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CousinIT

(11,651 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:46 AM Jun 21

Lawrence Tribe: "It is a constitutional crisis."

When this guy says IT IS a constitutional crisis, there's no more "If" or "when". It's here NOW.

We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.

Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) 2025-06-20T16:39:04.163Z


We are facing a serious threat to democracy, law, and liberty. The abuse of prosecutorial power to intimidate, investigate, and detain political opponents is upon us. It is a constitutional crisis. I will keep speaking out until public outrage overflows. I just hope it’s not too little, too late.
- Lawrence Tribe, June 20th, 2025

So long, America.
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Lawrence Tribe: "It is a constitutional crisis." (Original Post) CousinIT Jun 21 OP
Post removed Post removed Jun 21 #1
Both sides?! PJMcK Jun 21 #2
Yeah - the all sides JustAnotherGen Jun 21 #4
the ONLY people who use the "both sides" bullshit argument Skittles Jun 21 #19
Bullshit JustAnotherGen Jun 21 #3
Taken the experts long enough to face reality. Irish_Dem Jun 21 #5
Tribe was on to Trump from the first Taco Kid Berwyn Jun 21 #8
Like when Alan Greenspan grudgingly admitted, BattleRow Jun 21 #14
I bet my golf clubs gab13by13 Jun 21 #6
Talk about a safe bet, lol! Native Jun 21 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Jun 21 #10
But Hillary's emails! Bayard Jun 21 #11
@6 And Russian dolls.. BattleRow Jun 21 #13
Wish I could rec this a million times. Prairie_Seagull Jun 21 #9
Professor Tribe is one of our best assets Bayard Jun 21 #12
How many Repukes are willing to listen to Lawrence Tribe? FakeNoose Jun 21 #15
Probably none. calimary Jun 21 #16
Tons of us DENVERPOPS Jun 21 #17
Yep. I was here for all of that. Way back to Nixon. CousinIT Jun 21 #18
Do you remember the large group that called themselves the DENVERPOPS Jun 22 #20

Response to CousinIT (Original post)

Skittles

(166,107 posts)
19. the ONLY people who use the "both sides" bullshit argument
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 05:29 PM
Jun 21

is REPUKES when they have been OUTED

Kid Berwyn

(21,367 posts)
8. Tribe was on to Trump from the first Taco
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 09:59 AM
Jun 21

In May, 2019:

“...Trump won’t talk to Mueller about Putin.”

https://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/laurence-tribe-if-we-don-t-impeach-trump-we-might-lose-our-souls-59061317750

Harvard professor of law sums up where we’re at as a nation, politically and strategically:

“Trump is willing to talk to Putin about Mueller, but not to Mueller about Putin. What kind of president has that kind of disloyalty to the United States?” — Laurence Tribe

The others who know and should say something, absolutely Irish_Dem, not so much.

BattleRow

(1,732 posts)
14. Like when Alan Greenspan grudgingly admitted,
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:20 AM
Jun 21

"I have found a flaw".
No hubris quite as offensive as intellectual arrogance,IMHO.

Response to gab13by13 (Reply #6)

FakeNoose

(37,933 posts)
15. How many Repukes are willing to listen to Lawrence Tribe?
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:34 AM
Jun 21

That has always been THE problem.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
17. Tons of us
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:53 AM
Jun 21

here on DU have been screaming our heads off from the rooftops every since HW"s CABAL committed treason to rig the Carter Election, and have been screaming our heads off ever since.............only to fall on deaf ears..........and we were all put down for over 45+ years as far left wing fanatical dingbats.........
Hilary was the only Dem Politician to call it, out when she stated: "There is a giant Right Wing Conspiracy" and she was laughed at, even by the dem party.........

The icing on the cake was the Cheney/Rumsfeld CABAL..............

So here we are today folks...................and it is looking more and more like we have already passed the point of no return......

The Republican Oligarchs, Republican controlled Media, and Corporations have taken complete control of the U.S. Government.........and we find ourselves at the mercy of a Fascist Corporate Tyranny that is spinning out of control more every day..........

CousinIT

(11,651 posts)
18. Yep. I was here for all of that. Way back to Nixon.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 12:21 PM
Jun 21

The right-wing corruption, criminality, and sociopathy go back DECADES.

We warned and warned and warned and warned.

"You're overreacting!"

Yeah? Bullshit.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
20. Do you remember the large group that called themselves the
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:21 PM
Jun 22

"Reagan Democrats"?????? They even had a large group brainwashed back then.............

If we hadn't been watching this all along, and seen it with our own eyes and heard it with our own ears, we would give a book about the last 45+years the top prize for fiction........

I personally feel that the BEST title for a book about the last 45+ years would be:

WHILE THE NATION SLEPT...........

"They" were all walking down the jungle path, swatting at mosquitoes, completely oblivious to the herd of charging Elephants.....Pun Intended...

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