#Constitutional

Mondaire Jones

MondaireJones

The way we talk about court expansion is important. It’s not about Democrats vs. Republicans. Justice John Paul Stevens was a Republican. So was David Souter.Due to the hyper-partisan majority

Andrew Gounardes

agounardes

Happy Constitution Day, New York! On April 20, 1777, New York ratified its first constitution.Here's a THREAD of fun facts and tidbits about New York's constitutional history. Today I'll

President-Elect OverTheMoonbat⭐️⭐️⭐️

OverTheMoonbat

Listening to Jenna Ellis right now on Newsmax, it is all pretty consistent with what I’ve been saying over the last week or so. The case as per Rudy Giuliani

Maggie Haberman

maggieNYT

Barr Says DOJ May Act Against Governors With Strict Virus Limitshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/barr-says-doj-may-act-against-governors-with-strict-virus-limits “We’re looking carefully at a number of these rules that are being put

Jason Marianna

jwmarianna

A short thread on the drive in church service thing: To be clear, taking people’s license plate numbers and harassing them for parking cars next to each other while worshiping

Kacey Bowen

KaceyonFox7

HAPPENING NOW: The “Texas Bars Fight Back” protest is happening outside the Texas Capitol to protest the closing the bars statewide. Bar owners out here saying they’re going to re-open

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

I'm seeing a lot of "oh, but won't Republicans pack the court?"This is the wrong question. The Republicans ALREADY changed the number of Supreme Court justices when they refused to

Stefanie Mundhenk

philawsostef

When I wanted to be a prosecutor, nobody ever asked me how I could stomach spending my life asking judges and juries to put people in cages - people who

Stephen Wickens

StephenWickens1

1. A reckless, unrealistic and gimmicky promise from @Coteau: We've been raising fares far too much in recent decades, but without a constitutional amendment guaranteeing full transit-operating-cost subsidies in perpetuity,

Josh Crabb

JoshRCrabb

Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin will be cross-examined in court this morning by lawyers for 7 MB churches and 3 people fighting COVID-19 restrictions, arguing they infringe

David Harsanyi

davidharsanyi

I'm not pro democracy, I am pro freedom. If democracy erodes freedom than it's not something to celebrate. Of course many people use the term "democracy" interchangeably with freedom in

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

BREAKING: Supreme Court takes a Second Amendment case challenging New York's restrictions on concealed public carry. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/042621zor_e18f.pdf This case is likely to pave the way to the Supreme C

Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum

Abortion was banned in Poland already: exceptions were made for rape, incest, a mother in danger of dying and fetuses so malformed they wouldn't survive. The new law takes that

Lara Bazelon

larabazelon

The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by police. Seems powerful, right? But here is a non-exhaustive list of "reasonable" bases for police to stop people, which can

Sam Wang

SamWangPhD

The Florida deadline for voter registration is October 5. Newly re-enfranchised ex-felons have multiple options for registering to vote.- If you don't owe any fees, fines, or restitution, then you

tina :)

_tinafeng

the “all lives matter” movement created in response to the “black lives matter” movement is toxic and incredibly insensitive. it is an evasion of the civic and moral responsibility to