Campus Free Speech
ICE arrests Palestinian immigrant Mohsen Mahdawi at his citizenship test
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump said that he was going to take away visas from "antisemitic foreigners" on college campuses. But his first target, Mahmoud Khalil, is not a visa holder; he is a legal…
ICE retracts threat to stop illegal ‘ideas’ at the border
The Trump administration insists that its crackdown on pro-Palestinian students is not an attack on freedom of thought. "This is not about free speech. This is about people that don't have a right to be in the…
How Obama and Biden paved the way for Trump’s attacks on universities
President Donald Trump has been laying siege to Columbia University, canceling $400 million in federal grants to the elite school. In exchange for having funds restored, Columbia's administration has agreed to capitulate…
“The Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Hate Mail to Harvard,” by Prof. Genevieve Lakier (Chicago)
I've worked with Prof. Lakier on various projects recently, and have been much impressed with her analyses (as well as by her scholarship more generally). I'm therefore delighted to pass along her thoughts on the…
Columbia Students’ Lawsuit Potentially “Raises Serious Questions” Under the First Amendment
From Judge Arun Subramanian's order today in Khalil v. Trustees of Columbia Univ. (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiffs are students who say the federal government has unlawfully coerced Columbia University to suppress their protected…
Did wokeness and Trump kill literary satire?
Satire is a powerful force for political and cultural change. But is it even possible in a world that outstrips our imagination on a daily—or even hourly—basis? Today's guests are two young novelists who are redefining…
AFA Statement on Speech Rights of Foreign Nationals
After several high-profile examples of university students having their authorization to study in the United States revoked and of international scholars being turned away at the border, the Academic Freedom Alliance has…
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