Garrett Epps
@garrettepps.bsky.social
Con Law Jock; Legal Editor, WASHINGTON MONTHLY; closing in on 50th anniversary of first novel; he, him, what's-his-face. BTW, I block accounts that consist of pictures of women.
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Garrett Epps
@garrettepps.bsky.social
· Jan 21
I've been writing about birthright citizenship for 20 years. This thread strings together my opinion pieces (not law review tomes, which I will post separately). I wrote a book about the Fourteenth Amendment and I debated John Eastman 20 years ago about his vile plan to end birthright citizenship./1
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Yesterday, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson sat inside the Supreme Court while we argued her case against West Virginia’s law banning her from playing sports.
No child should have to fight for their right to be who they are. www.aol.com/articles/tak...
No child should have to fight for their right to be who they are. www.aol.com/articles/tak...
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Yesterday, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson sat inside the Supreme Court while we argued her case against West Virginia’s law banning her from playing sports.
No child should have to fight for their right to be who they are. www.aol.com/articles/tak...
No child should have to fight for their right to be who they are. www.aol.com/articles/tak...
Trump’s abuse of the pardon has no parallel in American history. Almost every president has used them for politics; a few as instruments of corruption. Trump’s pardons fall well below the subterranean ethical floor established even over the past 50 years. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
Amnesty Transactional
Donald Trump has stretched the pardon power beyond any precedent, turning a constitutional safeguard into a tool of personal abuse.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump’s abuse of the pardon has no parallel in American history. Almost every president has used them for politics; a few as instruments of corruption. Trump’s pardons fall well below the subterranean ethical floor established even over the past 50 years. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
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Terrific from @garrettepps.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.com Amnesty Transactional washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
Amnesty Transactional
Donald Trump has stretched the pardon power beyond any precedent, turning a constitutional safeguard into a tool of personal abuse.
washingtonmonthly.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Terrific from @garrettepps.bsky.social in the @washingtonmonthly.com Amnesty Transactional washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
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Presidents should be barred from issuing pardons between Election Day and Inauguration Day, when the really scandalous ones tend to occur. Let presidents use the power as they see fit, but then let them face the voters.
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Amnesty Transactional
Donald Trump has stretched the pardon power beyond any precedent, turning a constitutional safeguard into a tool of personal abuse.
washingtonmonthly.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Presidents should be barred from issuing pardons between Election Day and Inauguration Day, when the really scandalous ones tend to occur. Let presidents use the power as they see fit, but then let them face the voters.
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For this week’s @washingtonmonthly.com podcast, Garrett Epps and I talked to Harvard Law prof Larry Lessig about a promising new strategy to bring down super PACs.
I promise you’ll feel more hope than ever that we can get big money out of politics.
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I promise you’ll feel more hope than ever that we can get big money out of politics.
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How the Supreme Court Could End Super PACs—Without Overturning Citizens United
Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig explains a promising new strategy to stop the surge of Super PACs and dark money in politics.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
For this week’s @washingtonmonthly.com podcast, Garrett Epps and I talked to Harvard Law prof Larry Lessig about a promising new strategy to bring down super PACs.
I promise you’ll feel more hope than ever that we can get big money out of politics.
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/h...
I promise you’ll feel more hope than ever that we can get big money out of politics.
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/h...
“Jesus,” Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash notes in The Presidential Pardon, “is the most celebrated person not to receive a pardon.”
Second place must go, I think, to the Prophet Daniel, whose story illustrates why a pardon power is needed. @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
Second place must go, I think, to the Prophet Daniel, whose story illustrates why a pardon power is needed. @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
Amnesty Transactional
Donald Trump has stretched the pardon power beyond any precedent, turning a constitutional safeguard into a tool of personal abuse.
washingtonmonthly.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“Jesus,” Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash notes in The Presidential Pardon, “is the most celebrated person not to receive a pardon.”
Second place must go, I think, to the Prophet Daniel, whose story illustrates why a pardon power is needed. @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
Second place must go, I think, to the Prophet Daniel, whose story illustrates why a pardon power is needed. @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/a...
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How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
WASHINGTON POST PITCHBOT: Mr. President, your Venezuela plan is dangerous: you may not get market price*
*satire
*satire
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
WASHINGTON POST PITCHBOT: Mr. President, your Venezuela plan is dangerous: you may not get market price*
*satire
*satire
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His anger is all of us.
Minneapolis Mayor Tells ICE To 'Get The F—k Out' Out Of The City After Agent Fatally Shoots Woman
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January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
His anger is all of us.
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Renee Nicole Good is her name. Print it in every article. Do not allow this corrupt administration to dehumanize her.
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Renee Nicole Good is her name. Print it in every article. Do not allow this corrupt administration to dehumanize her.
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So is Bari Weiss planning a town hall with Renee Good's widow?
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
So is Bari Weiss planning a town hall with Renee Good's widow?
