[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) There are rumors that Trump has reached a “turning point” and (with Nunes and others) is looking to shut down Mueller’s investigation–which will create our second greatest constitutional crisis (after the Civil War). So how did we get to this point? 1/ I’ll cull a few insights …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) This NYT piece offers a history of how the Republican Party changed from a conservative party to an authoritarian party. This is what I’ve been writing/ thinking about. Not everyone has access, so here’s a summary. 2/ 1994: Newt Gingrich ushered in a new era pitting the …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) As most people following the Mueller probe have suspected, the two new docs Mueller filed make clear that he’s revealed only a portion of what he knows. 1/ This doc was filed in advance of van Der Zwaan’s sentencing today: courthousenews.com/wp-content/upl… Contains: “van Der Zwaag is in the unusual …
[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] (thread) After I wrote a thread on Nondisclosure Agreements, and why Trump’s White House NDAs weren’t enforceable, we learn Trump’s lawyer (who wrote them) knew they weren’t enforceable. For people without access to the NYT, here’s a quick summary. 3 . . . them as deterrence. Trump was also …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) Roundup: Can a sitting president be indicted? Short answer: Maybe. Legal answer: It’s complicated. During Watergate and the Bill Clinton hearings, the DOJ held that a POTUS can’t be indicted. . . #Mueller 2/ . . . but the DOJ is not the final authority. SCOTUS is, & …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) A primer the Summer Zervos lawsuit against Trump. Facts: In Oct. 2016, after Trump said he never groped women, Zervos said that he groped and sexually harassed her when she was on the Apprentice. Trump called her a liar. 1/ Zervos responded by suing in state court, …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) What comes next? Can Mueller save the U.S. from a right wing authoritarian takeover? No, says NYU law prof. Bob Bauer in this rather discouraging opinion piece. 2/ The DOJ has said a sitting president cannot be indicted [SCOTUS, not DOJ is the final authority, but the …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) Nondisclosure agreements (NDA) are in the news: Cohen (Trump’s lawyer) had Stormy Daniel sign one, and now it’s reported that Trump had WH staff sign them. Okay, so what are they? Here’s a quick NDA primer and a list of problems with Trump’s White House NDAs 1/ …
