Leah Litman

@LeahLitman76k followers

Prof. @Umichlaw. Con law & fed courts. Cohost @StrictScrutiny_ co-founder @womenknowlaw. LAWLESS: Out May 13!!

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#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Views	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Nov 7, '22	HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO OBSERVE	62.2×	0	31k	4.6k	349
2	Oct 31, '22	Justice Kagan to the lawyer challenging affirmative action: All over your brief is the claim that "it just doesn't matter if our institutions look like America ... uh... DOESN'T IT	25.5×	0	13k	1.8k	108
3	Oct 31, '22	Justice Jackson's question about how the anti-affirmative action position allows some family backgrounds & histories to be valued (white families with legacies) but not others	21.6×	0	11k	1.6k	135
4	May 14, '22	this is a WILD speech. speaking negatively about the Justices interpersonal relationships; saying the court was good before Chief Justice was appointed; calling left protests “temp	15.6×	0	5.5k	1.3k	392
5	Oct 7, '24	I was pro Call Her Daddy appearance before I listened to the episode and am even more pro Call Her Daddy appearance after I listened.	12.7×	189k	1k	51	20
6	Jun 24, '22	Justice Thomas calls on SCOUS to overrule Griswold (right to contraception); Lawrence (invalidating anti-sodomy laws); Obergefell (marriage equality)	12.3×	0	2.3k	1.7k	177
7	Aug 9, '22	I look forward to media coverage about how the GOP calls to “defund federal law enforcement” are alienating voters.	9.6×	0	4.6k	866	35
8	Mar 4, '25	My book on the Supreme Court, LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes is now going to be out in MAY 2025 (May 13). And you can	9.1×	135k	264	66	27
9	Jan 26, '22	yesterday the faculty voted in favor of granting me tenure (!!!!!!)….. so now I get to wear what I want to work. 😈🧣😈🧣 (sweater a gift from ⁦⁦@danieltdeacon⁩ &🧣a gift from	8.3×	0	5k	51	13
10	Nov 13, '22	LOVED hearing Jen Psaki say on @MSNBC that @WHCOS is “obsess[ed]” with getting judges confirmed, and that this will be a big part of @POTUS’s legacy. 👩‍⚖️🧑‍⚖️👨‍⚖️🏛🏛	8.2×	0	4.7k	438	10
11	Jun 24, '22	a chilling line from the joint dissent -- Kagan, Breyer, & Sotomayor do not believe this Court will stop with Roe.	7.7×	0	2.6k	1.1k	58
12	Jun 24, '22	👋👋👋	7.4×	0	3.7k	505	84
13	May 16, '22	Final opinion is FEC v. Ted Cruz, in which (surprise!), the Supreme Court strikes down another campaign finance regulation (a federal law prohibiting campaigns from using more than	6.8×	0	2.2k	788	73
14	May 11, '22	in general I don't respond to trolls. but the idea that "well of course the court won't overturn griswold (the right to contraception) because some justices said it was settled in	6.6×	0	3.6k	338	28
15	Jun 24, '22	And their joint dissent does not hold back	5.8×	0	2.1k	778	70
16	May 23, '22	Shinn v. Ramirez, & ... it's bad. #SCOTUS holds that a federal court may not conduct an evidentiary hearing in proceedings to challenge a conviction if the evidence was not dev	5.7×	0	1.7k	664	111
17	Sep 13, '22	GET HIM, GIRL!!! "'Judges create legitimacy problems for themselves ... when they instead stray into places where it looks like they’re an extension of the political process or whe	5.7×	0	2.6k	567	30
18	May 31, '22	WOW	5.4×	0	2k	386	36
19	Sep 1, '22	yesterday the MI Board of State Canvassers deadlocked (along partisan lines) on whether an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution could be included on the Nov ballot.	5.4×	0	2k	623	52
20	Oct 31, '22	"I THOUGHT PART OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN IS THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS SHOULD REFLECT WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE"	5.3×	0	3.1k	225	11
21	Sep 8, '22	WE (the people of Michigan) WON! The Michigan Supreme Court ordered the Board of Canvassers to qualify the @mireprofreedom ballot initiative for the upcoming November election ball	4.0×	0	1.9k	325	11
22	Jun 24, '22	they really do not hold back (I'm going to keep screen shotting):	3.7×	0	1.5k	461	22
