Keith E. Whittington is the David Boies Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
How Does Intramural Speech Fit Within the First Amendment?
A response to Porter v. North Carolina State University
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Principles for a Campus Culture of Free Inquiry
A new statement worth reading for those concerned with academia
Expert Witness Redux in California
State tries to bar Stanford researchers from testifying against it
Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Texas A&M
Professor suspended for criticizing policies of Texas lieutenant governor
A Loss for Academic Freedom in the Fourth Circuit
Is "intramural" professorial speech protected by the First Amendment?
Academic Freedom Alliance Statement on Mayo Clinic
Doctor sanctioned for comments to journalists about transgender athletes
State "Higher Ed Reform" Roundup: Tennessee
How bad is that divisive concepts bill?
State "Higher Ed Reform" Roundup: Texas
Legislative showdown looming on tenure and academic freedom
State "Higher Ed Reform" Roundup: North Dakota
North Dakota attack on tenure barely defeated
Political Supports for an Independent Judiciary
Observing Israel (and the United States) through the lens of political science
What is at Stake in Florida Higher Ed Reform Bill?
A poorly drafted and conceptually ambitious upending of norms of state university independence
Higher Education "Reform" in Florida
Some of the proposals pose real threats to free inquiry
Instant Karma's Gonna Get You
Should conservatives worry about breaking the norm of political non-interference with state universities?
The Latest DeSantis Higher Ed Reform Proposals
The Florida governor unveiled some big new ideas -- not all of them good
Academic Freedom Alliance Statement on Divisive Concepts Policies
Legislative restrictions on ideas and viewpoints that can be advocated in the classroom undermine free inquiry
Hamline President Keeps Digging
In email to campus Hamline University president reemphasizes that academic freedom does not exist there
Academic Freedom Alliance Statement Regarding Hamline University
Art history professor fired for showing class a famous Persian art work depicting the Prophet Muhammad
Doing Pickering Balancing Right
It is not a workplace "disruption" that co-workers objected to a MAGA hat
Can Professors be Sanctioned for Political Flyers?
District court's opinion in Gruber v. Bruce shows problem with how Pickering balancing is done
What Can Professors Say in Public?
My new paper on the First Amendment, Pickering balancing, and extramural speech
Revisiting the First Trump Impeachment
New article in symposium on the law and politics of impeachment now available
Academic Freedom Alliance Statement Regarding Maitland Jones
Organic chemistry professor fired because students at NYU thought the grades were too harsh
The AFA, FIRE, and AAUP on Idaho's Abortion-Related Speech Restrictions
The University of Idaho's guidance to faculty on classroom discussion makes plain a First Amendment problem
Abortion, Classroom Discussion, and the University of Idaho
Guidance given to faculty about effects of state abortion law raises troubling academic freedom questions
Florida All in for Assault on Academic Freedom
To defend the Stop WOKE Act, Florida asks court to eliminate any academic freedom exception to government employee speech doctrine
The Academic Freedom Podcast #16 with Mitch Daniels
A conversation with the outgoing president of Purdue University and former Republican governor of Indiana.
A Section Three Disqualification
The first government official has been removed by judicial order for participating in the January 6th "insurrection"
Academic Freedom Alliance on Diversity Statements
Diversity statements have become common in university admissions and hiring, and that's a problem
North Carolina State Supreme Court Makes a Bold Move
The court declares that legislators elected in gerrymandered districts cannot fully exercise the powers of their office
Can University-Run Social Media Accounts Block You?
An interesting new addition to the flurry of lawsuits over the First Amendment implications of social media
Judicial Review of Congress Updated and Expanded
A comprehensive catalog of every case in which the Court considered a constitutional challenge to an act of Congress
New Supplemental Materials on American Constitutionalism
Over 150 new edited documents in the 2022 update to Gillman, Graber, and Whittington's American Constitutionalism
The Academic Freedom Podcast #15 on Recent Controversies
A conversation with Eugene Volokh about the Shapiro controversy and political statements by university leaders
Academic Freedom and the Mission of the University
My new article on academic freedom now online at the Houston Law Review
Bad Day in Court for the Administrative State
Fifth Circuit panel finds several constitutional problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to St. Olaf College
Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.
The Academic Freedom Podcast #14 on Controversial Public Speech
A conversation with David Rabban about the scope of protections for extramural and intramural speech
Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Princeton University
Campus administratve unit crosses a line in campaign to shame a sitting member of the faculty
Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to San Diego State University
Philosophy professor suspended from teaching his class on racism for showing a slide with examples of racial epithets
