Professors Sue #Trump Admin Over Arrests of Campus Protesters
The lawsuit says the detention of noncitizen #students & #faculty members deprives US citizens of their right to engage with foreign-born peers.
#immigration #law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #democracy #authoritarianism #dissent
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=C3943887-A1F9-454A-B3EE-835680EF3F6D
More from Axios:
#ColumbiaUniversity agreed to some of the #Trump admin's demands after some $400 million in federal grants & contracts were pulled from the university over allegations of antisemitism, per a university memo shared Friday.
#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #MafiaState
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/columbia-trump-federal-funding-protests
The #MastoPrompt for Friday 21 March 2025 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.
If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.
A Statement from #ConstitutionalLaw Scholars on the government's funding cutoff at #ColumbiaUniversity
— Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, & 15 other scholars
The #USgovernment may not threaten #funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing #First #Amendment protected #speech.
#law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/
Judge denies #Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss #GreenCard holder #MahmoudKhalil’s challenge to his #deportation
#immigration #law #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CivilRights #dissent #ViewPointDiscrimination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/19/us-politics-live-donald-trump-republicans-democrats-elon-musk-latest-news
Journalist, media critic and FAIR writer Ari Paul, who published an opinion column for Haaretz about Palestinian activist #MahmoudKhalil's deportation case, appears on CNN's Connect the World to discuss the silencing of political #dissent.
https://video.snapstream.net/Play/5VvQ00rjdbdFs0agFD9z3U?accessToken=4hfqiu5gjrom
The Trump administration appears to be in uncharted legal waters as it seeks to define – and deport – people it sees as threats. Some view Mahmoud Khalil’s case as part of a crackdown on dissent. #protest #columbiaUniversity #Dissent
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Even longtime #Republican hawks on Capitol Hill, stunned by #Trump’s #revisionist #history that #Ukraine is to blame for its invasion by #Russia, & his Oval Office blowup at President Volodymyr #Zelensky, have either muzzled themselves, tiptoed up to criticism without naming Trump or completely reversed their positions.
‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing #Retribution, #Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
The #silence grows louder every day
Fired #FederalWorkers worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. #University presidents fearing that millions in federal #funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief execs alarmed by #tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.
#law #FreeSpeech #democracy #USpol #autocracy #authoritarianism #dissent
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459
What just happened during Trump's State of the Union? Reactions were wildly different! As food prices soar and job growth stalls at 77,000, Republicans cheered while Democrats protested. Amid frustrations, Jimmy Kimmel's commentary on Trump's struggles rings true. The political landscape feels disillusioning, illustrated by Rep. Al Green's removal for dissent. Discover more about this raw commentary and its implications. [read more](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/jimmy-kimmel-nails-it-over-donalds-speech) #Trump #StateoftheUnion #Politics #Economy #Dissent
Anyone have any good repos of #anarchist #protest #dissent #zines?
"Do not go gentle into that good night"
Democrats in US Congress short a couple of hundred Al Greens.
https://apnews.com/video/al-green-gets-ejected-000001956426dd23abfffd3f55cb0000?user_email=0f339865febfccb883fa2ea8eb117221bc0f2b7472e97297228346986ba3a229&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_5%20Mar_2025&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers
#Trump #Congress #Dissent #Disruption #Interference
Trump to students and educators: "Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested."
So much of the Free Speech president.
And remember what happens when Free Speech is suppressed on college campuses. When students are vilified for their dissent: Kent State, Jackson State, People's Park.
Private security actors forcibly removed a woman from a public meeting (town hall) in Coeur d’Alene, a small city in northern Idaho, this weekend. Police are investigating. Now national story.