Eric Columbus

Senior editor @lawfare. More active on Bluesky than here. Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for @SpeakerPelosi @January6thCmte. Dad joker.

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

Last week, with the change in House control, I left a great job. I was Special Litigation Counsel in the House Office of General Counsel, litigating on behalf of Congressional committees and @SpeakerPelosi, and handling special projects. A long, self-indulgent thread follows. 1/

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@EWess92 Why do you think the White House nominated someone (Gaiser) whose sole Texas experience was a clerkship?

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@nytmike @ryanjreilly @nytmike @alanfeuer Maybe I misread but did I see only two no-bills mentioned in the article? What was the third besides the two voting cases?

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@jadler1969 Cotton also stood up re daylight saving time

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@Fritschner Scott and Andrew are identical? I couldn’t find any confirmation of that part online. Ditto for Murray.

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@joshgerstein Does Gaiser even have Texas ties besides having clerked for Edith Jones for one year? Is Cornyn ok with this? They need his blue slip.

[Grace Panetta @grace_panetta]

Just realized that the 7 major 2024 battleground states will all have Democratic governors next year and none will be white Christian men

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@AlecMacGillis Someone needs to work out precisely how many red miles it takes to drive between IA and KS

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

“If you just add 8,400 votes to Sen. Sullivan’s total from people who didn’t vote for him, Dan Sullivan would be ahead.”

[Lawfare @lawfare]

ICYMI on Lawfare Live: Benjamin Wittes, @mollylroberts, @rparloff, @EricColumbus, and @AnnaBower broke down the latest litigation over Trump administration policies, from the triumphal arch suit to Trump’s defamation suit against the WSJ.

https://t.co/yNQhzPLmPa

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@bpmckeon64 Stephen Miller is the Dick Cheney of the Trump administration: adept at working the bureaucracy, deeply committed to specific policies, and wholly indifferent to the political consequences.

Trump and Miller, in very different ways, couldn't care less about the fate of the GOP

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@derektmuller @LPDonovan Does bullet voting mean ranking only one person?

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@RobGeorge What is Darline, chopped liver?

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@aaaronson If possible it would be great if you could also post this stuff on bluesky!

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@aaaronson How could I forget👇👇

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

I have never been as jealous of someone else’s tweet as this one

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Classic mistake here - you've got to be more specific about which party you're getting 55 seats for. https://t.co/3nm6CJOU1M

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@BenjySarlin

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@SeanTrende Keep an eye on that last possibility

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

@KeithOlbermann @ClaraJeffery He was talking about murders in DC

[Chuck Schumer @chuckschumer]

This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens.

Senate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because we know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.