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Nov 8

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Short break from Election Day to inform you: never have I seen a more thorough ass-kicking in a legal document than the amicus brief filed by Amar, Amar & Calabresi in the Moore v. Harper case.

Among many points, they point out that the central…

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…textual argument made by proponents of the independent state legislature “theory” is based upon a document proven to be a forgery. And “phony.”

“The true story appears in the short Appendix to Farrand’s Records that Petitioners cite but apparently never read to the end.”

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“Petitioners actually lead their brief with this fake and call this sham precursor to Article I, Section 4 “crucial[]” to their argument.”

🤣😂

“This error is important both for its own sake and for a deeper point: Petitioners are not expert historians—alas, not even…”

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David Pepper

@DavidPepper

Nov 8

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In Ohio, the early votes are counted first & announced first.

Just after 7:30.

At that point, most Dem candidates are in the lead. Some w large leads.

The day-of GOP-heavy votes get reported in the hours that follow. They either narrow the gap or overtake the Dems.

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You know what’s interesting?

Democrats don’t complain that the later surge in GOP votes due to that counting sequence is inappropriate. Or illegal. Or fraudulent

We don’t demand to stop the vote counting at 7:50 or so, when we have the “lead” only because of the sequence…

…of how votes are counted and announced.

Because it would be absolute bullshit to try to do so.

We wait til the day-of votes come in.

So, if/when Republicans try to claim victories tonight or in the coming days, because some states do things in the opposite order,

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David Pepper

@DavidPepper

Nov 7

The Right Stuff: A Quick 🧵 on Something John Glenn once told me:

When I was 29 years old and first running for City Council, I had the honor of meeting John and Annie Glenn. They would go on to support me on a number of occasions.

I miss them dearly. WE miss them.

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Even at our first meeting I learned a lesson that I will never forget.

We sat down for dinner at a Columbus restaurant. Full of youthful energy, I asked him about flying combat missions, orbiting the earth, and his recent shuttle mission.

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I was in awe as he patiently retold stories he had no doubt described thousands of times.

Then he and Annie wanted to hear about my race for city council. And somewhere along the way, I told them, earnestly no doubt, how important it was that young people run for office.

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David Pepper

@DavidPepper

Nov 4

A 🧵 on Forgotten Lives

Often, I think about the lives led by those who came before us. Perhaps due to my fiction writing, I try to put myself into an individual’s shoes

And one “life” I can’t stop thinking about is that of a 16-year old Black Southern teen in the mid-1880s

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Let’s imagine what his life looked like then, & what it became.

In the 1880s, this teen sees a world where more Black voters are registered in Louisiana than White voters. He sees large numbers of Black voters registered AND voting in other southern states as well.

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Black turnout in the 1880 Presidential election is 61%.

And with this high level of Black participation in elections, this 16-year old grows up seeing Black men (not women yet) serving in office at almost every level.

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David Pepper

@DavidPepper

Nov 4

@OSBA

Overall, I respect the @OSBA effort to clarify outrageous claims about courts and cases.

But here, they’re just wrong: “It is wrong & a disservice to the voters of Ohio to suggest that the legal reasoning employed by Justice DeWine & Fischer in this case puts them..”

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https://twitter.com/davidpepper/status/1587456946340241408

“…on the side of pedophiles"

As both the thread and ad make clear, by siding with Pompa (the pedophile) and trying to stop Amanda’s appeal to change Ohio law’s horrific treatment of victims of child rape, that is EXACTLY the side the GOP Justices chose to be on….

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Just as Ohio AG Yost argued, in his words, “in support of Appellee Roy Pompa” (the pedophile) when he filed this Amicus Brief.

They may have legal reasoning behind the side they have taken (I find it to be absolutely unconvincing and, at some moments, offensive & asinine…

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David Pepper

@DavidPepper

Nov 3

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NEW VIDEO

It remains shocking that a sitting OH Supreme Court Justice rules on cases involving his dad, the Gov, including dad’s illegally gerrymandered maps.

This ad cuts to the chase about how bad it is.

Please give & RT to keep it on air:
secure.actblue.com/donate/forward…

👀👀 They’re not even hiding it.

Here is the ethics disclosure of Justice Pat DeWine, indicating that he is the beneficiary of the R. Patrick DeWine Trust.

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And here is the ethics disclosure of Gov. Mike DeWine, disclosing that he is the co-trustee of the R. Patrick DeWine Trust.

(Also, the companies Gov. DeWine is listed as the president and general partner of send dollars to the R. Patrick DeWine trust)

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