U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz highlights the chilling impact of Marco Rubio's dubious rationale for deporting students whose views offend him.
Most of what the department does would likely stick around, for better or for worse.
An explainer from Brian Galle
Even if the president was joking in both cases, he already has used his powers to punish people whose views offend him.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the school’s handling of campus antisemitism violated civil rights law and is grounds for revoking accreditation.
The president treats legal constraints as inconveniences that can be overridden by executive fiat.
Under new State Department guidance, having private or no social media presence "may be reflective of evasiveness and call into question [a student visa] applicant's credibility."
My latest Civitas Outlook column looks at the growing pressure on the ABA's role in law school accreditation.
Trump is wielding the state against a school whose politics he doesn't like.
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It's the best shield when the executive branch tries to strong-arm private universities.
A federal judge blocks the administration's "Student Criminal Alien Initiative," which targeted foreign students who had no criminal records.
Nominees include stories on inflation breaking brains, America's first drug war, Afghans the U.S. left behind, Javier Milei, and much more.
The ruling is a victory for the proposition that the First Amendment applies to immigration and visa restrictions.
An interesting new study on the ideological concordance between law faculty and law students.
The Harvard psychologist discusses recent gains for free speech at Harvard, growing political and ideological threats to academic freedom, and the importance of shared knowledge in sustaining truth and progress.
Despite the fearmongering from teachers unions, it's largely useless.
The brief gives a good explanation of why such actions violate the First Amendment.
"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
A scam that uses AI to “enroll” in community colleges to pocket student aid has skyrocketed in the Golden State and across the nation.
Earlier this month, 4,700 foreign students were at risk of detainment after ICE inexplicably terminated their visa records.
"Student and parent borrowers—not taxpayers—must repay their student loans," reads a press release from the Education Department.
To remain independent, institutions of higher education should end their reliance on taxpayer money.
The president has launched a multifaceted crusade against speech that offends him.
The administration's demands extend far beyond its avowed concern about antisemitism and enforcement of "civil rights laws."
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Just a quarter of respondents said they favored deporting students for "expressing pro-Palestine views."
Apparently freezing $2 billion in federal funding wasn't enough.
It's a good step. But the schools should also file their own lawsuit challenging this awful policy.
An immigration judge's decision reinforces the constitutional argument against the law that the secretary of state is invoking.
"Universities were bending over for federal funds long before Trump," writes Laura Kipnis.
Brown is violating its code of conduct, which guarantees community members’ right to petition the university.
The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking.
A lawsuit brought by universities could potentially be much more effective than leaving individual students to fend for themselves.
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
While he can't get rid of the department outright, a new executive order attempts the next best thing.
The department laid off over 1,300 employees this week.
The 9th Circuit revived a First Amendment lawsuit by Lars Jensen, who says his community college punished him for complaining about dumbed-down courses.
Just eight colleges had official neutrality policies before the attack. By the end of 2024, it was almost 150.
The department insists its directive will not suppress First Amendment rights.
"Officially, it was a voluntary departure. But I sure felt like I'd been pushed out."
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