23	Jan 7, '22	update: not just one, but TWO of the lawyers challenging the federal government's covid-19 response have ... covid-19 and are accordingly arguing remotely.	3.5×	0	1.5k	354	16
24	May 20, '22	glad this happened before the release of the ~official/final~ opinion in Dobbs 😈😈😈	3.3×	0	2.1k	26	4
25	Apr 12, '22	I'm not sure the country is prepared for what is about to happen at the end of June. When SCOTUS overrules Roe - or eviscerates Roe - (one of those two things is going to happen),	3.3×	0	1.1k	441	33
26	May 14, '22	… likening the leak to infidelity that can’t be forgotten and causes justices to look over their shoulders at their colleagues … in case there was any question about what it’s like	3.2×	0	1.6k	209	19
27	Oct 13, '22	a brief🧵on @JohnFetterman & closed captioning: the summer after my 1L year, I had a horrible reaction to some medication that caused me to have several TIAs (sometimes called	3.1×	0	1.4k	269	35
28	May 23, '22	UGH UGH UGH. The upshot of this decision: If the state appoints you a lawyer who is constitutionally ineffective at your trial; and then appoints you ANOTHER lawyer who is constitu	3.0×	0	1.2k	317	22
29	May 23, '22	What Justice Sotomayor says:	3.0×	0	1.2k	338	22
30	Oct 30, '24	Y.I.K.E.S.	2.9×	42k	559	51	18
31	Sep 1, '22	The Republicans on the Board of State Canvassers voted not to allow the provision on the ballot because of ... spacing errors. You read that correctly. No missing words. No wrong w	2.8×	0	990	313	19
32	May 3, '22	a reminder that the GOP platform called for overruling Obergefell as well as Roe	2.8×	0	1.1k	368	28
33	Oct 31, '22	Very few people could get away with what Seth Waxman is doing (& so effectively) for Harvard -- INSISTING that Justices (& Justice Gorsuch in particular) allow him to corre	2.7×	0	1.5k	138	25
34	Jul 29, '22	I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS WHICH IS WHY IM TWEETING IN ALL CAPS FROM PARIS	2.6×	0	1.3k	193	15
35	May 16, '22	from Justice Kagan's dissent:	2.6×	0	1k	280	21
36	Jun 28, '22	attn: "there's no political will/desire to overrule lawrence v. texas" crowd. (including some ~esteemed~ professors at yale.)	2.5×	0	1.2k	222	24
37	Jun 24, '22	Justices Kagan, Breyer, & Sotomayor issue a rare joint dissent	2.4×	0	879	306	23
38	Nov 19, '22	props for the hilarious implausibility of the explanation they came up with for what they HAD to tell Rev. Schenk ... but couldn't write in an email. like ... this is the denial yo	2.3×	0	1.1k	154	36
39	Jun 27, '22	extremely unclear to me why they need the extra days given that they do not feel bound to correctly recite facts or apply existing law and just seem to be willing to make shit up?	2.2×	0	1.1k	150	14
40	Jun 24, '22	the beginning to the dissent's conclusion:	2.1×	0	826	254	26
41	Sep 8, '22	THIS from Chief Justice McCormack:	2.1×	0	933	194	11
42	Jun 30, '22	This is HUGE news with potentially HUGE consequences for our democracy. The Q in this case is whether state courts may protect voting rights in federal elections on the basis of st	2.0×	0	746	267	24
43	Jan 7, '22	did one of the lawyers test positive? SCOTUS has a rule that lawyers must take a covid test before arguing ... much like the testing rule that OSHA is trying to impose on other wor	2.0×	0	915	199	8
44	Nov 9, '22	YES! I was just saying networks not describing maps like Florida’s in terms of partisan gerrymandering — which SCOTUS enabled in Rucho — is a real loss and missed opportunity to in	2.0×	0	864	220	9
45	Jun 24, '22	View post on X	2.0×	0	841	220	8
46	Jun 24, '22	View post on X	1.9×	0	704	251	14
47	Oct 10, '22	this is a beautiful profile of @JohnFetterman by @rtraister -- and it (somehow?!?) made me want him to win even more.	1.9×	0	718	179	41
48	Jun 27, '22	first, but not last, #SCOTUS opinion is Kennedy v. Bremerton schools --> Justice Gorsuch writes for 6 that school can't discipline a coach for engaging in public prayer at publi	1.9×	0	553	150	44
49	May 8, '22	I would ~personally~ like to see several reproductive rights & justice lawyers in the next few rounds of Biden nominees. Republicans have been nominating & confirming as ju	1.8×	0	935	141	5
