Listen to U.S. chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson's closing statement at Nuremberg, the post-World War II trial of the top Nazi war criminals. Justice Jackson delivered his two-hour address to the court on July 26, 1946--80 years ago this weekend.

E. Jean Carroll, I’m sorry that you suffered these assaults, physical, then verbal, by Donald Trump. Thank you for seeking legal recourse, and to you and your lawyers for winning it. We call it “the justice system.” Sometimes, such as here, it lives up to its name. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social

Will a State soon legislate that a person who has terminated a pregnancy may not be licensed by its courts to practice law? (The Texas Republican Party is urging TX government to revoke medical licenses of such doctors.) @americanbar.org #NYSBA #abortion

On this date in 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy (NY), moments after claiming victory in California's Democratic Party presidential primary, was shot. He died the next day. He was 42 years old. This was RFK at his home, Hickory Hill, in McLean, Virginia, a month earlier.

Thank you, Benjamin Wittes & all who are working to get the U.S. Department of Justice back to law-abiding and law-enforcing. (And hey, your laser hit my former Main Justice office window.) @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org

4/6: The Justices of the Supreme Court decided the Brown cases correctly. That did not and does not make the Justices heroes. But they did, in making those unanimous decisions, do their jobs well.

3/6: The other heroes of Brown were the lawyers, led by Thurgood Marshall, who represented the plaintiffs and won their cases fighting for constitutional equality. @legaldefensefund.bsky.social

2/6: The five "Brown" cases had two groups of heroes. One was the plaintiff Black parents and their children, who government had disdained and pushed down, in schools and for their lives.

It was a surprise and pleasure to sit down today on this Madison Square Park bench—a beautiful NYC spot—and find that it is a gift in memory of Dorothy Rodham from her loved ones. Thank you, HRC @hillaryclinton.bsky.social & all.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the President may not initiate war; the power to declare war belongs to Congress (Art. I.8.11). This was President Woodrow Wilson on April 6, 1917, asking a joint session of Congress to declare war on Germany (and both houses of Congress then did so). #OTD

Remembering the late Howard Triest, born March 29, 1923. He was a German Jew, a refugee, an immigrant to the U.S., an American soldier, and, in 1945-1946, interpreter at Nuremberg for U.S. psychiatrists Drs. Douglas Kelley and Leon Goldensohn, who interviewed Nazi defendants in their prison cells.

New Yorkers: Join us tomorrow at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan for this conference on "Writing Legal Lives," which will be great and fun. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Eid Mubarak. In the Bernstein Solarium. Welcoming, diverse, beautiful. @stjohnslaw.bsky.social

Remembering Nuremberg prosecutor and world law architect Benjamin B. Ferencz, who was born on this date in 1920. Hearing his voice deploring every aggressive war.

March 4, 1933, United States greatness: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administers the presidential oath to Franklin D. Roosevelt. @scotushistory.bsky.social @rooseveltinstitute.org

King Charles the impressive: I am not the head of a crime family.

Blush. And more. As in emulating U.S. chief prosecutor—and former U.S. Attorney General—Justice Robert H. Jackson, who said this in his opening statement at Nuremberg: “the defendant Hans Frank, a lawyer by profession, I blush to say,….”

Watch the Super Bowl—enjoy. But don’t forget to contemplate the greatest of the name on the trophy: Lombardi. Here’s Jerry Kramer in Distant Replay, interviewing Herb Adderly. @nflbluesky.bsky.social @greenbaypackers.bsky.social

Here's 1945 "Nuremberg trial" Christmas card -- military policemen angels, holding a candle that casts light on the dark world. Peace, law, and light, all!

A DOJ-released photo of Jeffrey Epstein, redacted to conceal a known/possible victim of crime, likely sexual assault. Such Epstein- & ?-protecting over-redacting is illegal. The law permits withholding "personal information of victims." That would be face, maybe more. But should show silhouette,...

A week ago, I watched "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues"--genius, & apologies to my airplane mates for my laughing aloud, a lot. Now I'm in my office in Queens, where "Michael Stivic" lived with Gloria, Archie & Edith & taught kid-me so much (& generated so many more laughs). Thank you, Rob Reiner.

November 25, 1986: President Reagan, then AG Meese, disclosing discovery of the diversion of funds.

Meanwhile, on this evening eighty years ago in Oxford... Professor J.R.R. Tolkien's and Mrs. Edith Tolkien's invitation to a 21st birthday party for their son, Christopher John Reuel Tolkien.

Congratulations, thank you, and every good wish, NYC Mayor-elect Zorhan Mamdani!

Use your vote. Every time. But only when there are elections.

Thanks, Twin Cities hosts/friends. It was an honor to lecture on Oct. 28 at the Harold C. Deutsch World War II Round Table (with Dr. Connie Harris & Senator Rudy Boschwitz), and at a Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota & the Dakotas meeting, re Robert H. Jackson & the Nuremberg trials.

LaGuardia Terminal C. Wow & kudos if this was someone’s decision to avoid using an unadorned “88.” And if some other reason caused this gate-naming decision, still how great/lucky. @deltaairways.bsky.social #ADL #anti-Hitler

Like this is hard? — Mom, Donny. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social