#Federalist

Ivan Pentchoukov

IvanPentchoukov

The following 8 paragraphs of legal background in the Texas SCOTUS election case are a fascinating historical context worth sharing in a mini thread: “The individual citizen has no federalconstitutional

Adam Jentleson 🎈

AJentleson

The de facto supermajority threshold was first forged against civil rights. Jim Crow-era segregationist senators repurposed a 1917 Senate rule to force every civil rights bill to clear a supermajority

Haggard Hawks 🦅

HaggardHawks

Some etymological stories are too long to fit into a single tweet, so here’s a quick story about how one man’s awkward encounter with Thomas Jefferson sparked a massively popular

Bill Kristol

BillKristol

1. Thread.In light of tomorrow's congressional session to record the electoral votes, and for conservatives and Republicans who claim to look for guidance to the Founders, a short thread from

TRHL™

TRHLofficial

I’d like to introduce you all to my favorite excerpt from Hamilton’s Federalist 29. Buckle up.“There is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty

Gregg Nunziata

greggnunziata

I'm reluctant to suggest I know what is best for the @FedSoc as an organization, but, upon reflection, some more thoughts.https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/1351536862641479682 Of course, the Society should have been able to

Slava Malamud

SlavaMalamud

Slava's Cold Take. Since there are no school shootings going on, you can't accuse me of politicizing a tragedy.(Thread)Every single personal firearm in America needs to go. I am not

Jay Kuo

nycjayjay

Last night in a speech to the Federalist Society, Justice Alito bemoaned the loss of “religious liberty” and cited same-sex marriage as an example of how the religious right and

République Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

RepubliqueCymru

So I've had a read through on the idea about a radical federalist reform of the UK & I have a few thoughts. I thank Mick Antoniw for bringing this

Tim Hogan

TimInHonolulu

1. US Media needs to stop pushing an enemy message. We will not take to the streets. We will allow the count. When Trump is shown to be losing on

NCSC

NCSCgov

This month in 1799, George Washington died of illness at his Mount Vernon home. His death might have come decades earlier -- greatly changing America’s history -- if not for

Rewire News Group

RewireNewsGroup

Well hello! It's me! @AngryBlackLady! Fancy meeting you over here!Ready to talk Donald Trump and the Supreme Court? Oh you are? Perfect. Yesterday, Donald Trump took to the podium to,

Supreme Court Places

SCOTUSPlaces

Okay so here are my thoughts on the Federalist Society. I may lose some followers but that's how it goes. I know many of my conservative friends are members and

BluntForceTruth

BluntForceTrut1

Yesterday Judge Jeremy Kernodle dismissed @replouiegohmert & select other Republicans that Sought to endow Pence with the legal authority to effectively overturn the fraudulent 2020 election. Another Trump appointed judge

Karen Tani

kmtani

Just finished reading @povertyscholar's "Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, & Unequal Politics." It's phenomenal. I can't say enough good things. But I'm about to say a bunch of them (thread) 1.

Shaily Patel

vox_magica

there's nothing to love about ACB's confirmation to SCOTUS, i know, but one silver lining is that all sorts of folks are now talking about how to interpret texts and

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