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Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe Joins Kaplan Hecker
January 13, 2023
He’s presented oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court in 35 cases. His treatise “American Constitutional Law” has been published in three editions and remains…
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How the Biden administration can slow the GOP’s dangerous schemes
January 10, 2023
The rules package that House Republicans passed Monday night provides an indication of just how much damage House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has wrought in…
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For the second time in three years, Steve Bannon has been linked to an incident of right-wing supporters of a president storming a congressional building…
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The last time a House speaker vote went to multiple ballots? It was 100 years ago, for a Mass. Republican.
January 4, 2023
While all eyes in Washington, D.C., were on Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy’s work Tuesday to shore up support in his bid to be elected House…
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3 big questions the Supreme Court is likely to ask when determining the fate of student loan forgiveness
January 3, 2023
With President Joe Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan on hold, tens of millions of Americans who borrowed for their college education remain in the…
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An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: The September transcripts of star witness Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee read like a script…
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Supreme Court likely to ‘dismantle’ student loan forgiveness plan after it hears case, says Harvard law professor
December 21, 2022
The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have scheduled high-profile arguments over President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan for Feb. 28, meaning borrowers…
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Tribe: We’ll see ‘a series of indictments’ against Trump by spring
December 20, 2022
Professor Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss his reaction to the criminal referrals the January 6 Committee recommended the Justice Department pursue against…
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AUDIO: Congress Committee makes ‘momentous’ decision over charging Donald Trump: legal expert
December 20, 2022
An historic move that’s likely to have huge implications for the course of US politics in the years to come. The House Select committee investigating…
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EBOF 12.19.22 Laurence Tribe
December 20, 2022
Professor Laurence Tribe provides commentary on the January 6th committee’s decision to bring charges against former President Trump.
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DC Bar ruled Giuliani violated legal ethics: He should be disbarred
December 16, 2022
An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: In a society governed by the rule of law, nothing matters more than holding accountable those who violate the…
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Harvard Arts and Sciences Dean Claudine Gay has been named the university’s next president, Harvard announced Thursday. Gay will be the university’s 30th president, but…
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The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Is Wasting No Time
December 14, 2022
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: Shortly after the Justice Department announced Jack Smith as its special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump on…
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Should teens younger than 18 be allowed to vote?
December 14, 2022
The Boston City Council has voted to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections. The measure must go to the Massachusetts state legislature…
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‘That’s chaos, it’s anarchy’ Laurence Tribe & Nancy Gertner on 2023 predictions for Trump, SCOTUS
December 13, 2022
Heading into the new year, Donald Trump faces ongoing legal issues and potential new charges stemming from the January 6th insurrection and his alleged attempts…
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Supreme Contortions
December 12, 2022
A week of high-profile critical developments for Trump, the Supreme Court, the DOJ, and Congress. A phenomenal group of expert commentators—Emily Bazelon, Prof Laurence Tribe,…
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It’s Time To Indict Donald Trump
December 12, 2022
The long saga of the government’s nearly two-year effort to identify and retrieve classified documents (among other government property) stolen by ex-president Donald Trump on…
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What the New Trump Contempt Motion Tells Us About the Mar-a-Lago Documents Prosecution
December 12, 2022
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: The Justice Department’s contempt motion against the Office of Donald Trump—being heard today in Washington, D.C. behind the closed…
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Clarence Thomas violated law ‘in plain view,’ Tribe says
December 9, 2022
With the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court getting worse, Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to explain why Justice Thomas’s…
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Legal experts were stunned after former President Donald Trump’s lawyers found more documents marked classified in his Florida storage facility months after the Justice Department…
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“This reporting is stunning”: Experts say newly found secret Trump docs could trigger new FBI search
December 8, 2022
Legal experts were stunned after former President Donald Trump’s lawyers found more documents marked classified in his Florida storage facility months after the Justice Department…
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Laurence Tribe reflects on Larkin v. Grendel’s Den, 40 years later
December 7, 2022
In this installment of "Cases in Brief," Laurence Tribe reflects on the landmark decision involving a popular Harvard Square bar denied a liquor license by the church next door.
