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Laurence H. Tribe
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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 .. more

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Laurence Henry Tribe is an American legal scholar known for his studies of United States constitutional law. Tribe was a professor at Harvard Law School from 1968 until his retirement in 2020. He currently holds the position of Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus. .. more

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 2d
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 2d
Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The James Webb Telescope May Have Seen the First Stars in the Universe
Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 2d
“As we constantly move the targets for AGI, the intelligence that arrives may be one we hardly recognize.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...
Each Time AI Gets Smarter, We Change the Definition of Intelligence
As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 2d
“The average eighth grader’s math skills are now a full school year behind where they were in 2013. The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 2d
On September 4, 1866, President Andrew Johnson set the precedent for Trump’s latest outrage: In Cleveland, Ohio, Johnson called those who opposed his plan for reversing the Union’s Civil War victory (by reinstating and nationalizing the Confederacy) “traitors” and called for them to be hanged.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 8d
“Under the guise of getting the federal government out of education and parental rights, Trump’s plan . . . creates needless opportunities for the further enrichment of the wealthy, and drastically cuts support for public education.”
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The Republican Attack on Public Education
Dismantling the Department of Education and pouring taxpayer dollars into private schools.
www.thebulwark.com

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 10d
“The legality of using [Russia’s] immobilized assets has been [hotly] contested. European capitals for over two years resisted the unprecedented step of handing a country’s assets over to its opponent.”

My RDI study of the issue should overcome [Belgium’s] hesitation.

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Ukraine’s $200 Billion Lifeline From Europe Stumbles on Pushback in Belgium
The Belgian government fears financial fallout and Russian retaliation from EU plan to fund Kyiv using Moscow’s money held in Belgium.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 10d
Has anyone asked lip-reading experts to decipher what Trump was whispering to his BFF Epstein as the pair was ogling those underaged babes to the loud disco music?

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 11d
“The current record for the largest prime is 2 to the power 136,279,841 minus 1, a number with 41,024,320 digits. Simply reading this number aloud would take approximately 240 days.“

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer
For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years later
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 13d
This Veterans Day, we commemorate with solemn gratitude American service members and their commitment to our democracy.

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My Father’s Flag and the Idea of America

Over decades, across continents, and through harrowing experiences, my family held on to this bit of cloth as a reminder of everything they believed in—and were running toward. [Editor’s note: In the months ahead, as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, The Bulwark will be publishing an occasional series in which a variety of authors reflect on the sources and symbols of their patriotic attachment and their sense of American values. We are honored to kick off the series with this personal essay by Laurence Tribe…

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 18d
Ridiculous. Cruel. Lawless.
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#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants yet another stay to the Trump administration, putting back into place a new State Department policy requiring passports to display their bearers' biological sex at birth.

Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 18d
“The destruction of U.S.A.I.D. [caused] public man-made death. And the cruelty and lethality will only grow as the Administration expands its rollback of public-health advances to the homeland.”
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18d
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants yet another stay to the Trump administration, putting back into place a new State Department policy requiring passports to display their bearers' biological sex at birth.

Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 20d
There’s nothing wrong with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attending the tariff argument on Trump’s key policy initiative. After all, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius attended the ACA argument on the key Obama initiative.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Bessent Plans to Attend Tariff Arguments at the Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 25d
A rare good sign from #SCOTUS
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#BREAKING: In the Illinois National Guard case, #SCOTUS is asking for additional briefing on one of the key substantive questions (and one flagged by my Georgetown colleague @martylederman.bsky.social in an amicus brief):

Among other things, this means no ruling until *at least* the week of 11/17.

Reposted by Laurence H. Tribe, John Palfrey, Matthew S. Erie

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26d
#BREAKING: In the Illinois National Guard case, #SCOTUS is asking for additional briefing on one of the key substantive questions (and one flagged by my Georgetown colleague @martylederman.bsky.social in an amicus brief):

Among other things, this means no ruling until *at least* the week of 11/17.

Reposted by Laurence H. Tribe, Kim L. Scheppele

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 28d
The “press” asks about the East Wing.