Laurence H. Tribe
@tribelaw.bsky.social
After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
Read this splendid essay by Emily Eakin, the brilliant author of the forthcoming book, “The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/b...
From A.I. to the Deep State, Michel Foucault Foresaw It All
One hundred years after his birth, the French philosopher remains hugely influential, both revered and reviled for ideas that eerily anticipated our day.
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My take on the birthright citizenship decision www.ms.now/the-last-wor...
Tribe: SCOTUS ruling shows ‘we’re a heartbeat away from repealing' core of 14th Amendment
Laurence Tribe joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling rejecting Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, adding that none of the justices should have had ...
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@stevevladeck.bsky.social Is “hypothetical jurisdiction” as in Alito’s Mullin v Doe Part III-A all that off-the-wall in light of Marshall’s opinion in Marbury v Madison itself?
Happy Juneteenth. What an awesome event at the Obama Center yesterday! It’s great that both Obamas’ absolutely magnificent speeches were covered live. And the music was . . . well, to live for. (Let’s retire that dumb “to die for” meme.)
I couldn’t put The Theater down. James Verini has written the first great narrative account of the most important war of our time. And he is donating all his proceeds directly to medical aid for Ukrainians. Pre-order now. Sales link: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Th...
The Theater
In the tradition of John Hersey’s Hiroshima, a terse and piercing look at a critical episode in the Ukraine War, from the award-winning author of T...
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With Congress in the hands of a prostrate Republican majority, there the opposition can do little to strike back at the president’s corruption. But this may not be true for much longer, and when the time comes, Democrats should work to take back his ill-gotten gains: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/o...
Opinion | Trump Holds the American People in Total Contempt
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“The Fix” is an important new book by a brilliant former US attorney, now a leading U of Michigan law professor and TV commentator. I recommend pre-ordering it now! bsky.app/profile/barb...
Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 4mo agoMy forthcoming book, “The Fix,” dissects the mob-like tactics of the Trump regime and proposes ideas to reclaim our democracy. Available now for pre-order here. www.barbaramcquade.com
No justice could deny that Trump’s EO violates the 1952 Act of Congress conferring citizenship on exactly the same children born in the US whose citizenship the EO tries to erase. A 9-0 decision so holding would leave Congress free to try Trump’s move if it was as racist as he is.
This move against state bars is of a piece with the administration’s broader strategy against universities, the media and law firms — any organization capable of challenging the president’s power. And few things threaten it more than holding it to the the truth. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Floats a New Way to Humiliate the Legal Profession
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Here’s “how the most powerful technologies of the twenty-first century are being folded into the machinery of violence.” dispatch.the-citizens.com/is-this-the-...
Is this the first AI war?
Artificial intelligence isn't just helping you figure out what to make for dinner. It's deciding who lives and who dies.
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Here’s “how the most powerful technologies of the twenty-first century are being folded into the machinery of violence.” dispatch.the-citizens.com/is-this-the-...
Is this the first AI war?
Artificial intelligence isn't just helping you figure out what to make for dinner. It's deciding who lives and who dies.
dispatch.the-citizens.com
Here’s “how the most powerful technologies of the twenty-first century are being folded into the machinery of violence.” dispatch.the-citizens.com/is-this-the-...
Is this the first AI war?
Artificial intelligence isn't just helping you figure out what to make for dinner. It's deciding who lives and who dies.
dispatch.the-citizens.com
“Giving in to bullies has its own costs, not least because bullies are never satisfied with just a single capitulation. Especially when, as with the law firms, the bully — that is, the Trump administration — was obviously playing a weak legal hand from the start.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Elite Law Firms on a Punishing Merry-Go-Round
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Jenna Griswold played a key role in arguing for Trump’s 14th Am Sec 3 disqualification from the presidency after he was found guilty in a state court of insurrection agnst the Constitution. That she wasn’t the oral advocate is obviously irrelevant. Accusing her of misleading anyone is indefensible.
“In just over a year since taking office, Mr. Trump has authorized military action in seven nations, even after he repeatedly promised American voters that he would end, not start, wars.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency
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Trump’s Unilateral Attack on Iran Paves Way for Broader Dispute Over War Powers www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
Trump’s Unilateral Attack on Iran Paves Way for Broader Dispute Over War Powers
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“The presumption created by the surrounding evidence is that this war could very well be about (1) subverting US democracy, (2) enriching the president, or both. These presumptions, while not proof, provide solid lines of inquiry as we learn more about the war.” snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
Why Attack Iran?
Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
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The Price of Mercy is a searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book. Its insights are brilliant, its proposals pragmatic, and its potential impact on crime and punishment profound. It’s a must read.
“The Little Red Dots may be a totally new class of cosmic object. The latest theories suggest they could be something called quasi-stars or black hole stars, a concept originally predicted 20 years ago.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Weird ‘Little Red Dots’ in space are something we’ve never seen
Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper James Webb Space Telescope images
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“Trump is not a hypothetical. . . He is a uniquely authoritarian, vindictive, racist, corrupt and lawless demagogue — of which there isn’t remotely an analog on the other side of the aisle.” www.ms.now/opinion/libe...
Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump.
Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.
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“Before Mr.Trump’s second term, it had been exceedingly rare for grand jurors to rebuff requests by prosecutors seeking indictments. It is now happening with increased frequency, as MrTrump’s appointees push ahead with questionable cases in an effort to appease him.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
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The 12-axis graph is the best I’ve seen for tracking our descent from democracy to autocracy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...htt
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
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