"This is a former president who has Secret Service protection. I get it, but you know what? If we can put a man on the moon, we can put Donald #Trump in a jail"--@JudgeCordell in THE BACK ROOM on the sentencing challenges for #JudgeMerchan. This & more here: https://t.co/P55VTwKS8G
Big thanks to my friend and SCOTUS maven @Dahlialithwick for posting my recent @Slate article. It's an eye-opener about how the Supermajority is intent on destroying our bedrock criminal justice legal principles. https://t.co/LseRxThmQ1
NEW EPISODE ALERT! https://t.co/m8KDmKwtRP Thank you to our special guests: @AEI Norman Ornstein, @MSULaw Catherine Grosso, The Honorable LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, @redbull Simon Keshishian and Wicker Smith Mandi Karvis
I've recently been on CNN @kaitlancollins (The Source with Kaitlan Collins) and MSNBC @chrislhayes (All In With Chris Hayes) & @MedhiRHasan (Medhi Hasan Show). If you'd like to see videos of those segments, you can watch all of them on my website here: https://t.co/jmTi7tLIkV
Thank you to retired Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell for supporting AB1306, The Home Act, which aims to #StopICETransfers from CDCR to ICE under already passed criminal justice reforms.
We are on the side of justice.
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.@judgecordell isn’t surprised by the GOP’s anti-democratic attacks on the judiciary. She tells @MehdiRHasan what we’re witnessing is “Reconstruction Redux.”
From @judgecordell on #SB94: "...this bill embodies the belief of many Californians that our prison system can truly rehabilitate some of those confined behind bars. I am one of those believers." Read more here: https://t.co/FDZlUhs3CV
Donald Trump is continuing to make veiled threats over the prospect of him serving jail time. @judgecordell tells @MehdiRHasan, "no judge should take this sitting down or quietly when he makes statements like this."
Let's right this horrible wrong---please sign this petition to exonerate the Port Chicago 50. A resolution to exonerate them is before the Senate. Be an Upstander for Justice simply by signing your name! https://t.co/jDvFlQVWDm
If you are ever in downtown San Jose, you might want to check out this mural by @ theelbaraquel depicting K.Cordova (Exe. Dir. of Recovery Cafe); and me. Still up, since March 2022. Walk past the SJ Museum of Art to N.First Street, turn the corner and there it is! #herhonorbook
State court judges have power over our lives, so when they are on the ballot, why don't we know anything about them. I weigh in on this on NPR's @TheTakeaway Listen, learn and vote! #Vote#herhonorbook https://t.co/EIWs52oaKX
These arrived at my door---100+ copies of my book Her Honor that will be given as gifts to attendees of the Billy DeFrank Center's 40th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, 10/22 in San Jose, CA. Join us and learn about Billy DeFrank, a brave LGBTQ Afr. Am. #billydefrank#stopthehate
Elizabeth Holmes might be pregnant again. Guess she saw the 1963 Italian movie "Yesterday,Today & Tomorrow" where a woman (played by Sophia Loren) stayed pregnant (7 kids in 8 years) to avoid going to prison. #SchemingLiz#DoTheCrimeDoTheTime#PregnantAgain
BIG thanks to NYT bestselling author and community activist Julie Lythcott-Haims for her shout-out for Her Honor! It's out in paperback and will make wonderful holiday gifts. Read it, learn and spread the word about Her Honor. Onward! #herhonorbook#celadon
Her Honor has been nominated for an award by the 41st Annual Northern California Book Awards in the category of creative nonfiction! Winners to be announced Sept. 11th @ SF Main Library. #herhonorbook#celadonbooks
For more info about the awards program: https://t.co/4XiISMYA4g