Sarah Isgur

@whignewtons86k followers

@ABC News contributor, Advisory Opinions host, @SCOTUSblog editor, putting the R in @LRCkcrw, Texas expat, @Harvard_Law grad, cat/brisket mom.

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1Dec 5, '24Call me crazy but I don’t think being the party of “murdering a father because of his job” is a great political choice.139×3.7M6.7k348195
2Dec 12, '24Fact: Director Wray’s resignation— effective Jan 21—prevents Trump from naming Kash Patel as acting FBI director.128×3.4M11k1.3k1.1k
3Aug 9, '22Just another reminder: Trump has a copy of the warrant, which will include what they searched for and what crimes they believe were broken. He can release it whenever he wants.41.5×044k8k175
4Jun 28, '24Forget the election, this is heading into 25th amendment territory.39.4×1M15k1.4k254
5Nov 20, '24Yall realize the Democrats will win another presidential election someday, and then under your new theory, they get to appoint whatever lunatics they find without the support of ev39.2×1M4k527179
6Mar 6, '25Hamilton is one of the most conservative pieces of culture produced this century—deeply patriotic, historically accurate, and elevating Hamilton over Jefferson.35×927k2.7k154190
7May 4, '24Do you really believe you're on the right side of history if you're afraid to be recognized? Civil rights protestors didn't cover their faces. Vietnam draft protestors didn't. Apar35×927k7.8k1.3k290
8Mar 27, '25Overheard in Georgetown outside a Michelin star restaurant : “I’m a member of the new administration and the fact you don’t offer takeout food seems like proof that you’re biased a33.4×885k21k1.7k669
9Feb 14, '25If you read nothing else today, please read this.31.3×830k3.7k664320
10Jun 30, '23Fun SCOTUS stats from this term: 50%: unanimous in outcome (counting 3 PCs) 89%: at least one liberal justice in the majority 8%: 6-3 with the 6 Republican appointees all on one si30×795k4k1.4k382
11May 31, '24Before you dismiss the folks criticizing this prosecution, this is the best articulation of the norm that they believe was broken. It is the problem with *this* case. It’s not the 29.6×784k1.4k272201
12Dec 11, '20From a wise friend: So, just so I understand what the Alito/Thomas blurb is about, SCOTUS is effectively saying “get the eff off my lawn” while Alito/Thomas are like “you’re welcom25×028k3.8k251
13Jul 1, '24At some point, after so many warning signs, it starts to look like this is why the Biden family won’t let him leave the race.24.9×660k6.3k625203
14Jul 18, '24MSNBC’s bewildering coverage of the RNC this week is further proof that the left leaves elite universities and institutions with no clue about what conservatives believe or why. Wh22.1×585k3.1k440238
15Oct 14, '25I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the hair and makeup team at ABC as well as my hats, sunscreen, and dermatologist.19.5×517k9k432678
16Nov 6, '24With Alito and Thomas likely retiring in the next two years, Trump will be the first president since FDR to have nominated a majority of justices on the Court, joining Washington, 19.1×507k2.7k455195
17Jun 8, '24Per @DavidAFrench When you see the casualty counts from the IDF rescue operation, realize this: -When Hamas took hostages, it committed war crimes. -When it hid the hostages amongs18.1×479k5.9k678162
18Jul 1, '24SCOTUS created 3 buckets: --core presidential action like pardon power (absolutely immune) --purely private conduct (indict all you want) --all other official acts are immune UNLES17.3×457k2.4k332551
19Jul 7, '24If Biden were in Trump’s polling position, there wouldn’t be any serious discussion about replacing him. It’s a political problem for Dems, not an ethical one.16.4×434k3k40056
20Apr 8, '25The TDA ruling by SCOTUS was a *total loss* for the admin—and not just on process. And it was a Marbury-esque move by the Chief Justice. 🧵16.1×428k2.3k428426
