#KAVANAUGH

Thread on Kavanaugh: I’m struck by the way self-identified originalists insist the “original public meaning” of constituional text is only legitimate way to interpret the Constitution, yet rely on their
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When this is over people are going to dig into this and we may find even more fuckery was afoot than we realizedhttps://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1324532671947550720 I'm just a dude on a sofa
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On this historic #KamalaDay, woke up feeling weepy, nostalgic, and reflective of what this means for so many of us + how we got here.As she accepts the nomination for
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How many of these violent protesters who trespassed onto the Supreme Court grounds, beat on the door, & attempted to disrupt the swearing-in of a Supreme Court justice were arrested?Were
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After today's #SCOTUS oral argument in the case challenging the #ACA, I’m cautiously optimistic the law will survive. Even if the Court finds the mandate unconstitutional, Chief Justice Roberts &
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(thread) Three most notable things to me about today's @Nestle/@Cargill #ChildTrafficking case at #SCOTUS:1) Trump admin's disingenuous legal jujitsu move of claiming that it would be "discriminatory" to subject US
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Chief Justice Roberts just asked House Counsel Verilli about how "eight years ago" the individual mandate in the ACA was vital. Roberts asked "Why the bait and switch?" He then
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I see some Feinstein 2018 discourse on the timeline again, so here’s a reminder:Kevin de Leon was a sexual harasser and was complicit in outright sexual assaultThe fact that he
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Today is the day the Supreme Court debates the fate of the Affordable Care Act. Coverage for tens of millions of people is on the line. Arguments begin at 10am.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/obamacare-supreme-court-trump-barrett-4
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Earlier I said "If Kemp, Barr, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett turn out to be the heroes of this thing, I'm going to be SO pissed."I was joking, of course. None
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Today, we ran the third installment of a 3-part series by Moscow Never Sleeps, on how to fix the Supreme Court—without packing the court (or winning the Senate). The series
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(Thread) Rolling back the clockSenator Graham: “I want to listen to her, but I’m being honest with you. . . what do you expect me to do?. . . ruin
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This is all connected:Trump’s new Attorney General William Barr has been a major promoter of extreme executive power throughout his career, including advocating for pardoning Iran-Contra criminals. https://theintercept.com/2019/02/27/the
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I've just had it with everyone, with those who don't understand why half the nation believes there was fraud, with those who doggedly believe claims without evidence, with our absolutely
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I’m back from the future again, with Impeachment news. When evidence against dobald builds & tightens into an inescapable vice, & all appears lost, @LindseyGrahamSC -in his best “I’m a
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Supreme Court could deliver its judgment in Trump business records case today 1/nhttps://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1275984055302004742 I wrote back in March about the huge issues at stake in the Trump business records case
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