"As the former federal judge J. Michael #Luttig, a well-known #conservative jurist, said recently, #Trump has “launched a full-frontal assault on the #Constitution, the rule of #law, our system of #justice, and the entire legal profession.”
Trump has made great progress in this offensive in only a matter of weeks. Day by day, he has shown Americans what unraveling the rule of law actually looks like"
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/judiciarys-last-stand/682149/
Former federal judge J. Michael #Luttig makes the case. Thank you, Judge Luttig.
This is an incredibly powerful indictment of Trump, the GOP and an incredible endorsement.
https://www.macwebguru.com/2024/08/31/luttig-endorses-harris/
"This presidential election is a test of Americans’ commitment to America’s Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law. It is so because the former president and the Republican Party have shamefully made it so." - J. Michael Luttig in his five page endorsement of Kamala Harris.
"A simple matter of knowing right from wrong," says #Luttig. It's not a a matter of right and left.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/21/conservative-judge-harris-endorsement
Latest on Judge #Luttig. He endorsed #Harris.
Read his endorsement.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25050952-luttig-endorsement
Lifelong Republican J. Michael #Luttig endorses Kamala #Harris with workds that start this way, "Almost four years ago now, on January 6, 2021, a stake was driven through the heart of America’s Democracy."
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25050952-luttig-endorsement
since #Luttig is in the news it’s good to revisit this story of how pre-Musk Twitter served a pivotal role in stopping the 2020 coup
a funny detail I just learned is that while the Vice President of the US was desperately looking for a printed legal analysis to counter Trump’s scheme, and Judge Luttig was struggling to post said analysis on Twitter, Luttig’s son basically told him to RTFM instead of coaching him on how to chain tweets
American Bar Association creates rapid response teams ahead of Election Day
The American Bar Association met last week in Chicago,
and some of its members want lawyers to be ready for this fall's election.
One of them is Jeh #Johnson, a former Secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama.
Another is J. Michael #Luttig, a former appeals court judge appointed by a Republican president.
They are both part of a bipartisan task force.
Judge Luttig warns that ♦️some in the Republican Party hope to overturn the election results as they tried after 2020.♦️
J MICHAEL LUTTIG: There are legions of lawyers and others who are preparing to challenge this election if, in their view, they need to.
Luttig and Johnson say that's why the ABA is creating #rapid #response #teams of lawyers
ready to move in when asked for legal help both before and after election day.
Why the #FailedRobertsCourt is illegitimate and unconstitutional. #Katyal and #Luttig on the unconstitutional immunity ruling by the #CorruptSupremeCourt making the president a Monarch and will be overturned. https://is.gd/ua8zat #Politics
Why the #FailedRobertsCourt is illegitimate and unconstitutional. #Katyal and #Luttig on the unconstitutional immunity ruling by the #CorruptSupremeCourt making the president a Monarch and will be overturned. https://is.gd/ua8zat #Politics
Via #MiaFarrow (yes, THAT Mia Farrow)
Judge #Luttig: “ There was no reason in this world for the #SupremeCourt to take this case. The 3 Judge panel of The US #CourtOfAppeals for the #DistrictOfColumbia had written a masterful #opinion denying the President’s claims of #AbsoluteImmunity.-“
@touaregtweet
#Luttig, who seems an unflappable guy, looks visibly shaken. He is doubtful #SCOTUS will make a decision before the end of the term.
April 24th is the last scheduled day of arguments this term.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/2023TermCourtCalendar.pdf
It's a REAL pleasure
to listen to Judge #Luttig
the attention in the choice of words
and the clarity of exposition are
really pleasant.
“Mr. #Trump tried to prevent the newly-elected President #Biden from governing anywhere in the United States. The South Carolina secession prevented the newly-elected President Lincoln from governing only in that State.”
J. Michael #Luttig, former conservative judge on the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, continues arguing that Trump shouldn’t be on the ballet in this week’s friend-of-the-court brief.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/politics/luttig-conway-supreme-court-trump-insurrection?cid=ios_app
@rjblaskiewicz @pattykimura
#Luttig is very reserved, doncha know? He never discussed people or politics.
@bobmonsour @sarajw
Hitler was very concerned that he ascended to power legally.
Corey #Robin observes that the Republican Party relies on the rules that emanate from the Constitution to stay in power, e.g. the Senate, the Electoral College. It's all "legitimate" in the sense that #Luttig uses the term.
@lizstl13@mastodon.sdf.org @rjblaskiewicz @GottaLaff
#Sauer may have been brilliant once: after all, he clerked for #Luttig.
Appearing for Trump, he was a fast-talking shyster. CLM
Judge #Luttig, via #AliVelshi
“It’s the #Constitution of the #UnitedStates that’s disqualifying the former president from higher office …. It’s not President #JoeBiden, it’s not the #Democrats, it’s not the anti-Trumpers—it’s the Constitution of the United States.”
