.The University of Chicago really showing the benefits of having clear principals around speech

Wonderful piece. A lot here applies to constitutional theory as well—much more depends on the temperate of the theorist/judge (whether they're an order muppet or a chaos muppet, to borrow Dahlia Lithwick's wonderful distinction) than anything else.

Every campus is different, but one lesson I draw from recent student protests is that most universities that want to enforce rules should do so first with school discipline of their students—various kinds of suspensions, even expulsion—instead of police action.

Chemerinsky: 'Anti-Semitism is not taken as seriously as other kinds of prejudice.' 'A plainly anti-Semitic poster received just a handful of complaints from Jewish staff and students' reason.com/volokh/2024/04…

'The attempt to cast Jews and Judaism out from the public square—or make Jews extremely uncomfortable inside the public square—has spread far beyond the college quad. And the statistics unambiguously say the same.'

Read more from Seth Mandel 👉 lttr.ai/AR7OO

Huge downsides: 1) Constricting honest discourse even further on campuses where speech policing is already out of hand, 2) Additional staff who, as DEI illustrates, will start expanding its powers, pushing higher education further away from its core mission.

On April 25, SCOTUS heard Trump's presidential immunity appeal.
Matt Gluck, Hyemin, Quinta Jurecic, Natalie Orpett, Roger Parloff, @arozenshtein analyzed how each justice approached immunity and the impact the Court’s decision will have on the Jan. 6 case. lawfaremedia.org/article/for-th…

Columbia University is in an impossible situation in part because of a legal gray area created by non discrimination law.

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Today's Lawfare Daily is a live conversation with Natalie Orpett, Quinta Jurecic, Roger Parloff, and Alan Rozenshtein about the Supreme Court oral arguments on former Trump's presidential immunity claim. lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfar…

'Hypocrisy projection, civil disobedience @ Columbia University & beyond, & how Texas got it wrong: 8 key things to understand about the cacophony on campus.' My latest piece for ERI on the recent chaos gripping colleges. (Link in bio!)

As the immunity argument continues to spin out of control, I'll just re-up the argument I made in Lawfare for absolute immunity for a small core of presidential powers and qualified immunity/normal criminal liability for everything else. lawfaremedia.org/article/correc…

At 1:30 pm ET, Natalie Orpett will sit down with Quinta Jurecic, Roger Parloff, and Alan Rozenshtein to discuss the oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Trump v. U.S., former President Trump's appeal of the D.C. Circuit's rejection of his presidential immunity claim. lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfar…

'Bragg’s legal theory is genuinely tangled—though the district attorney’s office is doing its best to clarify matters.'
Quinta Jurecic takes a deep dive into New York State law to explain the legal mechanics underlying DA Alvin Bragg's case against Trump. lawfaremedia.org/article/charti…

… Roger Parloff Quinta Jurecic Alan Rozenshtein Natalie Orpett are recording a debrief podcast right after arguments end, at 1pm. Watch their livestream here: lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfar…

Hello from First Street, where the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in former president Donald Trump’s presidential immunity appeal (Trump v. U.S.) this morning.

I'm in attendance for @Lawfare. No electronics in the courtroom, but Lawfare Senior Editors…

It's increasingly clear that FIRE is by far the most trustworthy source of information on what's happening with the various campus protests. A testament to their unrivaled institutional integrity on speech issues.

Limits on foreign ownership have been a part of federal communications policy for more than a century. Rupert Murdoch even had to become an American to avoid FCC rules banning foreign owners of tv networks based on the twin fears of espionage & propaganda.
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New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids

And we're off to the races! Depending on when Biden signs the bill, I wouldn't be surprised if TikTok sues to block the law by the end of the week.