The new Law Dork Video is LIVE!

Lawyers Kathleen Hartnett and Kristy Parker and historian Holly Brewer have so much to bring to this discussion about Thursday's Trump v. US arguments at SCOTUS.

Check it out now. lawdork.com/p/law-dork-vid…

NEW VIDEO: Thursday's Trump v. U.S. immunity case at SCOTUS.

So thrilled that the second Law Dork Video is with Dr. Kristy Parker of Protect Democracy, Cooley LLP's Kathleen Hartnett, & UMD's Holly Brewer (@earlymodjustice).

WATCH NOW: lawdork.com/p/law-dork-vid…

Historian Holly Brewer: “[W]e went back comprehensively through all of the constitutional debates and ratifying debates. And what was really startling when we did it … was there was no voice — literally none — that made [Trump’s] argument.”

Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/law-dork-vid…

Holly Brewer joins Chris “Law Dork” Geidner and explains why history provides no support for Trump’s immunity argument Brennan Center

Certain basic truths define American democracy: voters choose the president, presidents respect the peaceful transition of power, and no person is above the law. Trump’s immunity claims flaunt all of those principles.
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'Putting in the possibility of not only impeachment and removal, but also prosecution, was crucial to making sure that the president that didn't sort of easily become a tyrant.' — historian Holly Brewer in the Law Dork Video on Trump v. US coming Sunday youtube.com/watch?v=IYJNID…

Granting Trump immunity would imperil our democratic system by allowing presidents to deny the outcomes of democratic elections, even by violence. bit.ly/3wt4Crt

BREAKING: 4 leading voting rights historians filed a brief in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity v. Secretary of State of GA. GA’s congressional & legislative maps should be struck down for violating Black Georgians’ rights under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.bit.ly/4aXNxEO

The Supreme Court’s delay in resolving Trump’s immunity claim threatens to give him a pass on his attempts to overturn the election. The country needs a ruling soon after the Court’s April 25 oral argument — voters and our democracy depend on it. bit.ly/3wt4Crt

Certain basic truths define American democracy: voters choose the president, presidents respect the peaceful transition of power, and no person is above the law. Trump’s immunity claims flaunt all of those principles. bit.ly/3wt4Crt

The Supreme Court’s delay in resolving Trump’s immunity claim threatens to give him a pass on his attempts to overturn the election. The country needs a ruling soon after the Court’s April 25 oral argument — voters and our democracy depend on it. bit.ly/3wt4Crt

🚨Four leading voting rights historians have filed an amicus brief in the 11th Circuit to defend the Voting Rights Act from the State of Georgia’s attack on the nearly 60 year-old law.

Read the brief:
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For more, 🧵👇Brennan Center

6 of the 12 judges on the Eleventh Circuit (which covers GA, AL & FL) are Trump appointees. Never forget the devastating harm that Trump has inflicted upon our federal courts, particularly in the South where most voting rights cases are heard.

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