Valerie Hans (@jurygirltweet) 's Twitter Profile
Valerie Hans

@jurygirltweet

professor of law at Cornell University and jury scholar

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calendar_today19-03-2010 12:09:26

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Robert Reich (@rbreich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in Supreme Court history. It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy. There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was. Today is one of those days.

Gavin Newsom (@gavinnewsom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good to know we’re skipping the arrest and going straight for the 1700’s style forms of punishment. A fitting threat given the GOP want to bring our country back to the 18th Century.

Lacy MacAuley 🏴 (@lacymacauley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jason Kint We need courageous truth. A country that deploys the US military -- the most powerful and deadly military in the world -- to fight its own citizens, who are mostly peacefully protesting, is a fascist dictatorship. We are not "becoming authoritarian." We are there.

Berkeley Judicial Institute (@bklyjudicial) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Berkeley Judicial Institute/UC Berkeley Law's Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret. is quoted in The Sunday Times article, thetimes.com/us/american-po…. From the article: “There have been many times in the past when elected officials have been attacked in the courts. But it was never this personal,” .....

Berkeley Judicial Institute (@bklyjudicial) 's Twitter Profile Photo

...says Jeremy Fogel, a former district judge and the executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, which promotes an ethical and independent judiciary. “It was always more like ‘the courts are too liberal’ or ‘the courts are too conservative’. There’s something about...

Berkeley Judicial Institute (@bklyjudicial) 's Twitter Profile Photo

...the tenor of it now where there are deeply personal attacks on judges and security threats to judges that I’ve never seen before.” He goes on: ‘I think part of the playbook is to reduce respect for the judiciary.”

Jennifer Erin Valent 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@jenniferevalent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt

James Michael Maloney (@maloney_esq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"It’s a global failure that, after all these years, we still have no laws governing a large proportion of our oceans." —John Kerry english.elpais.com/climate/2025-0…

John B. Holbein (@johnholbein1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you know that women's suffrage in the United States increased disadvantaged kids' educational attainment? It's true! Why? In part because women given the right to vote used their newfound political muscle to push for increases in education spending.

Did you know that women's suffrage in the United States increased disadvantaged kids' educational attainment?

It's true!

Why?

In part because women given the right to vote used their newfound political muscle to push for increases in education spending.
The Madwoman in the Classroom (@heymrsbond) 's Twitter Profile Photo

These three women are writing dissents like our lives depend on it. I’m grateful for their work documenting the severity of the crises of this moment.

These three women are writing dissents like our lives depend on it. I’m grateful for their work documenting the severity of the crises of this moment.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Executive Power for Me, Not for Thee Such a good point on SCOTUS hypocrisy when it comes to Trump vs Biden: They let a nationwide injunction kill Biden’s student loan relief—then ducked when they had a chance to rule on it. Now, five months into Trump’s presidency, suddenly

CBS News (@cbsnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled in Roubaix, France, one day before the United States celebrates Independence Day on July 4. The mural, titled “The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest,” was created by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw, who

For the enrightenment (@kachelme1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As the graph shows, the Republican party has no future (approval among young voters at 27%). This may explain some of their draconian actions - for them it may be now or never.