Powerful words from J. Sotomayor in her opinion in Whole Women's Health today: "The Court should have put an end to this madness months ago, before S. B. 8 first went into effect. It failed to do so then, and it fails again today." supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf… #SB8 #SCOTUS Also this: "This Court has confronted State attempts to evade federal constitutional commands before . . . . Until today, the Court had proven equal to those challenges."

Earlier this month my @MyConstitution colleague @aphatak wrote a piece in @Slate about why the DC district judge hearing the @WaysMeansCmte suit to obtain the President's taxes was wrong to put a pause on those proceedings. slate.com/news-and-polit… 1/x @MyConstitution @aphatak @Slate @WaysMeansCmte The judge said he was pausing the case to wait for a decision in a different D.C. Circuit case, but as @aphatak explained, "[t]he two cases raise different issues," and there was no judicial principle that required the judge to wait. 2/x

That the White House would characterize Congress' exercise of its oversight authority as a "blatant abuse of power" is stunning. 1/x

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1126129050362241026

Congress' exercise of its oversight authority has deep roots in our nation's history & precedent. 2/x

"Let me underscore that point: The White House has not turned over a single piece of paper to our committee or made a single official available for testimony during the 116th Congress." -- @RepCummings, via @PostOpinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/elija… 1/x And there's this: @politico "contacted the 17 House committees that unsuccessfully requested records or witnesses ... over the last two months. In most cases involving the White House itself ... the request was ignored altogether." politico.com/story/2019/03/… 2/x

BREAKING: HUGE win in #2020Census citizenship question case. The Court says Secretary Ross violated federal law in attempting to add a citizenship question to the #2020Census and enjoins him from adding the question. 1/x Powerful words from Judge Furman in holding that addition of citizenship question to #2020Census is unlawful: "Secretary Ross violated the law. And . . . [he] violated the public trust." 2/x

This time next week @ElizabethWydra & I will be in court, arguing on behalf of @SenBlumenthal @RepJerryNadler & nearly 200 other members of Congress that the courts must hold @realdonaldtrump accountable to the Constitution. #NoOneAbovetheLaw 1/ The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a critical anti-corruption provision in our Constitution, adopted by the Framers to ensure that our nation's leaders put the national interest above their financial self-interest. 2/