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Sarah Isgur

@whignewtons

@ABC News contributor, Advisory Opinions host, @SCOTUSblog editor, putting the R in @LRCkcrw, Texas expat, @Harvard_Law grad, cat/brisket mom.

Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2009
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Sarah Isgur
Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
Pre-order my book! "A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court." Fun for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, including John Jay's head injury, why the end of the filibuster is bad for the judiciary, and who is watching Slow Horses. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776620/l…
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Greg Lukianoff@glukianoff·
The test of constitutional principle is whether it restrains even a president you support. @whignewtons joins @RosenJeffrey to explain why the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling was bigger than Trump, Biden, or partisan politics.
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Jason Willick@jawillick·
Posner & Vermuele writing in 2010. Trump v. Slaughter officially converted "independent agencies" into executive agencies — but in practice the merger had been in the works for decades.
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PoIiMath
PoIiMath@politicalmath·
There are a lot of bad things in this story but I'm repulsed by the fact that so many Brown students did this It is *hard* to get into Brown. For every cheater in this class, there were 100 honest kids who were rejected by admissions.
Paul Graham@paulg

A Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. Looks like all but 3 cheated on the midterm.

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XBradTC@xbradtc·
If your name is Sarah and you’re not telling people it’s short for Triceratops, what are you even doing with your life?
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Andrew Kaczynski
Andrew Kaczynski@KFILE·
Lyndsey was always credible - all of her information about the tattoo completely checked out. And she had receipts to back it up — text messages and acquaintances who she said she told them about the tattoo time. And you have a lot of people who sure went out on a limb for him after that NYT story..
David Weigel@daveweigel

Jackson’s biggest immediate problem is how much video there is of him and Platner praising each other (Jackson was the first gov candidate to endorse him) so… idk maybe 3D chess to get word out that Platner prefers this septuagenarian legislator

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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper Policy is a tie breaker when both candidates deserve public trust. Policy never comes first bc it can excuse, well, a Nazi tattoo on an accused rapist.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper Yes. As I have voted against my specific policy preferences in many of the last decade’s elections. We elect a representative—not a stand in. Principles matter more than specifics and a candidate having principles is the only way I can be sure.
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Dilan Esper
Dilan Esper@dilanesper·
I respect Sarah and I know she's earnest here, but here's the thing. You are a pro-lifer. You care a lot about judges. Your Senate candidate could be the 50th or 51st vote. He has a serious scandal that you admit shows bad character. Do you really help elect the pro-choicer?
Sarah Isgur@whignewtons

Bad guys often agree with your politics. We need more people voting in primaries who think a person’s qualifications to hold a position of public trust include more than angry vitriol directed at our political opponents. Character matters. Vote like it.

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Caffeine Powered@Caffeindated·
@whignewtons I think more importantly people need to realize a political shift isn’t the apocalypse. If you think the other side will destroy the country, you’re likely to overlook character. The other side isn’t going to destroy the country. Everyone thinking that will.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
Bad guys often agree with your politics. We need more people voting in primaries who think a person’s qualifications to hold a position of public trust include more than angry vitriol directed at our political opponents. Character matters. Vote like it.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper @fivefourpod To be clear, I’m not sure I’m right which is why I’m forcing this on you! But if it’s an EO which could violate a statute OR the constitution, I just don’t see why the cannon is relevant.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper @fivefourpod This is super interesting to me!! To me the cannon exists bc of the idea that we don’t want judges to strike down statutes of congress bc of separation of powers. Nobody here is arguing that the statute violates the constitution. So that conflict doesn’t exist.
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Dilan Esper
Dilan Esper@dilanesper·
@fivefourpod points out a major problem with Justice Kavanaugh's position on birthright citizenship, and why I think folks like @whignewtons who like it are wrong. If you are going to resolve the case on the statute you have to actually avoid the constitutional question.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper @fivefourpod But that was about a statute—so the only thing above a statute is the constitution. Avoidance is about separation of powers to uphold statutes where possible. That doesn’t apply to POTUS EOs.
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Dilan Esper
Dilan Esper@dilanesper·
@whignewtons @fivefourpod Indeed, literally the opinion that introduced the constitutional avoidance doctrine, Brandeis' concurrence in Ashwander v. TVA, took the majority to task for resolving a constitutional issue it didn't have to!
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper @fivefourpod And constitutional avoidance is about congressional statutes—like Carol—in which there are two plausible readings. This was an executive order. So it can *violate* the statute, which is totally different than avoidance cannon.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@dilanesper @fivefourpod But he didn’t claim he was doing constitutional avoidance nor would it make sense to when the majority does decide it on constitutional grounds. There’s no avoidance to be had!
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Alex Svanevik 🐧
Alex Svanevik 🐧@ASvanevik·
Now that the US is knocked out, I am formally extending an invitation to the American people to support Norway. Why? 1: The Vikings discovered America before Columbus. 2: There are more ethnic Norwegians in the US than in Norway. 3: Next weekend we can pillage the English peasants together. 4:
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
@jamsterdam1 This is so tiresome when people try to “gotcha” but instead make clear they didn’t even bother to do a google search.
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Joel Amsterdam 🫶🏼🦋🪰
Joel Amsterdam 🫶🏼🦋🪰@jamsterdam1·
@whignewtons Interesting. Seem to recall principled Americans warning you and your party about Trump. How’d that work out? BTW, have you called for Paxton to drop out? Didn’t think so.
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Sarah Isgur@whignewtons·
I hope these folks rescinding their endorsements and calling on Platner to drop out will consider calling Lyndsey Fifield to apologize. Doesn’t need to be public, but she warned them before the primary and they attacked her. Reminds me of Rob Hur on Biden’s mental fitness.
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