Tweet

Mark Joseph Stern

Follow @mjs_DC

11 Mar, 8 tweets, 3 min read

https://twitter.com/hahmad1996/status/1369786323293310985

Georgetown Law students with thoughts or more information about these professors’ racist conduct: my DMs are open.

https://twitter.com/hahmad1996/status/1369786323293310985

Update: Dean Treanor has responded.

https://twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/1330918653072707586

These racist remarks are reminiscent of one of Scalia’s most revolting comments from the bench in 2015.

https://twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/1330918653072707586

Here’s a statement from Georgetown’s BLSA calling on the law school to fire Sandra Sellers immediately and demand a public apology from David Batson. It’s supported by 31 other student groups plus a ton of current students and alumni. docs.google.com/document/d/1k8…

(I signed it obviously)

https://twitter.com/hahmad1996/status/1369786323293310985

More context for this video: The professors had this conversation after class had ended, but was still being recorded. It was uploaded for all to see, and reported to the administration on Monday. The dean only issued a statement this evening after it blew up on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/hahmad1996/status/1369786323293310985

It’s pretty troubling that someone with such abhorrently racist views works as a professional mediator ... law.georgetown.edu/faculty/sandra…

A source whose credibility I can personally vouch for has also told me that one of the professors in this video made a racist remark in 2016 to a student in front of the entire class. GULC was informed but the professors continued to teach. The student never participated again.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @mjs_DC

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

8 Mar

https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1367913850704699399

And here we are! Good morning, everyone!

https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1367913850704699399

SCOTUS takes no action on Mississippi's 15-week abortion yet. So, once again: The justices could be sitting on the case before months before agreeing to hear it (which happens occasionally), or they could've denied cert and someone is writing a dissent. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…

SCOTUS takes up one new case, an interesting civil rights/4th Amendment dispute which I'll let SCOTUSblog summarize. scotusblog.com/case-files/cas…

Read 11 tweets

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

6 Mar

lol I guess I touched a nerve

This reminded me of my last DM to Ed, which he never responded to🤔

Folks, there’s a lesson here: Don’t DM people to call them nasty names. It makes you look like a thin-skinned bully 100% of the time.

Read 4 tweets

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

5 Mar

I'm not sure I'll ever get used to conservative proponents of the unitary executive theory defending agency independence and complaining about presidential termination of executive officials who wield executive powers. I thought these guys didn't believe in independent agencies!

Anyway, the EEOC is not an independent agency, though that's a common misconception. Neither its general counsel nor its commissioners are shielded by for-cause termination under any statute. Gustafson does not have a leg to stand on; this is all political posturing.

One could argue that the EEOC is "independent" in the sense that it is not under the direct control of the president, but that is because of tradition, not law. No statute bars the president from removing its general counsel or commissioners, for any reason. So this is silly.

Read 4 tweets

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

5 Mar

https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1367491432232198146

!!! Justice Breyer has revised this opinion to insert the words "with respect" before "I dissent." supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…

https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1367491432232198146

https://twitter.com/RMFifthCircuit/status/1367865536378531842

It is impossible to draw any other conclusion.

https://twitter.com/RMFifthCircuit/status/1367865536378531842

BRB combing through all the anonymous accounts who criticized me for noting the lack of "with respect" to figure out which one is Breyer

Read 4 tweets

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

4 Mar

Good morning! The Supreme Court will issue opinion(s) today at 10 a.m. As usual, we do not know what we'll get, so buckle up!

First opinion of the day is also Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first signed opinion of the court. It is a 7–2 decision limiting the reach of the Freedom of Information Act. Breyer and Sotomayor dissent. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…

By tradition, a new justice's first opinion is usually a unanimous one. But Barrett's first opinion draws a sharp dissent from Breyer, who closes not with the traditional "I respectfully dissent" but rather "I dissent." Might not seem like much but it signals strong disagreement.

Read 9 tweets

Mark Joseph Stern

@mjs_DC

2 Mar

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case this morning that could effectively doom what remains of the Voting Rights Act. Listen here: c-span.org/video/?507934-…

Background here: slate.com/news-and-polit…

Justice Kagan: If a state cancels Sunday early voting, and Black people vote on Sunday ten times more than white voters, is that legal under the Voting Rights Act?

Michael Carvin, representing the RNC: Yes.

Justice Kagan: If a state allows only Election Day voting, and only opens the polls between 9-5, and voters of one race are ten times more likely to work a job that prevents them from voting during that time, is that legal under the Voting Rights Act?

RNC’s Carvin: Yes.