Justin Levitt
@justinlevitt.bsky.social
If you're eligible & want to vote, making sure you can, it's meaningful, and it sticks. Pro-democracy, pro-republic. He/his. Loyola law prof, former WH, former DOJ, former Natl Voter Protection Dir, forever NJDevils fan
Might need the historians’ guidance on whether the Dems have ever had weaker leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Might need the historians’ guidance on whether the Dems have ever had weaker leadership.
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On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
Underappreciated silver lining of the pardons: I think Trump just pardoned everyone involved with the 2020 election, _including_ officials who fought to get it right.
Which means the threatened bullshit prosecutions related to the elections should also be dead.
Which means the threatened bullshit prosecutions related to the elections should also be dead.
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Underappreciated silver lining of the pardons: I think Trump just pardoned everyone involved with the 2020 election, _including_ officials who fought to get it right.
Which means the threatened bullshit prosecutions related to the elections should also be dead.
Which means the threatened bullshit prosecutions related to the elections should also be dead.
Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
They apparently didn’t even get past the opening paragraph of Leverage for Dummies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
They apparently didn’t even get past the opening paragraph of Leverage for Dummies.
Also in the running for this highlight: hearing from former students after they get good news on the bar exam. Turns a day around instantly.
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I know other profs say this all the time but it's so true: Hearing from terrific former students that they are enjoying their jobs & are doing well (all things considered) is an absolute highlight of the job - and a high point of any week that it happens.
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Also in the running for this highlight: hearing from former students after they get good news on the bar exam. Turns a day around instantly.
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Dems won Georgia’s Public Service Commission elections by 25-point landslides—their largest for any office since 1998—and improved over 2024 everywhere.
These maps compare results by state House district for:
2024 president (left) - 96-84 Trump majority
2025 PSC seat 3 (right) - 115-65 Dem majority
These maps compare results by state House district for:
2024 president (left) - 96-84 Trump majority
2025 PSC seat 3 (right) - 115-65 Dem majority
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dems won Georgia’s Public Service Commission elections by 25-point landslides—their largest for any office since 1998—and improved over 2024 everywhere.
These maps compare results by state House district for:
2024 president (left) - 96-84 Trump majority
2025 PSC seat 3 (right) - 115-65 Dem majority
These maps compare results by state House district for:
2024 president (left) - 96-84 Trump majority
2025 PSC seat 3 (right) - 115-65 Dem majority
ADL was once a civil rights organization. Greenblatt has done tremendous damage, and the only real question is whether it’s irreparable.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
OPENAI ASKS US TO EXPAND CHIPS ACT TAX CREDIT TO DATA CENTERS
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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My weight at birth is also a historical fact but I'm pretty sure it doesn't irreparably harm the United States not to include that on my passport.
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My weight at birth is also a historical fact but I'm pretty sure it doesn't irreparably harm the United States not to include that on my passport.
Gorsuch will no doubt be thrilled when his passport lists him as Catholic, which is (after all) just historical fact.
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Gorsuch will no doubt be thrilled when his passport lists him as Catholic, which is (after all) just historical fact.
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Still buzzing from an incredible night at the TIME100 Next Gala — being honored alongside so many incredible changemakers for the work I get to do every day at @allvotingislocal.bsky.social
Seeing voters across the country make their voices heard this week made the moment even more powerful.
Seeing voters across the country make their voices heard this week made the moment even more powerful.
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Still buzzing from an incredible night at the TIME100 Next Gala — being honored alongside so many incredible changemakers for the work I get to do every day at @allvotingislocal.bsky.social
Seeing voters across the country make their voices heard this week made the moment even more powerful.
Seeing voters across the country make their voices heard this week made the moment even more powerful.
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so far, grand and petit juries are the institutions with the best track record in standing up to authoritarianism
Trump’s Revenge Campaign Has a Weakness
Prosecuting his enemies is turning out to be more difficult than he’d hoped—at least for now.
www.theatlantic.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
so far, grand and petit juries are the institutions with the best track record in standing up to authoritarianism
approximately 84% of law school crim exams this semester are going to feature hoagie hurling hypotheticals.
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
approximately 84% of law school crim exams this semester are going to feature hoagie hurling hypotheticals.
I desperately need the U.S. version of this.
Dogs Trust is running a UK campaign to restrict the use of fireworks. If you feel like it, you can email your MP via a web form.
(The web page writes the email for you, but if you personalise it in some way at the beginning it may be less likely to be dismissed as campaign mail and deleted) #Dogs
(The web page writes the email for you, but if you personalise it in some way at the beginning it may be less likely to be dismissed as campaign mail and deleted) #Dogs
Help protect dogs from fireworks fear | Dogs Trust
Every year, thousands of dogs across the UK are left terrified by the unpredictable bangs and booms of fireworks.
www.dogstrust.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I desperately need the U.S. version of this.
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I don't think it's a coincidence that Kansas state legislators tonight announced that they don't have the votes to redistrict.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I don't think it's a coincidence that Kansas state legislators tonight announced that they don't have the votes to redistrict.
A lotta important races were decided today.
But when it comes to harbingers, these won’t get anywhere near the attention they absolutely should:
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But when it comes to harbingers, these won’t get anywhere near the attention they absolutely should:
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CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.*
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
A lotta important races were decided today.
But when it comes to harbingers, these won’t get anywhere near the attention they absolutely should:
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But when it comes to harbingers, these won’t get anywhere near the attention they absolutely should:
bsky.app/profile/tani...
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Buncha supposed politics experts are going to spend the next week looking at a young charismatic candidate with an optimistic message like it’s some cryptic formula for cold fusion
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Buncha supposed politics experts are going to spend the next week looking at a young charismatic candidate with an optimistic message like it’s some cryptic formula for cold fusion
I wonder how much of this represents apportioning of political blame for the occurrence. Frankly, for a lot of these events, it doesn’t make much sense as a voter or a citizen to attach the political event (or even the response) to the contemporaneous President.
How often American adults were able to correctly identify the sitting president during major political events. www.pbump.net/o/someone-fi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I wonder how much of this represents apportioning of political blame for the occurrence. Frankly, for a lot of these events, it doesn’t make much sense as a voter or a citizen to attach the political event (or even the response) to the contemporaneous President.
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Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.
Run all the way through the tape today, voting people.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Run all the way through the tape today, voting people.
It’s not clear if deranged tweets are orders that will be followed. But courts could - very quickly - make this very ugly for any govt employee inclined to ignore the folks in robes.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s not clear if deranged tweets are orders that will be followed. But courts could - very quickly - make this very ugly for any govt employee inclined to ignore the folks in robes.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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What’s her status as U.S. attorney? You can’t prosecute if you’re not duly appointed. ⚖️👇🏾
Habba is threatening to prosecute people in NJ for voter fraud in tomorrow’s election if she thinks they cheated.
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
What’s her status as U.S. attorney? You can’t prosecute if you’re not duly appointed. ⚖️👇🏾
The modern reincarnation of the Know Nothing Party is strikingly on message.
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RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The modern reincarnation of the Know Nothing Party is strikingly on message.
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