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Must-read @RonaldKlain "We need to prepare for a complete reversal of the role the Supreme Court plays in our lives" washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-ne…
We will see about 2020. But the stakes were visible in 2016 with the Supreme Court. me @tpm
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/supreme-c…
A piece of that @tpm piece of mine from 2015 on the 2016 election stakes and #SCOTUS
In the long term (maybe not by 2020) the left will become as engaged about Supreme Court as the right has been. But that's because #SCOTUS will already have inflicted much more damage on voting rights, reproductive rights, climate change, workers and consumers rights and more.
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Here @slate I explain why knowingly taking foreign opposition research gathered by a foreign government is a crime (that Trump Jr should have been more fully investigated for by Mueller) google.com/amp/s/slate.co…
And for all those in my mentions coming back to the Steele Dossier, the big difference is that it is fine to pay foreign individuals for services at market rates (which is what happened with the Dossier). Not ok to take campaign benefit for free from a foreign government.
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Woke up to a dream that Chief Justice John Roberts was a line cook in a cafeteria preparing my veggie burger. (Really). And then I pondered what it meant.

I think Roberts is about to serve up some whoppers. #SCOTUS
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Apparently I am the only person to use the hastag, #WaitingforWhoppers
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This is a key point and shows that whether or not DOJ borrowed from Hoefeller, the motivation was to allow states to engage in redistricting based on voter eligible persons, which would dilute the votes of Hispanic voters---precisely the opposite of what government has said.
For more on why voter eligible redistricting (excluding children, noncitizens, and ineligible former felons) will hurt Hispanics, Democrats, and those living in cities, see the parts of Hofeller memo summarized in my @slate piece slate.com/news-and-polit…
DOJ has now shared its letter with the Supreme Court: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/1…
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Historically, Democrats have been the party to obstruct Supreme Court nominees. Of the 15 longest, 10 were right/con nominees, while only 4 were leftwing nominees and 1 was an independent nominee. So, David, if you can't take it, then don't dish it out. peoplespunditdaily.com/news/politics/…
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