Lawrence Tribe Never Practiced Criminal Law

I regret to inform you that Harvard Law professors are at it again.

/1 https://t.co/7BrWZiZby4

— SittingPensivelyOnRoofHat (@Popehat) December 29, 2021

/3 You could certainly argue that the Trumpists did things that SHOULD BE illegal. But that’s different that it being illegal. And you can’t defend or repair the rule of law by burning it down.

— SittingPensivelyOnRoofHat (@Popehat) December 29, 2021

/4 So: under current law I think to make a charge of seditious conspiracy you would have to show he conspirators intended the force used on January 6. Is that possible? Yes. Is it easy? No.

— SittingPensivelyOnRoofHat (@Popehat) December 29, 2021

I never look to law professors for advice on when to go to court. Prosecutors and litigators have a much better handle on that. Tribe may be a brilliant ConLaw professor. I wouldn’t want him representing me on a traffic ticket.