\nAmy Coney Barrett can’t or won’t name all five freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, she neglects to list the right to protest.#wednesdaywisdom<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/zsn1Sf9xtf<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
This term, Trump\u2019s Fox & Friends fighting fanatic pick for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was asked to cite the part of the Constitution that allows the President to flood a state with the National Guard without the governor\u2019s consent and he came up goose egg:<\/p>\n
\n \n\nBALDWIN: What is the authority that the administration is using to deploy active duty Marines to California neighborhoods?<\/p>\n
HEGSETH: The president has constitutional authority<\/p>\n
BALDWIN: Cite the provision of the Constitution<\/p>\n
HEGSETH: I’d have to pull up the specific provision pic.twitter.com\/Eq1djzwQFi<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
As shameful as it is for a Supreme Court judge to forget about the right to protest or for the Secretary of Defense to not know the conditions for deploying troops, things happen. Public speaking is scary enough before you factor in the flashing lights and high-profile questioning. Given some time and the opportunity to write things down, surely Trump\u2019s people would do a better job of justifying their bullshit:<\/p>\n
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Oh. <\/p>\n
Is Trump\u2019s legal team three undergrads in a trench coat? ChatGPT would have at least<\/em> made the attempt to hallucinate something under the table of authorities. And to make matters worse, their table of contents somehow has less<\/em> in it. <\/p>\n
Run on anti-intellectualist rhetoric and kick out\/force all of the competent lawyers to resign, and this is what you get.<\/p>\n
\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com<\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The post Trump\u2019s Half-Assed Lawyers Didn\u2019t Even Include A Table Of Authority When They Tried To Justify Flooding L.A. With Troops<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(image via iStock)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Quick question, what do you get when you drain the swamp and don\u2019t replace it with anything of value? Answer: [Insert Here].<\/p>\n
Trump has maintained a tradition of putting people who blank out when it comes to answering basic questions about the Constitution in power. His last Supreme Court justice pick made headlines for not recalling the right to protest<\/a>:<\/p>\n
This term, Trump\u2019s Fox & Friends fighting fanatic pick for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was asked to cite the part of the Constitution that allows the President to flood a state with the National Guard without the governor\u2019s consent and he came up goose egg:<\/p>\n
As shameful as it is for a Supreme Court judge to forget about the right to protest or for the Secretary of Defense to not know the conditions for deploying troops, things happen. Public speaking is scary enough before you factor in the flashing lights and high-profile questioning. Given some time and the opportunity to write things down, surely Trump\u2019s people would do a better job of justifying their bullshit:<\/p>\n
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Oh. <\/p>\n
Is Trump\u2019s legal team three undergrads in a trench coat? ChatGPT would have at least<\/em> made the attempt to hallucinate something under the table of authorities. And to make matters worse, their table of contents somehow has less<\/em> in it. <\/p>\n
Run on anti-intellectualist rhetoric and kick out\/force all of the competent lawyers to resign, and this is what you get.<\/p>\n
\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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