open.substack.com/pub/bradwend.... Worth a read

Lost opportunity to put "falsely shouting" right there in the headline www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Ok, yes. I added a new slide for my con law class tomorrow on commander in chief authority over the conduct of war

Available instantly on kindle, in case you’re in a hurry The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/0gWO8Rie

Sauer is often dealt a poor hand by his boss, but he's a pretty impressive advocate

If TV courtroom dramas have taught me anything, it is that people can jump up from their seats in the gallery and interject whenever they want. Which could be fun.

Post below has description and link to new draft paper on the original meaning of "subject to the jurisdiction" as language was used in American legal discourse in the mid-nineteenth century. All evidence of pre-14th Amendment usage is clear and consistent with the conventional reading

I have created a new personal website with information about my public commentary, scholarship, and teaching, as well as useful data and materials relating to American constitutional, political, and intellectual history. It can be found at keithewhittington.com/index.html

Ah, that one weird trick

Thus has it always been, and thus shall it ever be

Red state politicians working hard to kill their institutions of higher education www.oudaily.com/news/oklahom...

Looking forward to hosting this event at the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Yale law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...

My latest on birthright citizenship in The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social thedispatch.com/article/birt...

Sometimes it seems like certain individuals do not even bother reading the stuff they are criticizing, let alone accurately describe it or investigate the basis of its claims

Two amicus briefs I enjoyed reading in support of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court: @kewhittington.bsky.social’s: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @evanbernick.bsky.social and @jedshug.bsky.social’s: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... I highly recommend them if y’all have time.

this week on The Broadside from @wunc.org, the battle for academic freedom, and what it might mean for higher ed in North Carolina—and across the country. featuring reporting from WUNC News’ @batkinson2501.bsky.social & analysis from legal scholar Keith Whittington www.wunc.org/podcast/the-...

"Trump can have his rallies. There is no obligation for anyone to attend one." | Keith E. Whittington https://thedispatch.com/article/state-of-the-union-congress-woodrow-wilson/

New from me. The justices should stay home. thedispatch.com/article/stat...

Intro state university courses now treated like k-12 classes, complete with state issued textbook and instructor's manual www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

In case you missed it, webinar from the Federalist Society w/ Ilan Wurman and me on meaning of birthright citizenship rule www.youtube.com/live/PS0F_PN...

My paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published

Honored to be delivering the Barrett Lecture today at @ucdavislaw.bsky.social on whether the president has a constitutional power to refuse to spend congressional appropriations (a constitutionally based impoundment power)

“You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms... I’ll get impeached.” Get ready www.amazon.com/Impeachment-...

Texas schools just continually beclowning themselves to satisfy the politicians

From @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social Subtitle about sums it up: Executive branch precedents can be garnered to support the action—which does not, of course, mean that it is lawful. www.execfunctions.org/p/on-the-leg...

Have we moved on from rugged individualism discourse, because I've got a plug

Had to be done eventually. New syllabus for new class. Advanced Constitutional Law: Federalism and Separation of Powers

Is the congressional power to authorize war part of the “Constitution in exile”? Maybe so, but I’m going to teach it anyway

Latest episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast featuring @genevievelakier.bsky.social discussing the Trump administration's Compact & approach to higher education reform now available at www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qq7fw-...

Some reading given the Court’s docket papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Published back in March but perhaps of renewed interest Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort thedispatch.com/article/trum...

Proposed revision of Texas A&M system policy 08.01 poses significant risks to academic freedom, back to early 20th century fights over presidents vetoing course materials that offend political sensibilities

70% off paperback until end of October Speak Freely | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

This holds up www.lawfaremedia.org/article/time...

Do you or your students want to think through the complexities of academic freedom and government speech at public universities? I have something for you www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Tea...

The next national faculty FedSoc annual conference will be electric, as the kids say these days

Two new items from me today on the Trump administration's new Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

New article now available

For some reason the Trump cert petition did not cite my piece, but figure it might become relevant papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Yet another no good, very bad day for the Constitution www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

My conversation w/ @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social on whether Trump is a reconstructive president and what that means open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

If I’m ever elected president, I will work into every speech my grievances with Reviewer 2

Some excellent news regarding my new center at Yale. Maybe there’ll be some work for him to do at some point Joe Cohn Joins the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech as Executive Director law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...

Opinion | The academic-freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on the rash of recent firings.

Opinion | Academic freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on recent events in Texas.

Rosie O’Donnell discourse leads me to Robert Dahl and his critics and how constitutional constraints are shed

Nearly half off for Kindle edition “Written with a commendably cool head, Whittington’s book will be a key guide for legal experts as well as lay readers.” The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/aQl4iXs