50	Aug 8, '22	this story is so important. the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have allowed the GOP to keep in place illegal maps that advantage the GOP in the upcoming election cycle. thi	1.8×	0	614	273	31
51	Sep 1, '22	But it is part of two larger trends that are worth understanding: (1) the relationship between the attacks on reproductive freedom & voting rights (2) the GOP's efforts to win	1.8×	0	879	154	4
52	May 23, '22	This is just a horrific decision that will close the Martinez exception that allowed litigants to enforce the 6th amendment right to counsel.	1.7×	0	872	144	5
53	Aug 31, '22	clears throat: "keeping classified documents that include information about human sources strewn about the basement in your resort is necessary to enforce the voting rights act"	1.7×	0	997	70	7
54	Jun 1, '22	I said what I said	1.7×	0	903	111	13
55	Jan 21, '22	This is a WILD ride/read from @JaneMayerNYer : Is Ginni Thomas a threat to the Supreme Court? she uncovers SO many details -- and also does a great job presenting the rules vs. nor	1.7×	0	505	211	61
56	Oct 31, '22	Audio here:	1.7×	0	699	170	28
57	Jun 24, '22	Justice kagan wrote this part:	1.7×	0	691	164	14
58	Oct 13, '22	It is appalling that (some in) the media are treating @JohnFetterman's reliance on closed captioning & verbal delays as a sign of a lack of cognitive capacity. These things are	1.6×	0	888	103	3
59	May 7, '22	ladies: because you're not welcoming the loss of one of your constitutional rights, maybe we should take away some others too!	1.6×	0	869	96	8
60	Jun 29, '22	note this is EXACTLY what @ProfMMurray & I said would happen if the Court overruled Roe	1.6×	0	586	207	29
61	May 11, '22	Also the conservative Justices are having their friends shit talk the Chief to the press now? It was one thing for people to do that - it’s another for them to be willingly identif	1.6×	0	587	152	13
62	Jan 7, '22	If these arguments don't convince the White House/President that the Supreme Court is out of control and a danger to sound governance/constitutional democracy....	1.6×	0	770	132	5
63	Jun 28, '22	question: firms pay HUGE bonuses to #SCOTUS clerks ($400K+ now), in part bc of the "training" clerks get at the Court. given that (some of them) are learning ... how to make up fac	1.6×	0	819	67	13
64	Oct 31, '22	@SIfill_ I know!! She communicates "lol, u serious bro?" so well!	1.6×	0	1k	35	0
65	Jun 21, '22	"WITH GROWING CONCERN FOR WHERE THIS COURT WILL LEAD US NEXT, I ... DISSENT" - JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR	1.6×	0	584	191	29
66	Nov 9, '22	In Mich 💙: - Dems hold Governor, AG, & Sec of State - Dems flip + win the statehouse (Senate & House) - We amend state constitution to protect reproductive freedom - We pr	1.6×	0	855	89	5
67	Nov 14, '22	At some point, Democrats are going to have to confront this -- and do something about our federal courts. Again this is a Trump-appointed judge invalidating student debt cancellati	1.6×	0	542	227	14
68	Oct 31, '22	PRELOGAR BRINGING UP LACK OF DIVERSITY AT THE #SCOTUS LECTERN -- yes	1.5×	0	858	76	4
69	Jun 30, '22	@kateashaw1 & I have a forthcoming paper debunking the independent state legislature theory (@SSRN please approve the paper, it's been up for over a week):	1.5×	0	598	145	55
70	Oct 31, '22	View post on X	1.4×	0	912	32	2
71	May 11, '22	we’re at what - the fifth leak? sixth? POLITICO reporting that no other opinions have circulated and Alitos draft is still the presumptive majority opinion….	1.4×	0	650	135	11
72	Jul 14, '22	this is a big flashing warning sign about the future of that "right to interstate travel"	1.4×	0	575	161	10
73	Sep 1, '22	This is -- to put it lightly -- a ridiculous argument that does not even come close to justifying a decision to keep the ballot initiative off the ballot, and to justify disenfranc	1.4×	0	748	94	2
74	Oct 31, '22	another example of how, as we discussed on @StrictScrutiny_ when we talked about the Voting Rights Act case, her presence & questioning feels genuinely transformational.	1.4×	0	802	63	4
