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Heidi Li Feldman

@HeidiLiFeldman

13 Jan

Let me be clear: there are numerous lawyers from the Trump era who epitomize the ethical ideals that should animate the entire profession. A renewed attention to legal ethics in no way negates these attorneys’ work. 1/

@SallyQYates

I’m thinking of @SallyQYates, @carriecordero, @NormEisen, @marceelias - people who, throughout the past 4 years, reorganized their professional lives to use law protect the rule of law. 2/

@MeghanPaulas

Lawyers like @MeghanPaulas @karahstein who have labored on behalf of constitutional progressivism, keeping it alive and growing. 3/

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Heidi Li Feldman

@HeidiLiFeldman

10 Jan

U.S. has a history of appeasing traitors, seditionists, those who disregard the Constitution. We are where we are today because we abandoned Reconstruction, allowing the Confederacy a legacy happily embraced by Trump, McConnell, and those who carried its flag on 1/6/2020. 1/

The lawless will always take advantage of fearful conciliation. They must be penalized and all their efforts to revive their cause staunchly refused. 2/

We will not even begin to redress the ever-present misogyny that brought us Trump as President if we allow him and his supporters to play the victim while they continue to subvert the rule of law. 3/

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Heidi Li Feldman

@HeidiLiFeldman

3 Dec 20

It feels like we are stuck, enduring Trump’s lame duck stint while dealing with cumulative effects of a needlessly unchecked pandemic. We have to dig deep within ourselves to do what we can to bear in these last seven weeks of an evil executive branch. 1/

For those with promising state and local electeds, maybe contact yours and find out how you can boost good government in your area. 2/

Read one good biography or history book that can help you think creatively about political, social, or cultural measures that can remedy government failures. 3/

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Heidi Li Feldman

@HeidiLiFeldman

2 Dec 20

https://twitter.com/carriecordero/status/1333948321031974912

I agree. For better or worse, the Constitution allows corrupt Presidential pardons. But there are safeguards against these happening. 1/

https://twitter.com/carriecordero/status/1333948321031974912

Best way to block corrupt pardons: don’t elect people inclined to exercise the pardon power corruptly. Also, demand Congress members who will impeach and convict Presidents of unconstitutional conduct that is also corrupt. 2/

Trump was violating his oath of office from the moment he took it. He was accepting unconstitutional emoluments and should have been impeached, tried, and removed from office because of it. 3/

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Heidi Li Feldman

@HeidiLiFeldman

10 Nov 20

Don’t be naive. McConnell and Barr are not trying to soothe Trump’s feelings. They want him to remain in power and they want the Senate to remain controlled by Republicans. Those are their goals and as with their other goals they will abandon norms and laws to realize them. 1/

The only deterrents to men like Barr, McConnell, and Trump is the personal cost of taking any given step to stay in power. Going to jail or being unable to support themselves financially are the only operable disincentives. So ... 2/

...we have to protect the results of the Presidential race and fight for free and fair runoffs in GA in such a way that the only workable counterefforts by Barr, McConnell, and Trump would be likely to land them in jail (as they have too much money to fear destitution). 3/

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