can we send a delegation to woo #ElieMystal over here

Pin this: From #ElieMystal

":I don't know what to tell you guys. We have to expand the Court. If we don't expand the Court, no liberal policy will be allowed to exist for the rest of our lives. That's why Republicans stole the court, that's why rich people pay for justices.

Govern yourselves accordingly."

#illegitimateSCOTUS #FukSCOTUSFascists

"Yet you’ll note that the Supreme Court did not ban gender consciousness in college admissions. Nor did it ban legacy consciousness, wealth consciousness, geographic consciousness, or athletic consciousness. Race, and only race, is the thing the conservatives don’t want colleges and universities to look at." #ElieMystal in #TheNation. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-killed-affirmative-action/

Exactly👇🏼

#ElieMystal says: "

Like, this decision isn't really about the *law*. The conservatives don't like the policy, and so they killed it, overturning their own precedent because that precedent was 20 years ago and they've decided enough time has passed."

#JordanNeeley #ElieMystal

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/we-all-failed-jordan-neely/

Also on Bill Lehrer's radio show:

https://www.wnyc.org/story/social-issues-underlying-recent-subway-murder/

"...forcing a woman to undergo nine months of incubation and labor is a rather obvious violation of her Thirteenth Amendment protections. The Thirteenth Amendment flatly prohibits forced labor, and it doesn’t have an exception for labor that white men won’t do themselves but think is really important for others to do for society."

Elie Mystal, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #ElieMystal

"White people complaining of “reverse racism” need to help themselves to a number and stand at the back of the line. White people are still too busy legislating bigotry against actual minorities and trying to manipulate the equal protection clause to justify it. Let’s fix that first, and then we can talk about various “economic grievances.”"

Elie Mystal, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #ElieMystal

"As a Black person, I do not even acknowledge the legitimacy of the original Constitution, much less think our modern rights and responsibilities can be understood only through its lens."

Elie Mystal, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #ElieMystal

This #BrianLehrer segment with guest #ElieMystal is so insightful I listed to it twice. plus he uses the #academic term “whackadoodle” a lot. #wnyc
#law #legal #scotus #mifepristone #abortion #WomensRights

https://www.wnyc.org/story/monday-morning-politics-041023/

On the nose, #ElieMystal.

@msnbc thank you for clearly naming what happened in Tennessee yesterday and the hatred felt and expressed toward Black Americans every day. Brilliant #ElieMystal

#ElieMystal @thenation
I won’t reply to @ElieMystal over there but I couldn’t agree more. Watching #justinpearson speak today, I couldn’t help think that he was #MLK and #MalcomX resurrected in one body. I’d love him to run for #MarshaBlackurn ’s seat.

https://twitter.com/elienyc/status/1644154929748090881?s=46&t=VcZLjN19kav8mqGrXotHVw

Today's quotes are excerpted from Elie Mystal's book Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution. It's educational and entertaining as well as highly recommended reading.

If by some chance you are unfamiliar with Elie Mystal, he is currently Justice Correspondent and Columnist for The Nation and you can find out more about him here:

https://www.thenation.com/authors/elie-mystal/

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #ElieMystal

This may become relevant, because as I understand it -- mainly from the great #ElieMystal -- the statute of limitations may be key in this case. But my sense is there is an element of speculation here. #Bragg may have more than we know on #TFG

#ElieMystal always keeping it real. I wish he was on The Don. #indictment

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-indictment-bragg-legal-case/

A ray of hope?????

RT @SheldonWhitehouse on Bird:

"I’m starting to like this guy Jack Smith. He seems to be driving this investigation forward without much public fuss or rancor, but with real energy"

Reply from @elienyc :

Seeing as
@SenWhitehouse
is the only person I trust in the Senate to actually give a damn about these things, his budding respect for the conduct of this investigation is pretty much the best ray of hope.

#JackSmith #SpecialCounsel #IndictTrump #ElieMystal

MSNBC guest scorches Garland over probes https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/msnbc-guest-scorches-garland-over-probes-159904837957 YOUR VIDEO BEGINS IN 00:15
AG Garland confounds some legal experts with another special counsel, to investigate President Biden Critics of Garland say appointing a Trump-picked U.S. attorney is all about “optics”. Justice Correspondent for The Nation #ElieMystal joins #AriMelber saying “Garland should appoint a special prosecutor to be the Attorney General of the United States because Garland can’t do the job.” #FireMerrickGarland

Another installment of the i love that man, the #ElieMystal fan club:)

Liberals and men need to be clear as Mystal is here plus Eighth, Fourteenth and Thirteenth Amendment arguments---
(Choice is an okay-ish framework) Mystal states: "But the better legal frame is "Forced birth is some evil shit that can never be compelled by a legitimate government. The end.""

#abortion #prochoice #liberal
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#AllowMetoRetort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58822691-allow-me-to-retort

Can we get some kind of fork of #WeThePeople to vote on certain people to force them to switch off Elmo's Nazi playpen and onto a mastodon instance? I'd vote for #ElieMystal

Hoping @elienyc becomes active over on this 🐘app, I enjoyed his Justice takes. Thinking he writes for the: @thenatiin & is on occasional #msnbc panels.
#ElieMystal Lawyer & Writer