Story of my life as a law professor.. You go ladies!
Victoria Nourse
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Victoria Nourse
@vicnourse
Law Professor @GeorgetownLaw; Vice Chair @USCCRgov; Fmr White House VP Counsel; DOJ Appellate Lawyer, Senate Counsel. Latest: The Impeachments of Donald Trump
- Upshot for lawyers, firms, law profs: its not enough to take admin law anymore. Statutory interpretation is a must, and those classes must teach textualism.
- If members of Congress want to help the country they should start pushing back against the Supreme Court. Article III says “ the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.”
- Thanks to all the gutsy ladies who fight back. Kamala showed us how darn hard it is.
- Well law professors have been part of the problem (I know, I'm one of them. They have taught too many students to think the court virtuous and congress contemptible. They need to breed new political leaders
- MAGA is justifying the Trump ruling on the theory that it prevents Trump from prosecuting Biden. It does not. Trump will prosecute Biden for fake claims about corruption which have been repeatedly debunked based on private acts.
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextProfessor Nourse’s letter contradicts her own sworn testimony before Congress that there is no role for the President or the executive branch in the amendment process. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CH…- 30 years ago I went to the library to draft VAWA. This law saved lives, not only for those abused, but for all the crime it prevented. So proud to be at the White House yesterday for the man who has stood by it, and pushed it, and made it real.Since we passed the Violence Against Women Act, rates of domestic violence have dropped – between 1993 and 2022 annual rates fell by almost 70%. Rapes and sexual assaults declined by 56%. It matters.
- Stop saying this is just politics; they believe in the theory of the unitary executive. They believe in originalism and textualism. Those theories have to be debunked just like Project 2025.John Roberts sounds delusional. Not insane or hallucinating. But so out of touch, so high on his own supply, so deep in a bubble that Roberts—per this NYT report—thought his awfully reasoned, wildly un-American immunity ruling would be well received by the public and history.
- You cannot filibuster reconciliation. You only need 51 votes for nominees.Senate Republicans apparently threatened to use the filibuster to stop all other senate business -- including COVID19 relief for desperate American families -- if this trial were to continue and hear witnesses. Never before has the GOP stooped so low to defend Donald Trump.
- Just posted a major SCOTUS review I've been working on for two years.papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. Covers 124 cases and 300 opinions. Focus: originalism and textualism...How did that work out?
- Thank you to all who have reached out noted this honor. I am most delighted about serving a fearless warrior from Texas, @RochelleMGarza, who the President has nominated to be Chair of the USCCR.ICYMI: On March 16th, 2023, #GeorgetownLaw professor @vicnourse was officially sworn in as a Commissioner of the United States Commission on Civil Rights @USCCRgov, appointed by @POTUS . Congratulations, Commissioner Nourse! Learn more: bit.ly/3Js01Z9
- Supreme Court reformers: the left has lost the battle for ideas. Textualism and originalism remain supreme and it's time to push back. See my latest with @EskridgeBill "Gerrymandering the Text," just posted on SSRN, out in @nyulawreview soon.
- Law schools taught the current Justices that the Court is the center of the constitution. It is not. Justice Gorsuch does not understand that the Constitution's text--yes, its text-- is mostly about self-governance and elections. Judicial imperialism is in for a hard fall.OPINION: We should take Neil Gorsuch’s “be careful” warning to the president seriously, because the fact that he felt free to issue it shows the real dangers of an unchecked Supreme Court. trib.al/ALznx4B
