I have now reached the part of my reunion when I feel isolated and weird. 😬

Happy birthday to Ulysses S. Grant, Mary Wollstonecraft, and me!

Thank you to b-boy bouiebaisse for spotlighting the historians’ brief in Trump’s immunity case…

(We strike again!)

Cc: Holly Brewer Rosemarie Zagarri Jack Rakove Jonathan Gienapp Gautham Rao (same username on bsky) Jane Manners Alex Keyssar Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms)

YES

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Yup.
They have no souls.

THREAD

“There is no immunity that is in the Constitution, unless this Court creates it today,” Michael Dreeben, arguing for the government against Trump’s claims, bluntly told the justices of that court.

This was, by my count, his 108th SCOTUS argument. lawdork.com/p/scotus-trump…

IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND

WTF

What?

Mango juice.
I’m at the airport.
And the mango juice is good.

This AM on my webcast History Matters:

History Matters in the SCOTUS

I have MUCH to say.

The nonsensical founder-ness spoken—out of context & misused…was quite something

And it matters.
Profoundly.

Pre-recorded (I’m traveling) but important!

10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations

The Supreme Court is responsible for letting Trump avoid consequences for his alleged crimes against democracy. In the name of accountability, the Court must not delay its decision. 1/

Scorching criticisms of Supreme Court handling of Trump 'presidential immunity' argument from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a Jan 6 Select Cmte member, on MSNBC

'Rather than decide the case before them, they are going off on tangents that will lead to further delay'

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Regarding the argument that a peaceful demonstration restricts campus access: a couple of weeks ago, an anti-gay, anti-feminist, antiabortion and ultraconservative group picketed Northwestern's campus. They had a very bad bagpipe player and a bunch of banners. (1)

Here is a great roundup of protestors' rights for anyone who needs it: law.nyu.edu/centers/race-i… --remember to write the number for your local National Lawyers Guild on your arm in sharpie in case of arrest. In Chicago: (773) 492-1405 The Daily Northwestern

Things I didn’t have on my Bingo card.

Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms) Brennan Center Yesterday on Jennifer Rubin’s podcast, interviewee John Dean singled out your brief. Maybe not a Supreme Court justice…

audioboom.com/posts/8494927-…

ONE WOULD THINK, RIGHT?

Trump's lawyer keeps insisting that the President is responsible for rounding up and certifying electors. Nope. See the historians brief Brennan Center