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26 Jan 2022, 1:01 pm
I have an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the controversy surrounding Professor Amy Wax at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [read post]
16 Jul 2023, 8:44 am
I am pleased to see that my latest article on the efforts of state legislatures to restrict what ideas professors can endorse in the classroom has now been published. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 7:28 am
[A new statement worth reading for those concerned with academia] A group of scholars interested in free inquiry and the future of higher education met in Princeton last spring and began a conversation about what principles ought to guide a well-functioning scholarly institution dedicated to the mission of the preservation and advancement of knowledge. [read post]
18 Feb 2022, 1:53 pm
[The lieutenant governor of Texas elevates the idea of ending tenure at public universities] Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick held a press conference today to respond to the Faculty Council of the University of Texas, which recently passed a resolution reemphasizing the importance of academic freedom at the university and denouncing political interventions in the university curriculum. [read post]
30 May 2020, 1:03 pm
Chief Justice Roberts issued an unusual concurring opinion last night to the Court's denial of injunctive relief to churches objecting to California Governor Newsom's public health orders. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 4:30 am
[Campus administratve unit crosses a line in campaign to shame a sitting member of the faculty] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to Princeton University calling on the university to reaffirm the academic freedom of classics professor Joshua Katz. [read post]
28 Feb 2022, 3:50 pm
[The AFA calls on Concordia University Wisconsin to recognize the academic freedom of Prof. [read post]
20 Dec 2022, 11:05 am
[District court's opinion in Gruber v. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 2:24 pm
Today was independence day, in a manner of speaking. [read post]
5 Oct 2021, 5:30 am
[What should you do if the mob tries to cancel you?] [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 2:25 pm
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has posted a faculty letter in support of Stephen Kershnar, the philosophy professor currently barred from the SUNY Fredonia campus for publicly engaging in a philosophical discussion of the immorality of sexual acts between children and adults. [read post]
1 Dec 2021, 7:26 am
[Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes UIC for its treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn] Nearly a year ago, University of Illinois at Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn came under criticism from students, administrators and colleagues for including a hypothetical on his civil procedure exam involving an individual telling an investigating lawyer that former co-workers "expressed their anger at Plaintiff, calling her a "n____" and "b____" (profane expressions for African… [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 8:47 am
[English professor threatened with discipline for reading aloud from Randall Kennedy's article on the n-word] The Academic Freedom Alliance has released a public letter to the University of Rochester objecting to the treatment of an English professor there. [read post]
16 Oct 2023, 10:18 am
After spending more than two decades in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, I'm pleased to announce that I will joining the faculty of Yale Law School in the fall of 2024. [read post]
25 Apr 2022, 8:05 am
[Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.] [read post]
20 Jan 2021, 5:00 am
[The First Amendment should not be a viable defense in an impeachment trial] There has been an active debate on the pages of the Volokh Conspiracy over whether the First Amendment should be understood to give President Trump any shelter from the article of impeachment adopted by the House of Representatives in the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 5:06 am
[A poorly drafted and conceptually ambitious upending of norms of state university independence] Over in Chronicle of Higher Education, I have a new piece examining HB 999 in the Florida legislature and its implications for the future of Republican politics around higher education. [read post]
27 Mar 2023, 12:27 pm
An English professor at Wayne State University apparently had an overheated reaction to the fiasco at Stanford Law School. [read post]
10 Mar 2021, 11:31 am
[Learn about the AFA and bring your questions] The Academic Freedom Alliance is a new, cross-ideological faculty group founded to defend professors whose academic freedom and free rights are under threat. [read post]
12 Oct 2020, 6:53 am
At the New York Times, I have a new piece about Professor Amy Coney Barrett's writings on precedent and stare decisis. [read post]
