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February 11, 2025

It’s Happening Here: The Trump-Musk illegal coup of the federal government

Join The Court of History for a webinar on the illegalities of the Trump administration’s first weeks in office.

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Join the Court of History and Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA, House Judiciary) for an in-depth discussion of the myriad constitutional violations and statutory illegalities of the Trump administration’s first weeks in power.

When: February 18, 2025 from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. EST.

Where: Online. RSVP for Zoom link.


Meet our panelists:

Rep. Eric Swalwell, House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Swalwell currently serves on the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees. Formerly, he led the Hate Crimes Unit as a prosecutor in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

Bradley P. Moss, attorney for the John and Jane Doe FBI agents specializing in matters relating to national security, federal employment and security clearance law, and the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act.

Stephen I. Vladeck is a nationally recognized expert on the federal courts; the Supreme Court; national security law; and military justice. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and
Undermine the Republic.
”

Sidney Blumenthal is the co-chair of The Court of History. He is the former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln, is a member of the board of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, a columnist for The Guardian, former staff writer for The Washington Post, The New Republic and The New Yorker, and the author of The Permanent Campaign and The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, among other books.

Sean Wilentz is the co-chair of The Court of History. He is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. His books have won, among other awards, the Bancroft Prize, and he also contributes work across the length and breadth of American journalism, from the New York Times to Rolling Stone to the New York Review of Books.

Panelists will speak and attendees will be invited to submit questions for Q&A. This online conference will be recorded and posted online.

A Zoom link will be sent to you upon registration.

Please RSVP at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BXzgF2ToSQWbDpqD-sq5qw


Relevant documents:

Donald Trump has become master of the US Senate by Sidney Blumenthal

Class action complaint in the FBI Agents Association lawsuit against DOJ

The Clear and Present Danger by Sean Wilentz

The Thursday Night Massacre(s) by Steve Vladeck

Rep. Eric Swalwell on the Eric Adams/DOJ scandal

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