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#GeorgetownLaw
is pleased to announce that
@DouglasEmhoff
, one of the nation’s leading intellectual property and business litigators, will join its faculty in January 2021. Emhoff will also serve as a Distinguished Fellow of
@gtowntechlaw
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OPINION | "Trump just invited Congress to begin impeachment proceedings" by
@neal_katyal
@gtconway3d
via
@washingtonpost
:
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A bipartisan group of former U.S. Attorneys say the Mueller investigation should continue "in the interests of justice and public trust" in a letter to the president coordinated by
@GeorgetownICAP
. Via
@colvinj
@AP
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President Trump's move to commute
#RogerStone
’s sentence rather than give a full pardon leaves Stone open to be re-prosecuted, explains
@neal_katyal
on
@DeadlineWH
@MSNBC
:
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What could justice for
#BreonnaTaylor
look like? As a former prosecutor, Georgetown Law's
@LawProfButler
says the evidence warrants reckless homicide charges against the police officers who killed her. He lays it out in this opening statement he'd give if prosecuting the case.
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OPINION | "Nothing in the Constitution prevents this type of moderate gun-control legislation, and nothing about the bills would lead the country down any slippery slope."
@gtconway3d
@neal_katyal
via
@washingtonpost
:
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Congratulations to
@gtowngenderjust
! The initiative is among four leading organizations working to advance gender equity offered support by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex through new grants from their nonprofit Archewell Foundation:
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Welcome to the
@oneillinstitute
and
#GeorgetownLaw
, Dr. Fauci! 👏
📣 We're excited to announce that Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has joined the O’Neill Institute as our Distinguished Senior Scholar.
Read our press release:
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Public health experts say they are alarmed by the President's suggestion that some parts of the country could soon ease some of the dramatic measures being taken to slow spread of the
#coronavirus
.
"It's utterly irresponsible,"
@LawrenceGostin
told
@NPR
:
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LIVE NOW: Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and
#SupremeCourt
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking at
#GeorgetownLaw
this evening for the second Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture:
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NEW research
@GtownLawPovCntr
finds that black girls routinely experience “adultification bias”—the perception of Black girls as less innocent. The report features voices of Black women & girls, highlighting their lived experiences, insights & solutions.
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Meet
#GeorgetownLaw
professor David Cole, the
@ACLU
's new national legal director (via
@washingtonian
)
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‘Trump’s attorneys have butchered a crucial Founder’s take on impeachment’ - New column by
#GeorgetownLaw
Dean William Treanor in
@washingtonpost
’s
@madebyhistory
on how Morris came to change his mind.
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Some say the much-anticipated Masterpiece Cakeshop case is about religious freedom. But Professor
@RandyEBarnett
says “compelled speech” may take the cake at
#SCOTUS
arguments.
#Legalese
#MasterpieceCakeshop
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Steve Bannon could be facing jail time over criminal contempt charges for defying January 6 committee subpoenas. The DOJ “has to enforce” the charges if Congress votes in favor of them,
@neal_katyal
said on
@TheBeatWithAri
:
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.
@GeorgetownLJ
editor in chief Agnes Lee is believed to be the first openly undocumented student elected to lead a flagship journal at a top U.S. law school. Lee hopes to use her new post to broaden and diversify the ranks of authors and student leaders:
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OPINION | "Trump’s Defense Against Subpoenas Makes No Legal Sense"
"This is malarkey thinly draped with plausible-sounding distortions of facts, rules, court opinions, and the Constitution itself,"
@FOBowman3
writes in
@TheAtlantic
:
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This valuable support from Archewell Foundation will enable
@gtowngenderjust
to deepen and expand its work towards making our public institutions places where girls of color can learn and thrive.
We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with the Archewell Foundation and Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in the fight for race and gender equity.
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THREAD | To prepare voters for potential voter intimidation in
#Election2020
,
@GeorgetownICAP
has created a set of resources voters can utilize to identify unauthorized private militias and
#voterintimidation
as they head to the polls on
#ElectionDay
.
