roberts + Kavanaugh concurrence re permissibility of licensing for concealed carry & limits on who may be licensed & where licensed people can carry heat. That good news + the Senate vote = BIG FxNG NET GAIN — PolitiTweet.org

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“Announcing” non-existent “investigations” to fool voters into thinking where there’s smoke there must be fire, and pressuring others into making such “announcements,” has been a standard MO for corrupt GOP pols since the 1950s. Think Trump/Comey/Hillary or Trump/Zelensky/Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

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Scott Perry (R-PA), who also sought a pardon, was close to Jordan and COS Mark Meadows, formerly a member from N. Car. Together, the Nasty Nine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Why didn’t Trump pardon ‘em all on his way out the door? Easy: Pardons end the danger of criminal self-incrimination and thus prevent their recipients from taking the Fifth w/out being held in contempt.Dangling pardons protects a corrupt POTUS; granting pardons puts him at risk. — PolitiTweet.org

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The GOP reps who conspired with Trump as of 12/21/20 were Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), & Mo Brooks (R-AL). They were joined on 1/3/21 by newbie Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).All 7 sought pardons. — PolitiTweet.org

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Are they sure she didn’t swallow a former guy last seen wandering around Mara Lago? https://t.co/jQKHN0nuCP — PolitiTweet.org

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That even Rusty Bowers says he’d vote for Trump over Biden again if Trump were the GOP candidate for POTUS says so much about the mess America is in . . . https://t.co/LENhC7M52F — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced shortly after the 2d Amendment decision it won on 6/23/22 that it would no longer take firearms cases and thus was parting ways with the two star partners who won the case, Paul Clement & Erin Murphy. — PolitiTweet.org

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As usual, @OrinKerr has his search & seizure law down pat: — PolitiTweet.org

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OMG: here it is, in black and white — PolitiTweet.org

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Even if it turns out the US Government actually does owe me that $11,780, I still don’t get to break into the US Mint and steal it. Vigilante Justice is, shall we say, frowned upon in countries like ours . . . — PolitiTweet.org

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I noted this remarkable use of Dred Scott this morning. I’m still reeling from it: — PolitiTweet.org

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Not necessarily disdain for environmental lawyers, @BarbMcQuade. Just disdain for massively incompetent anti-environmental lawyers. Though maybe they had disdain for both. — PolitiTweet.org

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Not quite done, but more than medium rare — PolitiTweet.org

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#SteveBannon, most likely https://t.co/0rzwIEu6J4 — PolitiTweet.org

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#JeffreyClark (he of the search & seizure PJ’s) claimed the 5th & executive privilege at the same time. Sorry, no: It’s one or the other. As @AriMelber has noted, it can’t be both because there’s a crime/fraud exception to executive privilege just as to attorney/client privilege — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/cN6mxVpoPI — PolitiTweet.org

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Just wait till Dobbs comes out!!! And who ARE the 26% who still have confidence in this Court, anyway ???? — PolitiTweet.org

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So 2 things kept Trump from putting Clark on top of DOJ: 1. He saw Clark as miscast, a loser, so not from central casting. 2. He realized the destruction of DOJ would submerge the Clark letter to the states. Not at all about wanting to save DOJ from emptying out. - h/t @Lawrence — PolitiTweet.org

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Today’s J6HC hearing shows that Trump’s coup plot targeted not only Congress, not only the swing states, but DOJ itself! No self-respecting AG could look the other way now! He’d be trashing the Department he’s dedicated to restoring. — PolitiTweet.org

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So at least @RepMoBrooks thought the AZ and PA schemes were criminal. And he was in a position to know. Now he’s cooperating with the J6HC. And, presumably, with DOJ. And why not? Trump left him high and dry in his primary. Nothing more to lose. — PolitiTweet.org

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In seeking a pardon for her role in the insurrection, the pathetic @RepMTG confessed her disqualification from ever again holding public office, per Sec3 of the 14th Amendment: — PolitiTweet.org

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“Rarely have so many been so praised who were so tardy.” — @AriMelber. Amen! — PolitiTweet.org

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The great @clairecmc says we now know there are some really bad constitutional law professors, like #JohnEastman, and @AriMelber adds: “But he’s an expert on the 5th Amendment.” 🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

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An excellent thread: read it and get active! — PolitiTweet.org