@tomTMwolf

Director of Democracy Initiatives @BrennanCenter, by day. By night, I write. My novel, SOUND (@fsgbooks / @faberbooks): https://xitter.cf/t.co/S2VuNfowSo. #ViewsMyOwn

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We nerdy early American historians remember how Jefferson's embargo of 1807 turned out for America and for his party. Looking forward to seeing whether history will repeat itself with Trump's tariffs--or will merely rhyme.
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Folks, Twitter is on its last legs. Join me (and many millions of others) where skies are bluer… bsky.app/profile/tomtmwolf.b…
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It's time to get off this sinking ship, folks. Meet me where skies are bluer bsky.app/profile/tomtmwolf.b…
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.@tomTMwolf went on @BLaw's "Cases and Controversies" podcast to talk about what happens when the federal government changes its position in legal disputes with #SCOTUS after a new president is elected: bit.ly/40t8Zj2

Biden Supreme Court Case Flips Possible If Trump Wins (Podcast)

Donald Trump is likely to flip Biden administration positions in disputes at the US Supreme Court over certain health-care treatments for transgender minors and federal regulations for build-at-home...

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Two key points here: 1) This decision isn’t going to go into effect before the election—in MS or anywhere else. It’s instead teeing up a fight for *next* year. 2) The decision is still ludicrous—as is handing it down 11 days before an election in which it isn’t going to apply.
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@BrennanCenter23 Oct 2024
Earlier this month, 57 constitutional scholars, former judges, and more sent a letter to Congressional leadership affirming Congress’s constitutional authority to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices. Read: bit.ly/3YzAVjR
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Historian Jack Rakove argues that fixed terms for Supreme Court justices — rather than lifetime appointments — would better serve the founding generation’s goal of judicial independence. bit.ly/484IF0x
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"[O]riginalist jurists end up rewriting the constitutional past based on the logic of the legal present. In that respect, their interpretive approach resembles the living constitutionalism they otherwise disparage." - @TheGNapp yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/10/2… @BrennanCenter
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Congrats to Historians Council member Dylan Penningroth, whose important book Before the Movement has won the American Historical Association’s prestigious Beveridge Family and Littleton-Griswold Prizes. You can learn more about his work here: wwnorton.com/books/978132409….

Before the Movement

"Penningroth's conclusions emerge from an epic research agenda.... Before the Movement presents an original and provocative account of how civil law was experienced by Black citizens and how their...

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The Constitution's framers gave Supreme Court justices lifelong tenure to encourage impartiality, but it now tends to promote the opposite effect. Term limits offer a solution. bit.ly/484IF0x
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I see skies of blue… tomtmwolf.bsky.social
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@BrennanCenter12 Oct 2024
What happens when the Supreme Court relies on flawed historical arguments in the name of originalism? Our panel of experts discusses some of the Court’s recent rulings on critical issues like gun control, abortion, and affirmative action. Listen:bit.ly/49ExMSe

The Briefing

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A federal judge struck down 5 provisions of Texas's S.B. 1. "The ruling will be most impactful for voters with disabilities, voters who have limited English proficiency, voters with literacy issues and the people who assist them," @SMoralesDoyle explains texastribune.org/2024/10/11/…

Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws - The...

Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and spread lies about it.

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Concerns about the Supreme Court’s power and partisanship have been around since the founding era. So why haven’t term limits for the justices been pushed harder in the past? Historian @rachelshelden explains. bit.ly/4eAqDWv

A Transformed Supreme Court Requires Different Solutions

The Court has changed substantially since the 19th century, and the tradition of life tenure should be viewed in this historical context.

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Listen to our new podcast featuring experts @TheGNapp, @gauthamrao, @rachelshelden, @tomtmwolf, and @KareemCrayton discussing some of the Supreme Court’s most critical recent rulings and their effects on democracy: bit.ly/49ExMSe

The Briefing

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Today my colleague @EbrightYon has an important report out about the Alien Enemies Act, a law Trump wants to use to conduct mass deportations if he is elected. As the report title indicates, the law is unjust, unnecessary, and unconstitutional. 1/10 brennancenter.org/our-work/p…

The Alien Enemies Act

A dangerous wartime authority is broad enough that it could be used for mass deportations in the absence of war.

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Jack Rakove@JRakove9 Oct 2024
Think I will have some interesting things to say, with a few quips here and there.
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Concerns about the Supreme Court’s power and partisanship have been around since the founding era. So why haven’t term limits for the justices been pushed harder in the past? Historian @rachelshelden explains. bit.ly/4eAqDWv

A Transformed Supreme Court Requires Different Solutions

The Court has changed substantially since the 19th century, and the tradition of life tenure should be viewed in this historical context.

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T.M. Wolf@tomTMwolf5 Oct 2024
Missed this week’s convo on originalism? You can check out the full footage here: youtube.com/watch?v=bpPFKv2q… @TheGNapp @gauthamrao @rachelshelden @KareemCrayton @BrennanCenter @The_OAH

The Fight Against Originalism Continues

In its last term, the Supreme Court undermined the federal governme...

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@BrennanCenter3 Oct 2024
The unsealed Trump indictment gives a fuller picture of the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election. We're all the more concerned about #SCOTUS's immunity ruling, which licenses "future presidents to subvert our democracy at will," writes Sam Breidbart. bit.ly/3ZRk2CA
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