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"In many ways, David Cole is who I want to be when I grow up. A brilliant advocate and scholar, and the nicest guy to boot. I do not think I would have had the career at the Supreme Court I’ve had were it not for David’s mentorship," says
@neal_katyal
:
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#GeorgetownLaw
is proud to announce the addition of two distinguished constitutional law scholars to our faculty: Professor Stephanie Barclay (
@shbarclay
) and Professor Stephen Vladeck (
@steve_vladeck
). Welcome, Professors Barclay and Vladeck!
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POTUS has said that because he was elected to the presidency,
#Mueller
shouldn't be allowed to investigate him.
@neal_katyal
, who wrote the special counsel regulations, tells Ali
@MSNBC
's
@AliVelshi
that "no person is above the law," including Trump:
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A group of
#GeorgetownLaw
@GeorgetownBLSA
students witnessed history on the Hill today! Odunayo Durojaye, Cheyenne Freeley, Jade Baker (📷L to R), Sephora Grey and Mariah Breit (not pictured) attended Day 1 of
#SCOTUS
nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings.
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#GeorgetownLaw
welcomes
@ishapiro
as the new executive director and senior lecturer at
@GUConstitution
. Ilya Shapiro will oversee all aspects of the Center’s activities with an emphasis on its Originalism Outside of Academia initiative. Learn more:
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OPINION | "This newfound notion that legislatures must, in utter isolation, set election rules alone is impossible to square with the basics of how law works in America," write
@jgeltzer
&
@neal_katyal
write in
@PostEverything
:
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It’s never happened that the advocates on both sides of a
#SupremeCourt
case were both
#GeorgetownLaw
faculty members…until now. On 3/18, professors
@DavidColeACLU
and
@neal_katyal
will face off at the
#SupremeCourt
in NRA v. Vullo. Read more:
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How did AG Barr draw a conclusion within 48 hours that
#RobertMueller
did not after 22 months?
@NPR
's
@ailsachang
speaks to former acting solicitor general and
#georgetownlaw
professor
@neal_katyal
:
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OPINION | "There is no reason for the outgoing attorney general to appoint his preferred prosecutor for the continuing Trump-Russia inquiry," writes
@neal_katyal
in
@nytopinion
:
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OPINION | Why Barr Can’t Whitewash the Mueller Report
"We have a system in place for our government to uncover evidence against a sitting president. And it’s working," writes
@neal_katyal
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Why did it take 4 days to arrest the officer involved in the death of George Floyd? "It’s going to be a harder case to convict. Officers have more [legal] defenses. You want to have all your ducks in a row,"
@Christy_E_Lopez
told
@BuzzFeed
:
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The Jan. 6 select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has requested materials on dozens of subjects.
@neal_katyal
joined
@thereidout
to discuss the numerous individuals this entails and what these requests say about the direction of the probe:
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“Judge Jackson inspired me. Now I can’t wait to inspire others.” Women members of
@GeorgetownBLSA
reflect on the opportunity to attend the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the
#SupremeCourt
.
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"I'm concerned that with every passing month and year, this will all become normalized in the American psyche." "I worry that 2 more years of attacks on our institutions will fundamentally change the way people feel about our democracy." - Mary McCord of
@GeorgetownICAP
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OPINION | "One way or another, members of Congress should condemn Trump’s abuses of power. By defending his own misdeeds as no big deal, he is eroding norms of acceptable presidential behavior." by
@marty_lederman
,
@benjaminwittes
via
@TheAtlantic
:
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"We live in contentious politically divisive times, but we should always remember that the issues that divide us are trivial compared to the things that define us as a free people,"
@gtconway3d
speaking now at
@GeorgetownICAP
@chkbal
event. WATCH:
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While the
#SecondAmendment
may mention a “well regulated militia," all 50 states ban private paramilitary groups,
@GeorgetownICAP
's Mary McCord told
@nytimes
@NeilMacFarquhar
:
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"This is a loss for America. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a true American hero in every sense of the word,"
#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
speaking about the passing of
#SupremeCourt
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on
@MSNBC
's
@thereidout
:
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Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor reflected on the violent events that occurred yesterday at the U.S. Capitol in a message to the Law Center community:
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Today, a federal judge ruled that
@brennanmgilmore
's defamation suit against
#AlexJones
,
#Infowars
and others who spread false and defamatory conspiracy theories about him can proceed.