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They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated “Wild West.”
December 7, 2022
Amanda wanted to warn someone. In June 2021, her daughter — the one she and her husband had tried for three years to conceive —…
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Donald Trump’s suggestion this weekend that the U.S. Constitution should be terminated in response to his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen drew…
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An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: This has been a good week for the rule of law, the courts and the Constitution. On Thursday, the…
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Donald Trump’s suggestion this weekend that the U.S. Constitution should be terminated in response to his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen drew…
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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
December 5, 2022
Laurence Tribe in an MSNBC interview by Lawrence O’Donnell about the Court of Appeals’ crushing slapdown of Judge Cannon’s effort to give special treatment to…
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Trump’s very bad week leaves him teetering on the brink of disaster
December 1, 2022
Donald Trump just had a very bad week. Five members of the Oath Keepers were convicted for serious felonies relating to the Jan. 6, 2021,…
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Last week, former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump met with white supremacist and holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, along with rapper Ye (formerly known…
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‘Like a bulldog’: Professor Tribe reacts to new Trump special counsel
November 22, 2022
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe about how the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel overseeing the Justice Department’s investigations…
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Anderson Cooper 360
November 22, 2022
Professor Laurence Tribe offers commentary on charging former President Trump and AG Merrick Garland’s recent decisions.
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Another leak of an Alito opinion? Senate investigation can help
November 21, 2022
An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: Public trust is the lifeblood of the Supreme Court. A damaging new revelation only adds to the speed with…
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Merrick Garland was right to appoint a special counsel
November 21, 2022
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that seasoned prosecutor Jack Smith will serve as special counsel overseeing investigations into Donald Trump. That includes all…
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Laurence Tribe (full)
November 21, 2022
Professor Laurence Tribe offers commentary on special counsel appointed by Merrick Garland for Trump investigations.
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“The deed is done.”
November 21, 2022
We will discuss the appointment of the special counsel in a moment, but we must remain focused on “getting out the vote” in the Georgia…
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If our political and legal systems worked, there wouldn’t be a Donald Trump 2024 campaign
November 18, 2022
There’s no more definitive indictment of the U.S. legal and political systems than Donald Trump’s entry into the 2024 presidential race a week after his…
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Mr. Attorney General, the time to indict Trump is now
November 16, 2022
The clock is running out for the Justice Department’s investigations of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators, and Attorney Merrick Garland’s batting average so far has…
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A federal appeals court Monday issued a nationwide injunction temporarily barring the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program. The ruling by the 8th Circuit…
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The Biden administration has stopped accepting applications for federal student loan forgiveness after a court struck down its plan on Thursday evening. “Courts have issued…
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A Constitutional Republic Demands a Constrained Judiciary: Judicial Overreach in “Vacating” Biden’s Loan Forgiveness Program
November 14, 2022
An article written by Laurence Tribe: A federal district judge—Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee to the Northern District of Texas—has dashed the hopes and upended…
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Mr. Attorney General, It’s Too Late to Appoint A Special Counsel
November 9, 2022
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: The Justice Department has reportedly been considering the appointment of a Special Counsel to complete investigations of former President…
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Op-Ed: The evidence that Republicans are using technicalities to toss out Democratic ballots
November 8, 2022
An op-ed by Laurence Tribe: It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Republican officials, too often abetted by federal judges appointed by Republican presidents, are…
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a second request to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program. Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied an…
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Waiting is hard . . .
November 7, 2022
I spoke to the Bay Area Coalition on Saturday as they began a day of phone banking in the final stretch to the election. I…
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Letters from an American
November 7, 2022
For all that they have tried to argue that the midterm election is a referendum on President Joe Biden’s handling of the nation’s high inflation,…
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The tragedy of John Roberts
November 4, 2022
On the final day of oral arguments last term, the chief justice’s voice cracked with emotion as he bade farewell to the retiring Justice Stephen…
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“They had a damn insider on SCOTUS”: Experts alarmed after Trump lawyer emails inadvertently leak
November 4, 2022
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers believed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was their best bet to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according…