Elizabeth Wydra
@ElizabethWydra
Progressive constitutionalist, Supreme Court litigator, and legal expert for TV & print. President of @MyConstitution. CA native; Yale Law grad. she/her
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http://www.theusconstitution.org 03-04-2012 16:50:45
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CAC Chief Counsel Brianne Gorod explained in Newsweek that the Supreme Court can and should quickly reject Trump’s unprecedented and unsupported immunity claims: newsweek.com/there-can-stil… #JusticeCantWait
'We can’t possibly have an executive branch that is cloaked in immunity and still expect them to act in the best interests of the people in a functioning democracy.'
CAC's Praveen Fernandes spoke to Adam Serwer 🍝 of The Atlantic about Trump's immunity claim: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
CAC filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professor Gerhardt and other scholars of constitutional law explaining that Trump's immunity claim is at odds with the Constitution's text and history:
theusconstitution.org/litigation/tru… #JusticeCantWait
HAPPENING TODAY: Join us for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from Elizabeth Wydra and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term: theusconstitution.org/events/11th-an…
Join us TOMORROW for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from Elizabeth Wydra and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term: theusconstitution.org/events/11th-an…
.Elizabeth Wydra explained on Washington Journal that 'the very beginning principle of this country is that no one is above the law and the president is not a king.'
c-span.org/video/?535039-…
Join us NEXT WEEK for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from Elizabeth Wydra and an all-star panel of experts, moderated by @slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term:
#CACHomeStretch2024
theusconstitution.org/events/11th-an…
'If you're an originalist, if you're a strict constitutionalist, there's really only one outcome here, and it's that Trump's really outrageous claim of immunity is rejected.' Read more from Elizabeth Wydra's interview with Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/audio/202… #JusticeCantWait
'There are some times where history is ambiguous. This is not one of those cases.' Elizabeth Wydra spoke to Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz at Bloomberg about why #SCOTUS must reject Trump's immunity claim: bloomberg.com/news/audio/202… #JusticeCantWait
'Trump’s arguments are at odds with the text and history of the Constitution, as well as the Supreme Court’s own precedent. #SCOTUS should say so—and it should say so quickly.' Read Smita Ghosh's full reaction to today's oral argument: theusconstitution.org/news/release-j… #JusticeCantWait
As Elizabeth Wydra explained on Washington Journal this morning, 'the very beginning principle of this country is that no one is above the law and the president is not a king.'
c-span.org/video/?535039-…
THURS| Constitutional Accountability Center's Elizabeth Wydra and the Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky discuss the SCOTUS' consideration of fmr. President Donald Trump's claim of immunity from criminal charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
Live at 8:00am ET!