75	Jan 26, '22	thank u for the tenure gift, steve. 🙏🙏🙏🙏	1.3×	0	846	15	0
76	Jun 27, '22	Justice Sotomayor on the Court overruling/abandoning Lemon -- and depicting what the Court permits here	1.3×	0	482	130	15
77	May 23, '22	View post on X	1.3×	0	638	104	5
78	Jul 21, '22	this is a BIG flashing warning sign about the future of the right to contraception:	1.3×	0	554	138	9
79	Jun 24, '22	and the end:	1.3×	0	516	137	16
80	Jul 11, '22	CC: the "don't worry about your contraceptives, ladies" crowd	1.2×	0	603	105	7
81	Jun 24, '22	a helpful follower also reminded me of this gem:	1.2×	0	667	70	4
82	Dec 5, '22	does it "cross an important line" for Sam Alito to (1) suggest Justice Kagan knows about or is on Ashley Madison, a website that's there to assist men who want to cheat on their pa	1.2×	0	571	82	13
83	Nov 9, '22	Listening to #SCOTUS arguments in Brackeen both because it's an extremely important case about Native sovereignty & protections for Native Americans & the future of the Ind	1.2×	0	637	61	16
84	Nov 7, '22	Stevie has her bandana to commemorate the occasion:	1.2×	0	732	20	8
85	Sep 1, '22	it's website official --> no backsies, @UMichLaw! 😈😈😈😈	1.2×	0	697	10	1
86	Jun 27, '22	is this what the Court says to excuse itself from having to perform a stare decisis analysis about whether to overrule a case? we're "abandoning" it but not overruling it? Justice	1.1×	0	571	75	6
87	Sep 1, '22	This is why the Trump/GOP push to takeover state & local election boards is so concerning -- this is WHY they want to do it. So they can discard votes & claim victory when	1.1×	0	531	112	2
88	Jun 21, '22	TIL Jews don't have religious requirements or obligations or a core set of beliefs; change views all the time; AND that there's apparently no requirement for consistency in Judaism	1.1×	0	547	57	22
89	Jun 27, '22	🚨🚨 #Breaking : #SCOTUS breaks more things	1.1×	0	594	73	2
90	Oct 13, '22	At some point, you or someone you care about is probably going to have a medical issue that will require some personal or professional accommodations. Get over it. Or at least try	1.1×	0	611	57	1
91	Mar 30, '22	This will make it Judge -- soon to be Justice -- Ketanji Brown Jackson's FOURTH bipartisan confirmation!!! "Senator Susan Collins of Maine plans to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Br	1.1×	0	556	60	2
92	Sep 1, '22	@mireprofreedom gathered almost ONE MILLION signatures on petitions to get this on the ballot. they collected a record breaking number of signatures.	1.0×	0	544	79	4
93	Jan 26, '22	Thank you, Justice Breyer. A mensch is going to mensch.	1.0×	0	654	21	1
94	Jan 27, '22	one favorite memory i have of justice breyer (and there are many) from my time clerking for justice kennedy is when justice breyer sat around the table in his chambers and recounte	1.0×	0	527	43	20
95	Sep 1, '22	@ProfMMurray @kateashaw1 & I wrote @PostEverything @washingtonpost about how the attack on reproductive rights is possible and enabled bc of the attack on voting rights (gerrym	1.0×	0	469	87	12
96	May 11, '22	jk; one last thing. if you're wondering whose SCOTUS predictions you should take more seriously, may i recommend a compare/contrast:	1.0×	0	561	43	6
97	May 23, '22	And this too:	1.0×	0	474	82	7
98	Oct 31, '22	"it's important to avoid men being under-educated" - justice kagan "don't you think it's a little weird that white men could get a leg up, but not people who have been kicked in th	1.0×	0	506	62	5
99	Sep 1, '22	But this isn't the end of the road for the MI ballot initiative. This will go to the MI Supreme Court, which (thanks to organizing around state and local elections) has a majorit	0.9×	0	510	62	1
100	Nov 19, '22	the utter gaslighting and ridiculous denials that have been put out about the influence campaign & the Justices' interactions with ideological groups have been an insult to the	0.9×	0	491	60	6
101	Sep 1, '22	As we have seen ever since Dobbs came out, the idea that the government can control women's bodies, force them to give birth to a child, & mandate whether they become a parent	0.8×	0	443	45	2

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