#GeorgetownLaw
's Civil Rights Clinic is representing Mr. Gilmore:
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Why should the
#HongKongProtests
protests matter to people living in the U.S.?
@joshuawongcf
: “If Beijing fails to [carry out] a promise in the Sino-British joint declaration, who can guarantee any international treaty in the future?” Read more:
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.
@neal_katyal
joined
@Lawrence
@MSNBC
to discuss Donald Trump’s call for Attorney General Barr to indict Joe Biden & Barack Obama. It's the "the last gasp of a desperate, failing man," Katyal said.
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Who can challenge voters at the polls? What counts as
#voterintimidation
? Are private
#militias
allowed outside the polls? Mary McCord of Georgetown Law's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (
@GeorgetownICAP
) explains the law.
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The New York AG is asking a judge to order Eric Trump to provide testimony under oath.
@neal_katyal
joined
@AriMelber
to break down what this means for the Trump family:
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Georgetown Law Statement on Withdrawal from US News & World Report Rankings
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OPINION | Trump’s lawyers are wrong. Calling witnesses won’t lead to endless litigation.
"(GOP senators) should do what the American people demand: agree to witnesses....who can tell all of us the truth of exactly what Trump did."
@neal_katyal
@jgeltzer
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"We have not done a good enough job at explaining to the American public why foreign influence matters. If we allow foreign interests to invade our thinking....we are not making decisions for ourselves." -
@carriecordero
speaking now before
@HouseJudiciary
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"I've maintained for years that Facebook and Google profit from the video of my daughter Alison's murder in 2015,"
@epic_andyparker
. "I continue this fight not just for me and for Alison, but for all of those who have been equally harmed by Facebook."
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.
@neal_katyal
joined
@NewYorker
for a Q&A about the strengths and weaknesses of Mueller’s testimony, whether Mueller made mistakes during his investigation, and a question that Katyal believes should still be put to Mueller:
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LIVE in just moments: U.S.
#SupremeCourt
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will address the first-year class at
#GeorgetownLaw
.
Watch LIVE here:
#SCOTUS
#RBGatGtownLaw
#RBG
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AG Merrick Garland has tapped longtime federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to head up investigations involving former President Donald Trump.
#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
joined
@NewsHour
's
@GeoffRBennett
to discuss:
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Love you too,
@SavannahGuthrie
!
Passing the law library at my alma mater. Definitely people studying at this hour. It’s the most not wonderful time of the year.
#exams
#triggered
Hi,
@GeorgetownLaw
! Still love you.
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Starting soon (2 PM EST):
#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
and Paul Clement will discuss how the new Biden administration may change government positions in pending
#SupremeCourt
cases and how the transition could impact the Court itself. More info:
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“That’s a plausible position for a king....but it’s an outrageous one for a president.”
OPINION | "No, Trump couldn’t shoot someone without being investigated for it" by
@neal_katyal
@jgeltzer
via
@washingtonpost
:
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“I have never seen sitting prosecutors go on the record with concerns about the attorney general,”
@LawProfButler
told
@nytimes
. “This is unprecedented.”
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What is the line of succession if POTUS and the VP became incapacitated? "Speaker of the House, which would be the next in line, then the president pro tempore, then you start going through the cabinet secretaries by order of seniority,"- Prof. Tia Johnson
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If
@POTUS
moves to fire Robert Mueller, it would trigger a
#constitutionalcrisis
. What does that mean?
@VicNourse
explains
#Legalese
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A warm congratulations to
@SallyQYates
(Lawyer of the Year) and
@shonhopwood
(Young Lawyer of the Year) for being honored by
@badc1871
!
#hoyalawyas
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited
#GeorgetownLaw
more than two dozen times during her trailblazing legal career. Our community will greatly miss
#RBG
, whose life and achievements will surely inspire our law students for generations to come. Read more:
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On last night's
@AriMelber
,
#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
explained his view on how court precedent and federal law provide “sweeping powers" for the U.S. to enter quarantine. Watch:
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"It's critical to the
#RuleofLaw
to focus on the meaning of words and make a concerted effort to be precise and fair. It's really important to do the (legal) analysis in a way that can be audited by the public and by the courts." "Words matter. Facts matter." -
@acraul
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The
#SupremeCourt
has ruled that the Trump administration cannot include a citizenship question on
#Census2020
-- for now. In this episode of
#Legalese
, Professor Joshua Geltzer (
@jgeltzer
) predicts this decision will be the "last major word" on a critical issue.