21Jan 17, '25Imagine if Donald Trump just declared that he had amended the Constitution despite every court and the archivist denying its legitimacy.15.8×418k9.5k1.3k252
22Oct 5, '19A lot of quiet conversations among conservative thought leaders today about how to prepare for a “post Trump” Republican Party—whether its impeachment or a loss in 2020. People thi15.5×09.7k2.1k45
23Nov 6, '23Terrorist in Indiana meant to kill Jews but instead drove her car into other antisemites. 10/10. No notes.15.5×410k2.6k44647
24Jul 18, '24You found a comment you didn’t like on Facebook (I don’t like it either). So you tracked this woman down at work to harass her and then encouraged her employer to fire her even tho15.2×403k2.3k14663
25Mar 29, '24This is a sitting federal judge commenting on a criminal defendant in a pending trial in his district.13.4×356k2k43976
26May 4, '24Change your admissions criteria. Value applicants who reject tribalism. Ask essay questions like “when have you changed your mind?” And “how have you demonstrated humility in your 13.2×350k2.8k330149
27Dec 4, '24Does nobody remember the whole debate we just had on presidential immunity?! We were told how dangerous any immunity would be! Even SCOTUS limited immunity to core official acts. S12.7×337k1.2k22968
28Oct 26, '25If Obama were building a White House ballroom, Republicans would be losing their minds about how he has no respect for this country’s history. Democrats would be defending it compl12.5×331k1.5k12553
29Jan 21, '25Day 1 undermining rule of law: —instructed AG to ignore TikTok law —commuted 22-year prison sentence for planning and executing attack on the Capitol —plans to unilaterally change 11.8×313k1.7k341157
30Feb 26, '23Latest example of why “just ban misinformation” isn’t so easy. Who gets to decide what is misinformation? What happens when new facts come to light? Ditto mask effectiveness, ditto11.7×310k2.5k50789
31Nov 16, '23Now do you see what happens when a foreign adversary controls news content for more than half of the next generation of Americans?11.1×293k2.3k37579
32Jul 18, '24Everyone is using the term “Republican Party” interchangeably to refer to two totally different political parties. 1) Goldwater-2012: project American strength abroad, abortion/gun11×293k1.7k213366
33Oct 13, '23Once again, are we done pretending this is about Israel?10.9×290k1.7k30523
34Nov 6, '24It’s not just winning North Carolina. It’s winning it enough to be called by 930pm. The path for Harris is narrowing bc the theory of the electorate is narrowing.10.8×287k1.7k17334
35Jul 3, '24This is such an unwittingly damning take on how the White House press corps thinks of their job.10.5×279k2.1k388102
36Jun 7, '24The felonies he committed in 2017 caused him to win an election in 2016.10.4×274k1.9k18554
37May 21, '24Anytime the fbi takes an adversarial action like executing a search warrant, there is a deadly force policy. If there is danger to you or public and there’s no alternatives, you ar10.3×272k1.2k27551
38Feb 15, '25By definition, in America—a country founded on and defined by the rule of law, this cannot be true.9.8×258k2.8k30348
39Jan 18, '25Actual ERA facts: —35 states voted to ratify within congressional deadline. —5 of the 35 voted to unratify before deadline. —Congress (maybe) added 3 years to the deadline. No new 8.8×232k3k511223
40Nov 5, '25Pre-order my book! "A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court." Fun for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, including John Jay's head injury, why the end of th8.5×226k4153159
41Feb 9, '25You’re right. The presidency is way too powerful. But where have you been the last 15 years? Extra-constitutional power isn’t a problem only when your enemies wield it.8.0×212k2.6k34958
42Feb 14, '25He's right. We live in a constitutional republic with an independent judiciary whose interpretation of the constitution trump the legislative and executive branches since Marbury v7.8×206k2k275105
