Hannah Walser

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Thinking about people thinking about other people. PhD (English) —> JD —> Furman Fellowship at NYU Law. Mayor of the quiet car. she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com

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“He took away abortion and he wants to be a dictator” should be plastered on every surface and blaring out of every speaker.

Nothing is stopping every single Democratic elected official and apparatchik from taking the airwaves every single day to articulately and decisively repeat a set of cogent talking points about Trump (ie 45). Nothing. Dem PACs could be slamming him with ads now. Stop whining and do that.

Idle Sunday thought: ages of unchecked power are also ages of intensely personalized hatred. In literature, film, etc., I bet we’re in for an era of detailed, vigorous grotesques based on prominent figures—the kind you’d find in absolutist France or during a period of medieval church infighting.

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“[T]he spirit, which you never noticed because you made the lifelong mistake of identifying it with the forms, is changed.”

I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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genuinely hopeful sign that every big name GOP garbage monster is frantically trying to distance themselves from Project Say The Quiet Part Loud In an Easily-Digestible Bullet Point Format About Which There Can Be No Confusion. this means we should all absolutely continue never shutting up about it

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Think of student loan cancellation as a kind of gratuity for past actions

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A second insurrection. Stop comparing these people to the founders. They are the Confederacy.

A second American Revolution, this one aimed at unwinding democracy in favor of a monarchy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The target of the right’s ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itselfwww.washingtonpost.com The president of the Heritage Foundation said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

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It's a tough call but Mark Robinson may be the most openly reprehensible downballot candidate for the GOP. Long record of espousing bigotry. You can find ways to help defeat him here:

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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A good thing to do today: help fund reproductive freedom

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SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kingsyoutu.be American Independence

People who are mad about talk of leaving the country before/if/when it becomes a dictatorship must think there is *some* legitimate reason for fleeing one’s country due to political terror (unless they think everyone who was in Germany in 1938 should’ve stayed and tried to make it work). So … (1/2)

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occurs to me that bribing the president is now /always/ legal, since in every case the only way to distinguish gratuity from bribe is via evidence that could never be admissible

Weird to have reached a point where I’m *consoling* myself with the thought that we’re entering a period of law in exile

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The more you read yesterday’s immunity decision, the more appalling it gets. My take: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidencywww.nytimes.com It is increasingly clear that this court sees itself as something other than a participant in our democratic system.

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 2,1961

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The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a Kingnewrepublic.com The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.

Even in the best case (Trump doesn't win and we retain a president with some sort of conscience), living under these conditions will be profoundly corrosive—of our democracy, of our fundamental constitutional freedoms, of each of us as a human being. We simply cannot allow this to be the law.

The Court has purported to strip us of all legal recourse for crimes committed by the most powerful person in the nation. Each and every one of us is now, effectively, at the mercy of an autocrat, who could order our death if he simply made the pretense of connecting it to his official duties.

Criminal law probably functioned as some kind of deterrent on abuses of presidential power, and that deterrent is now gone. But even if that weren't true, today's ruling would be an appalling display of contempt for the American people and for the basic principles on which this country rests.

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Do you know which other Americans have immunity from criminal law at all times, forever? Absolutely no one. This is different than qualified immunity, judicial immunity, prosecutorial immunity, etc. Those only bar civil suits. Freestanding immunity from criminal law is unprecedented in the U.S.

An important point about SCOTUS's decision is it is not based on a statute or a special emergency like wartime. They held, without any textual basis, that the Constitution requires that the President be immune from criminal prosecution for "official" acts at all times, forever.

Roberts is really a master of writing opinions that are somehow both horrifying and insipid.

"fearless" "vigorous" "energetic" "decisive" "bold" "unhesitating"

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“In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.” -Justice Sotomayor, dissenting www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

So, like … can we all finally agree that the NYT just straight-up wants Trump to win? (This is not me taking a position on whether Biden should be the Dem candidate, fwiw. I have an opinion on that, but I think reasonable people can disagree. I just think we all ought to be clear-eyed about this.)

Love 2 be ruled by these philosopher-kings

Omg, Gorsuch’s Loper Bright concurrence is literally arguing that stare decisis is inconsistent with history and tradition

Gently reminding people that many of the outlets pushing the “Biden should drop out” talking point are also clearly salivating over a potential Trump win

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Justice Jackson on SCOTUS dismissing the Idaho emergency abortion cases as improvidently granted: "Today's decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

If you haven't yet read Justice Jackson's opinion in Moyle, you should—it's 🔥

Breaking: The Supreme Court dismisses the EMTALA challenge as improvidently granted and vacates the stays, allowing EMTALA's enforcement, for now, where it conflicts with Idaho's abortion ban. Jackson is reading from her opinion. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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PREACH.

Is it me or does it feel like they're gonna drop Relentless/Loper Bright last today