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Don McGahn "humor" in @WMLawReview article: "There was a rumor that Justice Ginsburg met Chief Justice Marshall, but I don’t think that is true. [Laughter]"
wmlawreview.org/sites/default/…
More McGahn: "President Carter made no Supreme Court appointments
15—I can say it—thankfully. [Scattered applause] Thank you to the three
Republicans in the audience who clapped."
McGahn on not bringing Garland for a vote: "You have to give them credit—even if you are one who doesn’t like the Senate Republicans—for the honesty,
and that they didn’t concoct some pretextual reason, but instead
cited the 'Biden Rules.'" (And now my head is exploding)
McGahn says Kavanaugh was "Borked" and adds: "The same basic move that was used against Clarence Thomas was deployed against Kavanaugh.
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Rick Hasen
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"Although the conservative justices may diverge from their colleagues on cases with little partisan salience, on the big cases, the Trumpification of the Supreme Court is complete," writes @AdamSerwer theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
More @AdamSerwer: "Trump administration’s dishonesty and even its bigotry are no barrier to its success at SCOTUS, even when it demands that the Court endorse blatant discrimination and disenfranchisement. All that Roberts asks is that they lie about it more convincingly."
.@AdamSerwer "His conservative colleagues don’t even need that much."
This is one of those pieces that you read and say, damn, I wish I would have written something like this, and this well.
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Rick Hasen
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With Trump's tweet, an updated headline for my @slate piece: Donald Trump is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work.

slate.com/news-and-polit… via @slate
Two more points about census case.
1. It was like the reaction to Bush v. Gore. In hot political cases, people need to read carefully before jumping to conclusions about what Court has held.
2. John Roberts has made it super easy in future decades to include citizenship question.
On this second point, I think Roberts bought some short term credibility on left (maybe very short term slate.com/news-and-polit…) by rejecting government pretext for including citizenship question while writing an opinion that is long term benefit to GOP.
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Rick Hasen
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My new one @Slate: How John Roberts Might Allow Trump to Ressurect the Census Question
Democrats should not be popping the champagne yet over today’s apparent major victory in the census case. slate.com/news-and-polit… via @slate
Looks like @mjs_DC has the opposite view: slate.com/news-and-polit…
President Trump asks for a do-over on the census citizenship question, and John Roberts has left the door open:
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More actions from @inspiredjen and the @AoCChecklist:

Democracy thrives when all citizens can freely elect those who represent their values.

From the @BrennanCenter here is an Election Security Advance Planning Checklist:

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 brennancenter.org/sites/default/…
🌊Action 1: If you do only 1 thing besides vote, please do this 5-min task.

Speaking up can make a huge difference in the fairness and success of your district’s elections.

📱Call: Or write your local election official ...

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