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Ross Guberman

@legalwritingpro

Game on! We have our first D.C. Circuit opinion from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Stellar BriefCatch.com scores for this #appellatetwitter debut.

On one of those dry statutory issues often doled out to . . . brand-new #SCOTUS Justices.

#appellatetwitter #legaltech

Any exciting matters percolating in other courts, like the California Supreme Court or the District Court of South Carolina, just to name two courts at random? #SCOTUSnominee

Jackson's full opinion in AFL-CIO v. FLRA: cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opini…

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͏Postcards4USA

@postcards4USA

A friend from Indiana called me upset about the #SCOTUS appointment of #AmyConeyBarrett. My friend’s son attended Trinity School run by #peopleofpraise. Ms Barrett was Trustee until 2017.
Student/Parent handbooks contain anti-LGBTQ, anti-#MarriageEquality language.
#BlockBarrett

Amy Coney Barrett signed letter entitled "Unacceptable," in 2012, attacking the ACA contraception mandate.
As my South Bend friend said, “It is hard to be part of such a small movement/cult and not agree with core positions.” #SCOTUSnominee
#BlockBarrett
s3.amazonaws.com/becketpdf/Unac…

All three People of Praise Trinity Schools, including Greenlawn in South Bend, have a statement of values & behavioral guidance that directly undermines LGBTQ equality.
Marriage between 1 man/1 woman only
“As a former Trinity parent, reading it turned my stomach.”
#BlockBarrett

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Joe Khalil

@JoeKhalilTV

Senate GOP leaders are about to address media in a few minutes @NewsNationNow

Sen. McConnell says Sen. Lindsey Graham is planning out schedule for judiciary hearings on a #SCOTUSnominee @NewsNationNow

Sen. Thune says Republicans are looking forward to having a constitutionalist nominated to the Supreme Court @NewsNationNow #NexstarDC

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Jeff Brown

@PoliEcon

I’m old enough to remember when Senators attempted, at least in public, to avoid breaking their word. The #SCOTUS confirmation process is broken. #ACB is the jurisprudential inverse of #RBG. But a singular focus on the #SCOTUSnominee is a trap for Dems. twitter.com/i/events/13082…

2. Yes, Dems are angry and engaged, supposedly donating >$161 million through @actblue since #RBG’s passing on Rosh Hashanah.

3. But Dems attacks on #ACB’s faith galvanize the Christian Right and signal contempt for their spiritual identities and aspirations. No word from @WINRED on their donors.

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Zarina Zabrisky

@ZarinaZabrisky

Trump's top nominee for RBG's replacement, #AmyConeyBarrett, was a member of the #Federalist Society from 2005 to 2006, and again from 2014 to 2017. Why? See this thread #SupremeCourt #supremecourtnominee #RBG #SCOTUSnominee #SCOTUSAmyConeyBarrett

https://twitter.com/ZarinaZabrisky/status/1307820585897000960

Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is behind many of Trump’s judicial nominees, including Kavanaugh. Leonard Leo, Executive Vice President, served as an outside adviser to Trump on the Supreme Court and related judicial selection and confirmation issues.

Leo supported the confirmation of Neal Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and the Roberts and Alito U.S. Supreme Court confirmations in 2005–2006 & raised $15 mn+ from donors like Koch Industries, the Mercer Family Foundation.

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Paula Reid

@PaulaReidCBS

Cards, flowers, and candles line the sidewalk outside the Supreme Court today following the death of Justice Ginsburg. More on the fight to replace her coming up on @CBSThisMorning #RIPRBG

Tributes continue to pour in for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside the SCOTUS #RBGLegacy

Remarkable scene outside SCOTUS as hundreds gather to pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg #SCOTUSnominee #RBG

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Legal Defense Fund

@NAACP_LDF

For months, we've consistently cautioned that the Senate must #PressPause on considering President Trump's SCOTUS nominee until the Special Counsel's investigation ends.

https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1032047294756081665

LDF President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF penned an op-ed on our country’s commitment to equal justice under the law and why "it is imperative that the process to replace [Justice Kennedy] not be rushed." #WhatsAtStake #ScotusPick #SCOTUSnominee politico.com/magazine/story…

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Matthew RJ Brodsky

@RJBrodsky

I’m looking forward to the utter meltdown 😎 🍿 #SCOTUSnominee #SCOTUS #SupremeCourtPick

Which unbelievably biased news network should I watch now? 🎲 🎲

🗣 This is the greatest #SCOTUS pick ever by the best president in US history. The risen Jesus could hardly compete with this one. Our republic is saved.

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Aaron Nielson

@Aaron_L_Nielson

Do you want to see *all* of Judge Kavanaugh's dissents and concurrences, with a brief explanation of each one? Well, here you go from D.C. Circuit Review -- Reviewed @YaleJREG.

yalejreg.com/nc/d-c-circuit…

And my conclusion:

Thanks Miranda Cherkas and Charles Sherrill. These two amazing research assistants worked very, very hard -- and very, very quickly to boot -- to help me put this list together.

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Lambda Legal

@LambdaLegal

🚨 #BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump has nominated #BrettKavanaugh to the #SCOTUS seat vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. 👎🏾 #SaveSCOTUS #WhatsAtStake🚨
lambdalegal.org/blog/20180709_…

Judge #Kavanaugh has been on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for over 10 years. He's a member of the Federalist Society. (@FedSoc) (yikes!)
Let's take a look at his record! 🧐 #WhatsAtStake #SaveSCOTUS
lambdalegal.org/blog/20180709_…

ICYMI: The Federalist Society is “a group of conservatives and libertarians dedicated to reforming the current legal order.” #SCOTUS nominee #BrettKavanaugh is a member. Fun!

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Hurricane Watcher

@GodlessNZ

(1) Special #TeamTrump #PhotoThread: Trump's second #SCOTUSnominee, announced July 9, 2018. #PromisesMadePromisesKept #RedWave #VoteGOP

(2) It's time. #SCOTUSPick

(3) #SCOTUSPick

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Legal Defense Fund

@NAACP_LDF

The President who will nominate this person is under a cloud. It would be tragic for the President to nominate someone and then for the Mueller investigation to reveal itself to implicate him. #SCOTUSnominee #CourtsMatter #WhatsAtStake

Every name on Trump’s SCOTUS shortlist passed Trump’s litmus test—Roe v. Wade. We cannot afford a justice who places partisan politics over people. We need a justice who has advocated for civil rights, not against them. #WhatsAtStake #SaveSCOTUS cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/06/28/don…

We have seen the extreme jurisprudence of Justice Gorsuch – who was President Trump’s first nominee for the Court. We can have no confidence that President Trump will present a nominee with a record of commitment to racial equality and justice.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/opi…

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Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌊 BWCS

@AynRandPaulRyan

Trump's most likely #SCOTUSnominee is Amy Coney Barrett. She was a law professor before Trump decided to make her a federal judge in 2017.

Before that, she'd never been a judge.🙄

Watch her struggle to answer why she gave paid lectures to a hate group.
#ThursdayThoughts

.@SenWarren talks about Amy Coney Barrett's lack of impartiality, hyperpartisan stances when it comes to "law and order", (hint: poor folks and people of color get the short end of the stick and that's just fine with her.)
#ThursdayThoughts
#SCOTUSnominee