Gerry Hebert

Civil rights lawyer for 49 years, including over 20 with USDOJ. Democracy guardian. Guitar playing grandfather of 10! Views my own.

[Gerry Hebert @GerryHebert]

So let's play the long game. McConnell played Power Politics to steal a SCOTUS appointment. When Democrats take back the Senate, they can vote to change the SCOTUS to 11 Members. Power politics can be sauce for the goose & the gander. https://t.co/2suSkNrKgY

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Listen carefully to the important problems President Biden is trying to solve and compare this to the toxicity being spewed by House Republicans.

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

Good time to re-up this. Thx to all of these individuals and many more.

[ACLU of Alabama @ACLUAlabama]

"The attempt to dismantle the Voting Rights Act piece-by-piece will not stop the much longer march toward justice."

JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist, our Executive Director, reflects on voting rights, Black History, and what's at stake for Alabamians in 2023. https://t.co/8CXbW7HaNw

[Sophia Lin Lakin @sophlin229]

Calling all rising 3Ls & young attys: The @ACLU voting team is sponsoring a Fall 2024 Fellow. Join us! Past & present fellows include: your truly, @emilyrongzhang @JonathanTopaz @ihaabsyed @samiosaki #KelseyMiller @casey_kcs! https://t.co/58nf14yN2d

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

A word on ⁦@RossDeuel⁩ who argued #AllenvMilligan: He’s an extraordinary civil rights litigator w/ encyclopedic expertise in voting rts & education. Meticulous, thoughtful & incisive is his approach, he’s also one of a handful of Black oralists b/4 SCOTUS in recent yrs. 1/2

[Janai Nelson @JNelsonLDF]

There's no work and certainly no victories w/o the courage & conviction of our clients. Salute to named plaintiffs Evan Milligan, Shalela Dowdy, Letetia Jackson, Khadidah Stone, GreaterBirmingham Ministries, and the AL State Conference of the NAACP for our win in #AllenvMilligan.

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

#BREAKING: The Senate has voted to confirm Natasha Merle to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. We enthusiastically congratulate our LDF colleague on her well-deserved and historic confirmation.
https://t.co/V5cHsyK7ZG

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

This has been bothering me (& apparently the rest of Twitter). Transformational leaders don't dog whistle like this. They learn from the past. But Haley doesn't want to be a leader, she just wants the status & power of the presidency, like too many other GOP candidates.

[Gerry Hebert @GerryHebert]

@LeslieProll Still hurting from one of the worst decisions in the history of SCOTUS.

[Leslie Proll @LeslieProll]

I was in SCOTUS for Shelby County ruling on June 25, 2013. Was seated between two voting rights veterans, Armand Derfner & @GerryHebert. Still remember gut punch I felt when John Roberts began reading from his opinion & we realized what he had done. Just devastating. #ShelbyAt10

[Common Cause @CommonCause]

Accessible voting is a fundamental right.

“We should be creative, and we should accommodate the needs of every community to open up the democratic process. We should make it easy and accessible for every citizen to participate.” – Representative John Lewis

[Lone Star Project @lsptex]

Few politicians have done more damage to Texans over the past decade than @DanPatrick. But if you're watching his press conference happening now, you're seeing world-class bullshitter take the sitting governor & the Speaker of the House apart. #txlege

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Biden just now to a crowd of union workers: “If the investment bankers in this country went on strike tomorrow, no one would much notice. But if this room didn't show up for work, the whole country would come to a grinding halt. So tell me, who matters more in America?”

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

Today, I can state with confidence:

We will have I-95 open within the next two weeks.

We are going to get traffic moving again — thanks to the extraordinary efforts of our incredible union trade workers and our all hands on deck approach.

[Soledad O'Brien @soledadobrien]

Horrible horrible person.

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Jay Monahan, Commissioner of the PGA TOUR, using 9/11 to shame players last year for taking life changing money from LIV…

Now, he has no problem with the money and merges LIV Golf with the PGA. Disgusting.

[Gerry Hebert @GerryHebert]

Not fired. Voters in Wyoming who believe the big lie and failed to understand how the insurrectionists were attacking our democracy don’t like being called out for their support traitors to the United States and the rule of law. @Liz_Cheney = true patriot.

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

@Liz_Cheney Losing by 40 points in your primary means - you’re fired and we don’t give AF what you have to say about anything.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Any candidate who says they will pardon Jan. 6 defendants is not qualified to be President.