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#GeorgetownLaw
professor
@neal_katyal
joined
@MonicaLewinsky
to discuss Lewinsky’s proposal to add six amendments to the Constitution to help safeguard democracy—and the steep legislative climb to making it a reality. Via
@VanityFair
:
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“This is not really about winning in court. It’s about using America’s courtrooms to seed myths, to spread disinformation’
@GeorgetownICAP
’s
@jgeltzer
told
@BostonGlobe
:
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VIRTUAL EVENT | Join
#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
& Paul Clement as they discuss how the new Biden admin could impact
#SCOTUS
cases (and the court itself) and analyze Trump’s expected
#impeachment
defense that a post-presidency trial is unconstitutional:
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Here’s to all our amazing
#georgetownlaw
grads, blazing their paths forward on this hot and momentous day. Congratulations
#Hoyas2019
!!
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#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
recalls on
@thereidout
a time when the late
#JohnLewis
helped to calm him before he defended the Voting Rights Act in front of
#SCOTUS
. When Katyal told this story to President Obama, he said, “That’s John for you.”
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In a recent chat,
#GeorgetownLaw
's
@neal_katyal
and Paul D. Clement discussed how the Biden administration may change government positions in pending Supreme Court cases and how the transition could impact the Court itself:
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Congratulations to our Class of 2020! Today you become Georgetown Lawyers. Though we look forward to the day we can gather and celebrate together, we hope this message brings a smile to your face as you mark this momentous occasion in your lives. You make us all so proud.
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From all of us at
#GeorgetownLaw
,
#HappyHolidays
! We wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season.
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TODAY at 6 p.m.,
@GtownFedSoc
will present its Lifetime Service Award to Sen.
@RandPaul
. Watch it live:
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"We need to send the message, that the public needs to understand, that when the rule of law is attacked, it's undermining the guard rails of our democracy."
@acraul
WATCH:
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Why was Michael Cohen convicted? Former acting solicitor general &
#GeorgetownLaw
Professor
@Neal_Katyal
explains why hush-money payments count as campaign contributions via
@BBCNewshour
:
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👀
A massive van backing up into a crosswalk near Georgetown Law:
“Hit me, I dare you. I got an A in Torts and will sue you into the dirt.”
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The President has never explained a mysterious $50 million loan. Is it evidence of tax fraud? “If he didn’t actually buy the loan, this is just garden-variety fraud,” says
#GeorgetownLaw
Professor Adam Levitin told
@MotherJones
:
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#GeorgetownLaw
will host a remembrance of
#SupremeCourt
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her biographers, colleagues and friends on Monday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. The event will be live-streamed on our Facebook page. Learn more:
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The San Francisco district attorney has ended
#cashbail
for all criminal cases. In this
#Legalese
,
@GeorgetownICAP
’s Mary McCord explains how cash bail systems criminalize poverty by trapping low-level offenders who can't afford their freedom while awaiting trial.
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Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor's message on actions in response to reprehensible statements in our community:
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Today,
@GeorgetownICAP
&
@RCFP
teamed up to file an amicus brief in support of
@CNN
’s lawsuit against the president for revoking
@Acosta
’s press credentials. Read the full brief:
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Voter intimidation is illegal in all 50 states.
@GeorgetownICAP
provides a fact sheet on
#voterintimidation
laws, detailing what kinds of conduct could constitute it, and what to do if you experience it.
View the fact sheet here:
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"The United States Criminal Code makes witness intimidation a felony. The fact that a mob boss lives in the White House should not excuse him from being brought to justice,"
@LawProfButler
told
@voxdotcom
:
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Did President Ford regret nominating John Paul Stevens, later viewed as the most liberal
#SCOTUS
Justice? A surprising letter Ford sent to Dean William Treanor 30 years later says just the opposite.