43Aug 25, '20If you're mocking what you're hearing tonight, you're highlighting how little you understand about Trump's voters and what a turn out operation looks like.7.8×06.1k95774
44Jul 9, '24“We’re defacing a monument to a little girl who was killed bc she was Jewish and who never lived to see the modern state of Israel. Wait. Are we the baddies?”7.7×205k2.5k52785
45Jul 17, '24“Term limits for the justices so that they don’t work into their dotage is an interesting flex for Biden” —hilarious coworker7.7×203k3k42472
46Jun 29, '24Chevron has been dead for 20 years. Not even cited by SCOTUS in 10 years. The main effect of this ruling will be that agencies can’t switch positions every 4 years, which will brin7.6×201k2.1k264117
47Jun 1, '24Nope. Nope. Nope. Nothing about this argument is legally or constitutionally sound.6.6×175k1.3k16425
48Feb 13, '25The Saturday Night Massacre was a proud moment in DOJ history. So is this.6.6×174k1.7k227133
50Oct 12, '23The “open air prison” people rarely mention that Gaza shares a border with Egypt. Or that Hamas wants Palestinian civilians to remain trapped in Gaza so they can use them as shield6.4×170k1.5k30235
51Jun 28, '24My main reaction to tonight’s debate: sadness.6.4×169k2.2k15720
52Mar 6, '25It’s a shame Wilson was a racist eugenicist because it really overshadows all the other ways he truly sucked.6.1×163k2.6k32986
53Oct 11, '24“If I had grown up a vegetarian artist in pre war Germany, I too may have come up with the final solution…”6.1×162k2.7k26798
54Jan 17, '25This is the sort of quiet lawlessness that defined Biden’s presidency.5.7×152k3.3k422125
55Jan 20, '25This should outrage Americans across the political spectrum Biden: Claiming he can ratify a 28th Amendment (the Equal Rights Amendment) through press release. Trump: Claiming he ca5.7×150k1.4k22369
56Mar 9, '22Let me fix that headline for you: *Government COVID policies* contribute to alarming decline in child literacy5.6×05.8k1.2k38
57Dec 8, '21This doesn’t bode well. “By the numbers: 5% of Republicans said they wouldn't be friends with someone from the opposite party, compared to 37% of Democrats.”5.5×02.3k561222
58Feb 14, '25What a letter from former acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon. Every DOJ lawyer—current and former—should be proud of what she stood for today, which was nothing less than the ru5.5×145k1.7k25868
59Jul 18, '24Lesson on the historical ash heap of isolation, protectionism and nativism of the 1920s. “Did it ever work for these people? No. It never does. But it might work for us.” —current 5.3×141k1.2k193203
60Mar 7, '25A president purporting to use the full force of the government to investigate lawyers and bar them from federal courthouses for representing causes/people he doesn’t like is bad. L5.3×140k1.9k438128
61Oct 26, '18We can confirm one person is in custody. We will hold a press conference at the Department of Justice at 2:30pm ET.4.9×03k1.6k5
62Feb 14, '25Question for every DOJ lawyer moving forward: Do you want to be remembered as a Sassoon or a Bove?4.8×128k1.4k17230
63Feb 19, '25In America, the law is king. —Thomas Paine, Common Sense4.7×125k1.3k13327
64Jul 10, '24Why are we just hearing about this now? …two years and a Democratic primary later?4.1×108k1.5k21141
65Jan 20, '25In which I argue Biden did more to undermine the rule of law than any president in history: Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, Bush, Obama, Trump (ok maybe he didn’t beat Wilson):4.0×107k1.5k268286
66Aug 26, '20Let's not forget...Pew Research found that of the fewer than 50 million US adults on Twitter only 6% of those Twitter users account for 73% of tweets about national politics. That 3.9×03.3k647250
67Dec 24, '20The Shallow State: We told ourselves that we were preventing greater harm to the country. But we obscured the reality of a Trump presidency from the public. We gave voters a false 3.9×02.1k642143
68Jun 28, '24The entire Biden campaign team committed malpractice by not being out there for a week resetting expectations. This is not spinable now.3.7×97k1.3k13035
