When Judge Boasberg rejects Pence’s meritless defense to this subpoena, as he should and almost certainly will, Pence needn’t file a foolish appeal just to prove his MAGA credentials. He’s done enough in that regard. Now he needs to show he’s law-abiding washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

A “city-killer” asteroid (2023 DZ2) will pass between the earth and the moon this weekend. But fear not: Even though big enough to wipe out a metropolis, the space rock will zoom by harmlessly about 100,000 miles away. You’ll be able to see it through binocs or via live webcast.

“Vitality, warmth and love radiated from him strongly and will shine on us even if the star that made it has been extinguished.” — from Israeli writer David Grossman’s 2006 eulogy for his son, Uri. The love and light that shine even after the star that made them goes dark.

“Now that the cracks in our society have been exposed, it is also apparent how brittle and false this so-called unity always was, and how hostile to one another the various constituents and their beliefs are.” Israel, yes. And perhaps America too? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Coup lawyering is even worse than mob lawyering. The coup-siglieri need to be drummed out of the profession if government under law is to survive. This means the Great Whites like Giuliani & Eastman — and the Hammerheads like Ken Chesebro. Sharks all! washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

A massive blow, for sure. But the final blow? Only in Trump’s dreams. As the always astute @JRubinBlogger of course knows, the indictments for plotting a coup and inciting a violent insurrection, although less straightforward to prove, will be by far the most devastating twitter.com/jrubinblogger/…

When Judge Boasberg rejects Pence’s meritless defense to this subpoena, as he should and almost certainly will, Pence needn’t file a foolish appeal just to prove his MAGA credentials. He’s done enough in that regard. Now he needs to show he’s law-abiding washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

After Trump performs his threatened citizen’s arrest on himself, he’ll no doubt plan a prospective self-pardon to take effect upon his intended oath-taking on January 20, 2025 . . newyorker.com/humor/borowitz…

“Spring temperatures are rising at Mar-a-Lago. A former president is sure to be feeling the heat.” Read this splendid account of the Corcoran smoking gun by @DennisAftergut 🔰 slate.com/news-and-polit…

Saturn, eat your heart out! twitter.com/MAstronomers/s…

First, “Let’s Corrupt All the Lawyers”: | Laurence H. Tribe | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia verdict.justia.com/2023/03/20/fir…

The Corcoran evidence seems likely to be the straw that breaks this elephant’s back. twitter.com/harrylitman/st…

“During Xi’s first decade in power, China’s GDP has risen from ½ to ¾ the size of the US economy. China has displaced the US as the world’s number one manufacturer & trading partner, and become a source of the most critical items in global supply chains.” ari.nus.edu.sg/app-essay-grah…

Saturn, eat your heart out! twitter.com/MAstronomers/s…

Finding the perfect excerpt from a @jorie_graham poem is a fool’s errand. Only the whole poem will suffice. So, dear reader: Read, please! newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

💥 twitter.com/charlie_savage…

And, sure nuff, DC Circuit just rejected Trump’s appeal 3-0, less than 10 hours after DOJ’s 6 am reply to Trump’s midnight opening brief was due! twitter.com/tribelaw/statu…

Informal rule for all-nighters: Judges who set schedules making them essential had better render their rulings within 24 hours of receiving all briefs twitter.com/harrylitman/st…

“I love this paper. Zeroing in on one extraordinarily famous individual — it feels a little bit like time travel,” said Robert C. Green, a medical geneticist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston  washingtonpost.com/science/2023/0…

I think Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is right that SCOTUS has been too willing to wipe lower court victories from the books just because it's too late to grant relief to the person whose rights were violated. This was 8-1, but I agree with the 1. msnbc.com/deadline-white…

“Much of the world is rightly denouncing Bush this week for the invasion of Iraq. But if we’re going to be honest in weighing history, we also have to credit him for saving 25 million lives and turning the tide of one of the worst epidemics in history.” nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opi…

Mr. Trump is an ordinary citizen. Indicting him for crimes when the facts & law warrant shouldn’t be seen as unprecedented, much less earth-shattering. What would shatter our legal system and the republic it sustains wd be to extend presidential immunity beyond his term of office

“In short, it is Mr. Trump who is asking for special treatment. But his former job does not and should not immunize him from the accountability that would be sought for anyone else.” nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opi…

Here’s my description on @MSNBC of the latest hot air balloon — this one from Trumplandia rather than China. Its premise: Having been president, Mr. Trump gets to pick his prosecutor and control her investigation. Hint: That’s not how our system works. msnbc.com/the-last-word/…

.@tribelaw and @DennisAftergut explain how lawyers can either defend against tyranny or facilitate it j.st/56b5

Worse yet, for Congress to harass a local prosecutor who is just enforcing state criminal laws violates core principles of federalism and state sovereignty in violation of the Tenth Amendment — more than slightly hypocritical for the former champions of state’s rights. twitter.com/danielsgoldman…

Profiles in Cowardice and Chaos: Portraits of the January 6th Inmates in the D.C. Jail justsecurity.org/85525/profiles…

The suspense builds . . . twitter.com/costareports/s…

Robert Costello, supposedly appearing in Bragg’s grand jury today at Trump’s request, has preciously represented Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon as well as Trump. What Trump’s lawyers hope to gain from having Costello attack Michael Cohen’s credibility in that forum is a mystery.

House Republicans are gathered at a luxury resort near Disney World where House Judiciary Chair JIM JORDAN (R-Ohio) & senior GOP leaders are preparing to demand testimony from members of Manhattan DA’s Office amid reports of an imminent Trump indictment. politico.com/newsletters/pl…