Elizabeth Wydra
@ElizabethWydra
Progressive constitutionalist, Supreme Court litigator, and legal expert for TV & print. President of @MyConstitution. CA native; Yale Law grad. she/her
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http://www.theusconstitution.org 03-04-2012 16:50:45
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CAC Chief Counsel Brianne Gorod explained in Newsweek that the Supreme Court can and should quickly reject Trump’s unprecedented and unsupported immunity claims: newsweek.com/there-can-stil… #JusticeCantWait
'We can’t possibly have an executive branch that is cloaked in immunity and still expect them to act in the best interests of the people in a functioning democracy.'
CAC's Praveen Fernandes spoke to Adam Serwer 🍝 of The Atlantic about Trump's immunity claim: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
CAC filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professor Gerhardt and other scholars of constitutional law explaining that Trump's immunity claim is at odds with the Constitution's text and history:
theusconstitution.org/litigation/tru… #JusticeCantWait
HAPPENING TODAY: Join us for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from Elizabeth Wydra and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term: theusconstitution.org/events/11th-an…
Join us TOMORROW for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from Elizabeth Wydra and an all-star panel of legal experts, moderated by @slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term: theusconstitution.org/events/11th-an…
.Elizabeth Wydra explained on Washington Journal that 'the very beginning principle of this country is that no one is above the law and the president is not a king.'
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Join us NEXT WEEK for CAC's annual Home Stretch event, featuring remarks from Elizabeth Wydra and an all-star panel of experts, moderated by @slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. Join the conversation as we unpack the biggest issues at #SCOTUS this term:
#CACHomeStretch2024
theusconstitution.org/events/11th-an…
'If you're an originalist, if you're a strict constitutionalist, there's really only one outcome here, and it's that Trump's really outrageous claim of immunity is rejected.' Read more from Elizabeth Wydra's interview with Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/audio/202… #JusticeCantWait
'There are some times where history is ambiguous. This is not one of those cases.' Elizabeth Wydra spoke to Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz at Bloomberg about why #SCOTUS must reject Trump's immunity claim: bloomberg.com/news/audio/202… #JusticeCantWait
'Trump’s arguments are at odds with the text and history of the Constitution, as well as the Supreme Court’s own precedent. #SCOTUS should say so—and it should say so quickly.' Read Smita Ghosh's full reaction to today's oral argument: theusconstitution.org/news/release-j… #JusticeCantWait