@tribelaw.bsky.social
After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
“After a Springfield pogrom, JD Vance will have his first namesake policy. “JD Genocide,” or perhaps “Genocide Vance” -- if all this happens, the sobriquets will write themselves.” This prophecy must be prevented from becoming a reality. If it isn’t, God help us.
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In the U.S., “a mirror world has begun to form with the unleashing of multiple federal police forces that have already killed at least 3 citizens and many immigrants. They protect the bottom line of transnational corporations that surveil and jail us for profit.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
People who begin by shooting animals they find unpleasant or not worthy of living often turn out to be serial killers. Remember that when you think about Kristi Noem.
29.01.2026 13:19 — 👍 6982 🔁 2182 💬 308 📌 113Activists are calling for a “nationwide day of no school, no work and no shopping” across the U.S. on Friday, Jan. 30, to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown following the fatal shootings of two people by federal agents in Minneapolis.
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“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway
26.01.2026 12:37 — 👍 11551 🔁 3240 💬 197 📌 71“Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back.” — President Bill Clinton, 1/25/26
26.01.2026 10:27 — 👍 8170 🔁 2662 💬 163 📌 68“Under my leadership, we will restore fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law.”
— that was Donald Trump’s solemn commitment a year ago today, in his Inaugural Address.
He has broken every part of that promise.
“Expanding candidate standing while continuing to restrict legislative standing appears to be yet another data point for the current Court’s inclination to limit legislative power especially when it’s being invoked in an attempt to rein in the executive branch.”
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“One year into his second term, America risks losing a central feature of our democracy: that we are a country ruled by laws, not by one man.” That endangers every one of us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.
11.01.2026 09:17 — 👍 4838 🔁 1471 💬 133 📌 44“Four days after President Trump said the United States would “run” Venezuela, the sprawling political, security and intelligence apparatus that propped up Mr. Maduro’s strongman rule is in still place, and day-to-day life for many Venezuelans has worsened.” — NYT, Jan. 8, 2026
08.01.2026 15:02 — 👍 685 🔁 263 💬 31 📌 7From the fascist deputy chief of staff of the Trump White House Stephen Miller:
“We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
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“The three most important days in American history since the Civil War have been: Dec 7, 1941. Sept. 11. And Jan. 6. We don’t use years for the last two. They aren’t dates on a calendar; they are scar tissue.” Spot on, Rep. Swalwell. Eric hits this one on the nose.
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Congress has ignored the federal law requiring hanging in the Capitol by 3/2023 the plaque promising never to forget the heroism of those who risked all to defend Congress’ members and the Constitution. This essay by the great Jamie Raskin makes good on that promise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
The Jan. 6 anniversary will always be a mournful one for America. The challenge now is to make the day an aberration. Americans must summon the collective will to ensure that the violence, lawlessness and injustice of Jan. 6 do not endure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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“The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and the court has given us the worst of all worlds: an ultrapowerful presidency without an actual president at the helm.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
If only Israel’s top court would be as bold in reining in Bibi’s war crimes and his other abuses of power!
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The Trump National Security Strategy paper might well be “the Rosetta Stone explaining what really animates this administration at home and abroad.” Tom Friedman explains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
A Grand Jury Again Declines to Re-Indict Letitia James www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
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A Third Grand Jury Declines to Re-Indict Letitia James. Will the Vengeful Crazies Go for Four? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
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Harry Litman’s essay is the best thing out there about what SCOTUS will do in Trump v. Slaughter, argued Dec 8. Sure to be shredded is the FDR-era decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S. But Litman goes much deeper and lays out the broad range of implications:
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435 isn’t a magic constitutional number. Congress can and should enlarge the size of the House. But it won’t.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
Bonkers to the nth power
10.12.2025 13:40 — 👍 640 🔁 134 💬 50 📌 8What @normeisen.bsky.social said!
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At long last the frozen Russian assets might be used the way many of us have long advocated
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In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
