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Dawn's avatar

Lisa - Coincidently, I have been reading your fabulous book. "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts & his accomplices rewrote the Constitution & dismantled our rights." Like many Americans, including your former boss, Senator Leahy, who later deeply regretted voting to confirm Roberts, I fell for Roberts remarks that he would be an impartial judge "to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat." (Liar!) Clearly, those remarks cloaked Roberts long game which, through his actions, have greatly weakened our system of checks & balances. Reading your book has helped me put some of the jigsaw puzzle pieces of the past in place for me. Thank you! I am grateful it is "only" 1933 today. However, we do have so much more we need to do at so many fronts to rein in and remove this autocratic regime.

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

Powerful essay thanks

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Wade Baynham's avatar

Thank you for all of this. The history, the law, the current news, the explanations, the personal notes-- wow!

I'm so grateful to get to learn from you, yet again. As a former history major and a very informal law student, I am deeply inspired by your willingness to stand for justice, call out the injustice, and do both with deep conviction and obvious compassion.

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Michele Bouvet's avatar

John Roberts and his 6 on SCOTUS are despicable déplorables. THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!@!!!

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BC's avatar

Roberts nibbled on JEFFREY EPSTEIN … huh.

I thought I read that smut last week or so

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Manuel Olmo's avatar

Lisa, since I heard your conversation with Judge Luttig I’ve been on a tear posting how it’s imperative that we first impeach the corrupt Supremes. They created and nurture Trump. Without them he is nothing. First things first!

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Erin Keith's avatar

I feel like I’ve read portions of this story before. Was this updated and reposted?

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menehune's avatar

ALOHA. From the COCONUT WIRELESS. ..............................................................................

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Donna C's avatar

Hi, saw Nuremberg.. some. parts cut right through sensibilities I never knew I had.

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EricStoner's avatar

“made the shocking announcement that Trump was immune from criminal prosecution after he was indicted for his actions around trying to subvert the election after he incited the January 6 insurrection – a rebellion against the government, otherwise known as “sedition.”

Above the law?

made the shocking announcement that Trump was immune from criminal prosecution after he was indicted for his actions around trying to subvert the election after he incited the January 6 insurrection – a rebellion against the government, otherwise known as “sedition,”

Let’s go back in time….

https://twitter.com/lauren3vememes/status/1691423242509012993?s=43&t=BoHOe-_T8keg3S2zv-cm7g

JULY 19, 2023

As Michigan Charges Trump Electors With Felonies, Recall How Leftists Everywhere Urged 2016 Electors To Defect To Hillary

BY: JORDAN BOYD

https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/19/as-michigan-charges-trump-electors-with-felonies-recall-how-leftists-everywhere-urged-2016-electors-to-defect-to-hillary/

Second J6 Hearing Criminalizes Republicans For Election Objections After Democrats Made Them For Decades https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/13/second-j6-hearing-criminalizes-republicans-for-election-objections-after-democrats-made-them-for-decades/

Frustrating when the show trials are interrupted by reality.

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Lisa Graves's avatar

Hi Eric—I will take a look at the links you provided. Thank you for replying.

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EricStoner's avatar

Thank you for your response. Have a great holiday break, and then, back to the important topics you raised.

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