New essay by Profs. @ashanor.bsky.social and @serenamayeri.bsky.social, counting the many ways Trump's proposed "compact" for higher ed violates the Constitution (inc. the First Am., separation of powers, spending power, equal protection, due process): knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...

Elmo’s LinkedIn update has me 😫

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

“I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves, or who come from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of life and ideas!” - Pope Francis. May he rest in peace, and his message endure.

Trump & his lawyers rely on the 14th Amendment's treatment of Native people to redefine birthright citizenship. In our Essay coming out in the NYU Law Review Online, Greg Ablavsky & I show how wrong that argument is. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

NEW: @evanbernick.bsky.social, @paulgowder.bsky.social, and I have an updated draft of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings" (forthcoming Cornell L. Rev. Online), including new critiques of Lash and recent comments from Barnett/Wurman. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Tax ppl can speak to the statutory and regulatory questions. But as a 1st Amendment person, I can tell you that this is wildly lawless as a constitutional matter. Govt subsidies & exemptions are not free-for-alls to impose viewpoint based restrictions. Plus this is a nesting doll of violations - 1/2

Coinciding with it's "No" letter Harvard has refashioned its university homepage into essentially an advertisement for the social benefits of university research. This is the current front page.

The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law. VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist. verfassungsblog.de/education-de...

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.