(short thread) Why would Trump’s team leak the fact that in a 4 hour practice session to prepare Trump for possibly testifying in the Russia probe, Trump’s lawyers were only able to walk him through two questions, due to frequent interruptions and Trump’s ‘loquaciousness’ ? [Please click here to view here as a …
[View here as a Twitter thread] What do you do when facts don’t matter? Here are my takeaways from Yale professor @TimothyDSnyder‘s disturbing book, the Road to Unfreedom. Liberal democracy is based on the idea that society evolves & improves. Putin’s brand of fascism, OTOH, is based on the static idea that the government does not …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Initially I was skeptical of the stories that Cohen will flip (because Trump was so mean to him) because they came from Trump’s inner circle with an obvious motive: Set Cohen up to discredit his testimony. I was skeptical because it won’t work with a jury, & because …
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[View here as a Twitter thread] 1/ I woke up on Nov. 9, 2016 to discover it was 1828—the year Andrew Jackson (unrepentant slaveowner, white Supremacist & effective demagogue)—won the presidency against a brainy super-qualified policy wonk & former secretary of state who didn’t know how to appeal to the masses. 2/ Trump’s victory …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (Thread) A summary of Democracy in Chains, by Duke professor Nancy MacLean. The story begins with James McGill Buchanan, a professor of economics in Virginia who was furious by the SCOTUS decision ordering schools throughout the nation to desegregate. 2/ Buchanan, resentful of Northern liberals telling white Southerners …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Today I’d like remember Barbara Johns, the 16 year old who led a walkout of her high school in 1951 and helped changed the U.S. laws. Why was she forgotten so long and not given credit for her outsized contribution? Perhaps because. . . #March4OurLives Not only was she …
[View here as a Twitter thread] In March of 2018, Bob Bauer, writing for Lawfare, predicted the trouble Trump would have with his lawyers and concludes that the way Trump “uses and abuses” lawyers may well bring his presidency down. (thread) I think we’ll be hearing more about Trump’s lawyers as the Mueller probe …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) Here’s a summary of “Authoritarianism is not a Momentary Madness” by former Princeton Professor Karen Stenner and NYU Professor Jonathan Haidt. This is one of the more complex essays in the collection: Can it Happen Here? Authoritarianism in America. 2/ First, a definition. Authoritarianism is a strict …
Every defense attorney is asked this question. (I suppose the same question could be asked, “Why do you sometimes write about unsavory people?) For thirteen years, I had a private appellate law practice dedicated to representing indigents appealing from adverse rulings. In other words, my clients had no money and were in big trouble. Mostly I …
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Q: Why did you write this book? I believe the law—as taught in law school— can be presented to young readers in all its complexity and ambiguity. Personally, I was never much interested in government or civics classes—until I went to law school, and I discovered how fascinating the material is. My hope is that …
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