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Laurence Tribe
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‘Simply incorrect’: Judge Luttig and Tribe react to Judge’s decision to reject Trump 14th Amendment challenge
November 20, 2023
Judge J. Michael Luttig and Laurence Tribe join Ali Velshi to discuss the Colorado judge’s “historic” decision to reject the bid to keep Trump off…
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Opinion: The strategy that can support Ukraine even if Trump is elected
November 17, 2023
Between the tragic, ongoing war in Gaza and the Biden-Xi summit, one crucial global crisis is in danger of being forgotten — the war in…
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Nikki Haley’s Social Media Plans Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’
November 16, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s proposal to make all social media users verify their identities has sparked a backlash online, with some calling it unconstitutional…
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The attorney leading a bipartisan campaign to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in every state says there’s a “very good chance”…
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Harvard University constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe on Tuesday explained why he believes it’s “absurd” how Donald Trump is arguing against calls for him to…
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Ban Trump from 2024 ballot? Why courts should rule he can’t serve as president again.
October 31, 2023
An op-ed by Laurence Tribe and Dennis Aftergut: A trial that began Monday in Colorado and legal arguments scheduled for Thursday in the Minnesota Supreme Court will test…
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Trump’s Lawyers Should Have Known Better
October 30, 2023
At a pivotal moment during one of the Watergate hearings in 1973, President Richard Nixon’s counsel, John Dean, asked a question that still resonates: “How…
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Dueling Petitions Highlight DOJ–Big Tech Revolving Door
October 26, 2023
The Department of Justice recently rested its case against Google in the first major anti-monopoly trial in 25 years. But that case, which involves Google…
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In January 2001, Kenneth Chesebro was a mild-mannered Harvard lawyer toiling for Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election recount battle. Two decades later, on…
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Big Tech Calls for Agency Heads To Recuse Are a Groundless and Cynical Strategy To Obstruct Enforcement
October 17, 2023
An article by Laurence Tribe: Last month, a United States District Court dismissed Google’s efforts to disqualify Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter from investigating and…
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In spite of MAGA Republicans putting Ukraine funding in limbo, there is a way to transfer billions of dollars of Russian assets directly to the…
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Senior U.S. officials have stepped up their efforts to lead Western governments to use hundreds of billions of dollars of frozen Russian central bank reserves…
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Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner and legal scholar Larry Tribe discussed the latest Trump news on Boston Public Radio, and weighed in on whether the…
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Will Trump’s “sham” talk go unchecked?
October 3, 2023
While former President Donald Trump appeared fairly calm in a Lower Manhattan courtroom on Monday during the first day of his civil fraud trial, outside…
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Making Putin Pay for Ukraine’s Defense
October 2, 2023
Russia is spending an estimated $1.3 billion each week to conquer Ukraine. In Ukraine’s draft 2024 budget, more than half of all government spending is…
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Trump has “masterfully” crafted a narrative where he’s the “victim of biased prosecutions”: expert
September 29, 2023
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case has declined to recuse herself, dismissing an attempt by the former president’s legal team…
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How to Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine
September 26, 2023
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: With each passing day, Ukraine continues to struggle under Russia’s illegal war of aggression and attrition. As the death…
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The dilemma over transferring Russian assets to Ukraine
September 25, 2023
Laurence Tribe, a pre-eminent American constitutional scholar, has often grabbed headlines when issuing weighty legal judgments on matters such as Donald Trump’s presidential bid and…
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Don’t bet on the Constitution disqualifying Trump
September 25, 2023
If you are hoping that Donald Trump is disqualified from running for president, don’t count on it. As a legal matter, it’s unlikely — not…
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‘Who revels in such cruelty?’ Conservatives flatten Trump after reports of wounded vet comment
September 25, 2023
Donald Trump’s purported comments about not wanting “to see” a severely wounded veteran have ignited conservative pundits and experts alike who say the former president…
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Laurence Tribe: Biden should transfer frozen Russian bank assets to Ukraine
September 21, 2023
Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss why President Biden has the authority to transfer roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian central…