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One of the ways that Black girls experience "adultification bias" is by being singled out and reprimanded for behavior that is appropriate for their age.
Have you experienced this? Let us know at
#LetBlackGirlsBeGirls
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"
@gtconway3d
said earlier that as a society, we take the
#RuleofLaw
for granted. As a journalist, I know, you have to show people what's at stake. How can we best demonstrate to the American people the dangers of the evisceration of the rule of law?, asks
@CarolLeonnig
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#GeorgetownLaw
is among 11 Jesuit law schools denouncing the unjust treatment of
#asylum
seekers and
#migrant
families. Read the full statement:
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Today,
#GeorgetownLaw
Professor Paul Butler is testifying at
@HouseJudiciary
's hearing on the
#JusticeinPolicingAct
.
@LawProfButler
is a former prosecutor,
#RacialJustice
scholar and author of "Chokehold: Policing Black Men."
Thread on his powerful opening statement (1/10):
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Congratulations to the
#GeorgetownLaw
#Classof2020
! Your fellow Hoya Lawyas including
@SavannahGuthrie
,
@MarcMorial
,
@MarilynMilian
,
@johnpodesta
and
@maziehirono
celebrate this momentous occasion in your lives with a message just for you.
@GtownLawAlumni
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"The courts need to say what the law is. The first and primary role of the courts is to do that and apply it fairly and dispassionately!" "Courts need to resist political pressure & making policy decisions."
@arenda
WATCH:
#GeorgetownLaw
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“
@realDonaldTrump
’s revocation of
@Acosta
’s credentials is, simply put, extraordinary. It’s violative of the freedoms of speech & of the press guaranteed by our Constitution,”
@GeorgetownICAP
’s Josh Geltzer &
@RCFP
’s Bruce
write in new opinion via
@Medium
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#GeorgetownLaw
's Professor Mary Hartnett, official biographer of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will moderate
@NMADmuseum
's event honoring Ginsburg today at 5 pm EDT:
STARTING SOON. Join us TODAY at 5:00pm EDT for a special pre-recorded program on the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her many contributions to diplomacy! Learn more and tune in ⬇
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Recipes from several legal luminaries including
#SCOTUS
justices, state/federal judges and
#GeorgetownLaw
's Dean William Treanor and Professor
@neal_katyal
are featured in
@ABANews
' new 19th Amendment Centennial cookbook: .
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"No matter where we fall on the political spectrum, we need to remember what we all stand for together. That's why events like this are so important,"
@gtconway3d
WATCH:
#GeorgetownLaw
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At the invitation of the Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA) at
#GeorgetownLaw
, Congresswoman
@RashidaTlaib
, one of the first Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress, visited the Law Center on Oct. 23 to speak to students about her life and career:
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.
@GeorgetownICAP
files renewed motion aimed at ensuring that individuals detained at St. Louis jails who cannot afford money bail are not put at risk of contracting
#COVID19
while in jail solely because of their poverty. More info:
JUST FILED:
"There is a consensus among public health experts that jails are uniquely situated to facilitating the rapid spread of COVID-19 & that immediate action, in the form of reducing inmate populations, is needed."
Read the full brief here:
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the first Black woman on the
#SupremeCourt
. Back in April, several women members of
@GeorgetownBLSA
attended the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Jackson’s nomination to
#SCOTUS
.
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Join us for a listening party on campus next Monday 3/18 as
#GeorgetownLaw
professors
@DavidColeACLU
and
@neal_katyal
face off in oral arguments before the U.S.
#SupremeCourt
in National Rifle Association v. Vullo! ☕️🍩
#SCOTUS
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"We need to do a better job of teaching about America and the value of it, hopefully restoring the declining confidence in our democracy," says
@acraul
, calling on the need for civics education for younger generations. WATCH:
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OPINION | President Trump's "lawless commutation" of
#RogerStone
’s sentence is a "smoking gun equivalent to the Watergate tapes," writes
@jgeltzer
of
@GeorgetownICAP
with
@jentaub
:
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"Executive privilege has a legitimate core, but Mr. Trump’s attempts are going to wind up undermining that core, and make it harder for future presidents to govern," writes Professor
@neal_katyal
in
@washingtonpost
opinion
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