John Q. Barrett
@johnqbarrett.bsky.social
Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law,
St. John's University, NYC.
Robert H. Jackson Center.
Jackson biographer.
Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure,
Legal History, Nuremberg, SCOTUS.
Iran-Contra & DOJ alum.
Wisconsin native.
#JacksonList
St. John's University, NYC.
Robert H. Jackson Center.
Jackson biographer.
Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure,
Legal History, Nuremberg, SCOTUS.
Iran-Contra & DOJ alum.
Wisconsin native.
#JacksonList
November 25, 1986: President Reagan, then AG Meese, disclosing discovery of the diversion of funds.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
November 25, 1986: President Reagan, then AG Meese, disclosing discovery of the diversion of funds.
Bretton Sciaroni provided some legal advice to NSC staff during Iran-Contra. (His advice concerned the legality of U.S. aid to Nicaraguan Contras, not the legality of the diverting to that endeavor the proceeds from selling arms to Iran--this obit has that wrong.)
www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/w...
Bretton Sciaroni, Influential American in Cambodia, Dies at 69 (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Bretton Sciaroni provided some legal advice to NSC staff during Iran-Contra. (His advice concerned the legality of U.S. aid to Nicaraguan Contras, not the legality of the diverting to that endeavor the proceeds from selling arms to Iran--this obit has that wrong.)
www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/w...
It was all here, nine years ago, when Trump’s only answer when Clinton called out his puppet behavior for Russia was to accuse her….
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVW...
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVW...
Trump to Clinton: 'No, You're the Puppet'
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It was all here, nine years ago, when Trump’s only answer when Clinton called out his puppet behavior for Russia was to accuse her….
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVW...
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVW...
(Background to this joke, if you’re not familiar with this USAO gone nuts:)
bsky.app/profile/anna...
bsky.app/profile/anna...
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
(Background to this joke, if you’re not familiar with this USAO gone nuts:)
bsky.app/profile/anna...
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Very strong words. And that they come from Andrew Nagorski makes them a book review to heed.
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Very strong words. And that they come from Andrew Nagorski makes them a book review to heed.
Happy Birthday!
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy Birthday!
Better, because accurate history, yes on one of the subsequent U.S. trials:
“Judgment at Nuremberg.”
“Judgment at Nuremberg.”
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Better, because accurate history, yes on one of the subsequent U.S. trials:
“Judgment at Nuremberg.”
“Judgment at Nuremberg.”
* …from any investig’n of former client Reid Hoffman
* made a little, silly political noise on TV to buy time to think & manage actual law enforcement?
* won’t seek nonsense/illegal charges?
* thus will in time be fired?
* which could happen soon(er), if he gets an order to act illegally & refuses.
* made a little, silly political noise on TV to buy time to think & manage actual law enforcement?
* won’t seek nonsense/illegal charges?
* thus will in time be fired?
* which could happen soon(er), if he gets an order to act illegally & refuses.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
* …from any investig’n of former client Reid Hoffman
* made a little, silly political noise on TV to buy time to think & manage actual law enforcement?
* won’t seek nonsense/illegal charges?
* thus will in time be fired?
* which could happen soon(er), if he gets an order to act illegally & refuses.
* made a little, silly political noise on TV to buy time to think & manage actual law enforcement?
* won’t seek nonsense/illegal charges?
* thus will in time be fired?
* which could happen soon(er), if he gets an order to act illegally & refuses.
"Destroy[ing]" people has, especially in the context of recalling 20th century German Nazis, awful connotations. I take it that you mean that we must expose and defeat them, with speech and press, and politically, and with, when they have committed crimes, fair criminal law enforcement. Amen.
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Destroy[ing]" people has, especially in the context of recalling 20th century German Nazis, awful connotations. I take it that you mean that we must expose and defeat them, with speech and press, and politically, and with, when they have committed crimes, fair criminal law enforcement. Amen.