69Nov 14, '24MAYBE STOP GIVING PRESIDENTS ALL THIS POWER!!!! Congress, do your job!3.6×95k1.2k11822
70Apr 11, '25Take it up with the Constitution. We don’t have a king. If there’s no political will to get something done in Congress, it must not be that popular. POTUS doesn’t get to make law.3.5×92k1.2k11435
71Jan 20, '25Carrie took the wheel3.5×92k1.8k12175
72Mar 2, '17Statement from Attorney General Sessions:3.4×01.5k9732
73Jun 28, '24So when Rob Hur flagged this issue 6 months ago, he was a partisan hack and liar. Now, it’s all true but also just has to be accepted bc it’s too late . 😡3.4×89k1.4k18730
74Jan 18, '25And we are supposed to believe that these people are the defenders of the rule of law?3.3×86k1.9k17823
75Jun 13, '20Meet Nate! #LilBrisketHasHair2.9×03.9k426
76Oct 24, '25A president punishes an ally for quoting Ronald Reagan. What are the odds the president would be a Republican?2.9×76k1.4k15715
77Jun 28, '24World leaders saw this debate.2.9×76k1.8k18325
78Nov 13, '24The person most excited about Gaetz for AG? Mike Johnson.2.8×75k1.3k6220
79Oct 11, '24Hi 👋2.8×75k1.2k3210
83Mar 29, '22Beware easy solutions under the guise of equity: Turned out getting rid of SAT/ACT advantaged wealthy and well connected kids who could ensure their applications stood out in other2.2×02.2k43861
84Dec 24, '24There’s a million reasons to cherish being an American, but Tom from the NORAD hotline telling my 4 year old that Santa is on his way—currently in Somalia—is definitely reason 1,002.2×58k1.3k6614
85Oct 18, '20This says a lot about what Cornyn’s internal polling must show re Trump’s performance in Texas.2.2×02.3k4218
86Feb 9, '21Wait..one of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys filed a lawsuit last year accusing Trump "of making 'repeated claims' that mail voting is ripe with fraud 'despite having no evid2.2×01.8k62334
87Oct 10, '16Saying you will criminally prosecute your political opponent when you win is a scary and dangerous threat.2.0×01.4k7440
88Apr 21, '22Wow! LA Times endorses a Republican. “Many Californians will balk at the idea of voting for a Republican…But one way to restore some sanity to the GOP is to elevate Republicans, li2.0×01.9k23544
89Nov 7, '22President Biden: “Two days until the most important election in our lifetime.” PLEASE STOP SAYING THIS! A) its not true B) it causes people to believe that their way of life and th1.9×02.1k16614
90Feb 27, '22Country leader tweets billionaire. Gets satellite internet in a warzone in under 10 hours. War has changed.1.8×02k27426
92Nov 3, '21Progressives are going to have a hard time maintaining their clout within the Democratic party after tonight. Set aside Virginia, Minneapolis rejecting progressive policy and Buffa1.6×01.7k24822
93Feb 12, '21Days after dropping the DOJ case against Yale University for discriminating against Asian Americans.1.5×01.5k31130
95Jan 7, '21Proud to have worked for Mitt Romney in 2008 and 2012. God bless our public servants like him.1.4×01.9k696
96Jan 11, '22Mitt Romney was the first person in history to vote to convict a president from his own party. To accuse him of cowering to his party or being part of some maga faction—as Biden im1.2×01.3k13421
97Feb 9, '21It cannot violate the constitutional prohibition against bills of attainder if it’s in the impeachment clause of the constitution!1.2×01.3k17414
98Feb 12, '21I cannot tell you how irrelevant the Brandenburg test is to impeachment in the Constitution.1.2×01.3k17510
99Feb 12, '21Can we just acknowledge: ITS DIFFERENT WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DOES IT1.1×01.3k1086
100Jul 25, '20My baby is looking a lot like @senatemajldr this morning. #ThanksForPlaying0.9×01.2k434
101Jun 26, '21Saturday night urgent care with the baby is when it really sinks in just how useless a law degree is.0.9×01.2k183

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