Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

This week, tornadoes, celebrations, and Alasdair MacIntyre reminded me that rather than simply shaking our fists at the institutions we don’t control, we have an opportunity to shape some of the ones around us even as they continue to shape us. johninazu.substack.com/p/tornadoes-...

President Trump's threat against Harvard's tax-exempt status is antithetical to the pluralism necessary to sustain a diverse democracy. johninazu.substack.com/p/confident-...

BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.

I joined a number of my WashU Law colleagues in a letter conveying that “more than at any other time in our careers, we believe that the rule of law is facing grave peril.” This post explains my reasons for signing. johninazu.substack.com/p/the-rule-o...

Here is the text of the talk I gave last week at Duke. I discussed some of the lessons I learned at Duke and some of the ways that I hope Duke can maintain its pluralistic and educational aspirations in the midst of mounting challenges to higher education. johninazu.substack.com/p/pluralism-...

The specific quote from General John DeWitt, justifying Japanese internment: “The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken.”

A super important piece by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

This "immediate cancellation" violates the law. If the Admin thinks Columbia has violated Title VI by being deliberately indifferent to antisemitic harassment, it has to give Columbia a chance for a hearing first, make findings on the record, & wait 30 days. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Congratulations to Eric Muller @elmunc.bsky.social on his new book: Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps, on the US government lawyers who worked at internment camps. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

“Celebrating a murder and turning an accused killer into a sex symbol and a cult hero, a modern-day Robin Hood, requires an astonishing level of dehumanization,” writes @peter-wehner.bsky.social:

It’s been a while since I’ve had this comfort food (en route to a conference at Wake Forest).

Last week's GMA3 interview on Learning to Disagree and how to handle conflict over the holidays: abcnews.go.com/GMA/GMA3/vid...

Here is the video of my recent interview with Barb Hagerty and Ben Spencer at WashU Law. Ben has such a poweful story and Barb had helped bring it to a larger audience through her excelllent new book: m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1W4...

This was fun! johninazu.substack.com/p/its-not-to...

Excited to celebrate the launch of WashU Law’s new veterans clinic: www.stlpr.org/education/20...