I talked with Noah Feldman about the role of the university in political and social action, and about the feasibility and advisability of 'institutional neutrality.' Latest episode of War & Speech, just posted. buzzsprout.com/2087831/151934…

I talked with Noah Feldman about the role of the university in political and social action, and about the feasibility and advisability of 'institutional neutrality.' Latest episode of War & Speech, just posted. buzzsprout.com/2087831/151934…

This is buried towards the end of the AP story but it’s really terrible. And it’s consistent with what we heard from some of the Harvard Law Review editors, too. apnews.com/article/columb…

This is a crazy, disturbing story. I would like to know more about the purported procedural irregularities, but nuking the website is a drastic, extraordinary step that requires much more justification than has been supplied by the directors thus far. theintercept.com/2024/06/03/col…

6/15 DEADLINE: Submit a statement of interest to participate in Knight First Amendment Institute’s fall convening with Senior Policy Research Fellow Olivier Sylvain, “Free Speech and Consumer Protection in the Era of Commercial Surveillance.' Details here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

Like Voltaire said, we may not agree with what you have to say, but we will defend to the death your right to say it, unless you are standing alone in the middle of a public square wearing a keffiyeh, in which case you will be arrested for participating in an illegal protest.

Thanks to Columbia University for plugging 'War & Speech,' Knight First Amendment Institute's podcast exploring the free speech fallout of the war in Israel and Gaza. knightcolumbia.org/content/views-…

It's great to see a bunch of new faces join the criminal justice reform effort this week.

I’m not a fan of the NRA but the principle reaffirmed in this case is vital to our democracy. I hope the Trump-appointed judges who are refusing to hire clerks from Columbia as a means of coercing Columbia to suppress student protests will read it carefully.

'We built these universities from tents. And from tents, with the support of our friends, we will rebuild them once again.'

Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world aje.io/08arr7 via Al Jazeera English

DUE FRIDAY 5/31: Submit abstracts and statements of interest to participate in Knight First Amendment Institute's 10/18 symposium, 'Regardless of Frontiers: The First Amendment and the Exchange of Ideas Across Borders.' Learn more here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

My latest: Don't Go to War with the ICC, in Foreign Affairs

foreignaffairs.com/israel/dont-go…

New Knight First Amendment Institute project on the free exchange of information and ideas across borders--a topic that sits at the intersection of free speech, migration, national security, and new technology. Symposium in October; proposals due next week. Please apply! knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

When one group's call for justice or liberation is heard by another group as a call for violence, whose perspective should count--the speakers' or the listeners'? (From the new episode of Knight First Amendment Institute's War & Speech, just posted.)

We are very lucky that the two original drafters of Section 230 are available and willing to talk about what it was intended to mean and to do. It’s the equivalent of being able to ask James Madison what he meant by “abridging the freedom of speech”

When one group's call for justice or liberation is heard by another group as a call for violence, whose perspective should count--the speakers' or the listeners'? (From the new episode of Knight First Amendment Institute's War & Speech, just posted.)

Thanks to Jameel Jaffer for hosting a great conversation about campus protests, free speech, and anti-discrimination law. Meanwhile, I'll have a new column tomorrow on Justia Verdict following up on an issue we discussed near the end: disciplinary leniency for civil disobedience.

Thanks to Dorf on Law for talking with me about anti-discrimination law, free speech, and the protests on campus. New episode of War & Speech, just posted. Knight First Amendment Institute buzzsprout.com/2087831/151121…