[View here as a Twitter thread] Accessory after the fact is a theory of liability that basically means you found out about a crime after it happened, and then helped out. More here: 1/ We start with the elements: An accessory after the fact is a person who: (1) knowing that an offense against the …
[View here as a Twitter thread] I woke up on Nov. 9, 2016 to discover it was 1828—the year Andrew Jackson (white supremacist, dangerous demagogue, defender of slavery)—won the presidency against a brainy super-qualified policy wonk & former secretary of state. 2/ Plenty of people despised Jackson’s racism. Given the all white male electorate, …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump’s Cultural War: Part III: What’s next? Part I begins here: twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield… Trump’s response to the indictment of the Russian military officials who hacked the US and his private meeting with Putin tells us everything we need to know. So what’s next? 1/ Trump responded to the indictment by blaming …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Summary of 7-13 indictment. I’ve updated the main page of my website with a summary and short analysis of the new indictment, complete with links: russia-investigation-summary.com For easy retweeting and argument settling, I’ll put the summary here. 1/ Summary: Russian military officials conspired with persons “known and unknown to the grand …
[View here as a Twitter thread] I spent this past week volunteering for RAICES at a detention center south of San Antonio Texas. @RAICESTEXAS This thread is for people who want to know how they can help. Here’s some information on the program and the clients: More information here: aila.org/practice/pro-b… They need “lawyers.” Lawyers is in quotations because you …
Should Democrats fight like Republicans? Harvard Profs Levitzky and Ziblatt say no. Here’s why. As the GOP completes its transformation from a conservative to an authoritarian party, the GOP is brazenly violating the norms of democracy. [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
(thread) @jedshug and I co-authored this Slate article on next steps in the Trump administration’s separate-the-families-at-the-border policy. People may find it controversial (understatement). Let’s see if I can summarize the law & analysis in 8 tweets. [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
[Click here to read on the Slate website] Last week, federal Judge Dana M. Sabraw issued a nationwide injunction ending the Trump administration policy of removing children from families entering the United States. This order was an important first step, but legal and practical problems mean separations could very well resume, and reunifications face enormous obstacles. There …
I still see Mueller-skeptics asking “So what crimes did Trump commit? Last I heard Comey said there was no evidence.” You can always show them my list: http://russia-investigation-summary.com/crimes/ (includes only TrumpRussia related crimes, not, for example, Cohen’s business crimes). [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
I’m happy to offer my thoughts on the challenges of reuniting the children, including possible difficulties in the judge’s order. The first problem is that some of the children may have been “lost” . . . @jedshug @KameliaKilawan [To continue reading, please click here to view here as a Twitter thread]