States can prosecute federal officials for state crimes under certain circumstances. Here's my piece on the bizarre case that sets the limits--involving an assassination attempt on a Supreme Court Justice, and his subsequent (though short-lived) arrest for murder.
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The Grudge Holding, Double Gun Shooting Supreme Court Justice Who Might Save Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows, the White House Chief of Staff under former President Donald Trump, has asked a federal district court to “remove” his case from Georgia state court. The news may have confused many peop...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
States can prosecute federal officials for state crimes under certain circumstances. Here's my piece on the bizarre case that sets the limits--involving an assassination attempt on a Supreme Court Justice, and his subsequent (though short-lived) arrest for murder.
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Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
This is a great post by a very fine scholar I’ve met a number pf times.*
*see what i did there?
*see what i did there?
Pretty sure I'm one of the folks Mark's subtweeting. While I don’t feel compelled to respond, this actually provides a beautiful lesson for how academics and other serious observers might think about engaging with the Court and law. (thread)
There's a rising faction of the legal academy that stays quiet when their MAGAdemic colleagues produce fraudulent psuedo-scholarship in service to the cruelest aspects of Trump's agenda ... then leap in to police the discourse when their progressive colleagues criticize those MAGAdemics too bluntly.
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This is a great post by a very fine scholar I’ve met a number pf times.*
*see what i did there?
*see what i did there?
Ms. Dowd is most recently writing about film. I wonder when we will see a follow-up about "Donald the Dove."
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January 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Ms. Dowd is most recently writing about film. I wonder when we will see a follow-up about "Donald the Dove."
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Marco #Rubio's threat is very dangerous. #Venezuela depends on oil export earnings to pay for food imports. Block the oil, and you risk the first #famine in the Western hemisphere in centuries. @jfallows.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social @ferrerbreda.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rubio Says Oil Quarantine Gives US Sway in Post-Maduro Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US would use an oil “quarantine” to get what it wants from Venezuela’s new leaders following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Marco #Rubio's threat is very dangerous. #Venezuela depends on oil export earnings to pay for food imports. Block the oil, and you risk the first #famine in the Western hemisphere in centuries. @jfallows.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social @ferrerbreda.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The U.S. attack killed and wounded human beings in #Venezuela. Here's the first report I've seen. @ferrerbreda.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The U.S. attack killed and wounded human beings in #Venezuela. Here's the first report I've seen. @ferrerbreda.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social
I don’t think he ‘actually believes’ anything of the kind. He lies about everything. He is simply trying to please Putin.
We have a president who actually believes Putin wants Ukraine to succeed and will help rebuild it.
What a bunch of horse shit Putin fed Trump before and after his meeting with Zelenskyy.
This makes the US appear weak and Trump a stooge.
What a bunch of horse shit Putin fed Trump before and after his meeting with Zelenskyy.
This makes the US appear weak and Trump a stooge.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I don’t think he ‘actually believes’ anything of the kind. He lies about everything. He is simply trying to please Putin.
As we bomb Nigeria, lurch toward war for oil with Venezuela, and pack a satchel-fannied Louisiana courthouse clown off to Nuuk to demand Anerican annexation of a foreign country, I would like hear from Maureen Dowd about how Trump is the real dove. Yoo-hoo, Maureen?
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As we bomb Nigeria, lurch toward war for oil with Venezuela, and pack a satchel-fannied Louisiana courthouse clown off to Nuuk to demand Anerican annexation of a foreign country, I would like hear from Maureen Dowd about how Trump is the real dove. Yoo-hoo, Maureen?
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The #WSJournal tells the refreshing truth; #BariWeiss spiked the "60 Minutes" torture report to boost Paramount's takeover bid for WarnerBros -- not, as she claimed, for editorial reasons. @froomkin.bsky.social @fairmediawatch.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social www.wsj.com/opinion/bari...
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The #WSJournal tells the refreshing truth; #BariWeiss spiked the "60 Minutes" torture report to boost Paramount's takeover bid for WarnerBros -- not, as she claimed, for editorial reasons. @froomkin.bsky.social @fairmediawatch.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social www.wsj.com/opinion/bari...
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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Kavanaugh has just repudiated Kavanaugh on the subject of "Kavanaugh stops." He went on an extreme detour to do so, too.
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Kavanaugh has just repudiated Kavanaugh on the subject of "Kavanaugh stops." He went on an extreme detour to do so, too.
Huge win, and an impressive triumph for @martylederman.bsky.social. As an Oregonian, I can't wait to hear Sauer argue that the US military can't control the depredations of naked bike riders and people in chicken suits.
NEW: The Supreme Court has denied the Trump administration's request for a stay of the district court's order blocking the deployment of National Guard in Illinois.
Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissent.
Read the ruling: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissent.
Read the ruling: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
SCOTUS national guard order
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December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Huge win, and an impressive triumph for @martylederman.bsky.social. As an Oregonian, I can't wait to hear Sauer argue that the US military can't control the depredations of naked bike riders and people in chicken suits.
“Trump class battleships”? Trump? Class?
December 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“Trump class battleships”? Trump? Class?