I'm 93 years old & graduated Yale in '55. I had a long career with @nytimes.com, where I served as VP & GC & led the defense in landmark cases, including NYT v. Sullivan & the Pentagon papers. The rule in a dispute w/ Donald Trump has long been simple: Never settle. yaledailynews.com/articles/nev...

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Big eyes 👀

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will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce.

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steve is concerned with the implications of all of this for the judiciary but, with all genuine respect, i really think that one has to approach this as a problem of game theory

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strategic political capture of the court has, for 40 years, been a one-way ratchet. among other things, this has inculcated a sense among conservatives that they can act with virtual impunity. showing them that their opponents will play hardball is a necessary first step toward a better status quo.

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