Wow. I hope I'm never on the wrong side of a takedown like this. www.chronicle.com/article/kwam...

Opinion | Dear Critics of Literary Studies: Do the Reading

The philosopher’s report on the state of literary studies is a shambles.

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Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Grateful to Keith for such a deep dive into my book! reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Excellent opinion essay by @brsoucek.bsky.social taking that Yale committee "on trust in higher education" report to task. In particular, he rightly criticizes the committee for assuming, without much thought, that every university has to be like Yale. www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Opinion | What Makes Yale Think It Speaks for Higher Ed?

The Ivy League university has mistaken itself for all of higher education.

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Much like @fishkin.bsky.social’s earlier testimony about the UCLA encampments this is an important and comprehensive account of another speech controversy that will ling be put to harmful (mis)use

Joey Fishkin@fishkin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When the federal gov't itself teams up with right-wing activists on X to smear my university by reducing it to a viral video clip, there's a lot of value in reading an account like this one by my colleague Dave Marcus of what actually happened at the latest notorious Fed Soc "free speech" dustup—

My colleague Dave Marcus sets the record straight on the event at UCLA Law last week that @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy falsely referred to as “campus chaos.” I hope those using the false narrative in their campaign against universities pause to consider a true account: www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/05/mean...

This is a fantastic letter.

Mo Torres@motorres.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"We thank Professor Peterson for his care and insight. We call on President Grasso to withdraw his statement, republish the ceremony recording, and pledge to protect and uphold the University’s own professed principles of free expression, free speech, and neutrality."

Come join us, Philly friends!

Liz Kukura@lizkukura.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Excited to host Professor Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social for a talk on his new book, The Opinionated University, this Thurs 4/16, 12-1:15pm at @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social. Join us, Philly folks! Further details and free registration available here: secure.touchnet.com/C20688_ustor...

The gall of telling trans kids, after Skrmetti, that characterizing something as "treatment" doesn't affect constitutional protections...

Some frantic energy at Newark Airport this morning but the Touchless Precheck line was shorter than Starbucks’ (~4 min)

100%. I sat in the front of the Dress Circle on Wednesday and heard the same thing: namely, not much singing. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

A Troubling Problem at the Heart of the Met Opera’s Big Hit

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Such great questions and helpful comments from the @setonhalllaw.bsky.social faculty today. I’m really grateful to them for having me. Thanks @dorfmandoron.bsky.social!

Doron Dorfman@dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We had a robust discussion on free speech and institutional neutrality at @setonhalllaw.bsky.social’s faculty workshop, featuring @brsoucek.bsky.social presenting his new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book, The Opinionated University. Thanks for visiting us, Brian! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Genuinely just bonkers to watch the USA do this to one of the most successful and innovative hubs of scientific research the world has ever seen. All those years of Free Speech On Campus debates and it turns out they actually wanted less cancer research. Absurd.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

“Father Brian Shanley is violating New York state law & ignoring decades of St. John’s institutional practice & centuries of Catholic social teaching around respect for labor & workers." — Sophie Bell, St. John's University AAUP President

St. John’s University in New York No Longer Recognizes Faculty Labor Unions

St. John’s University’s recent decision to cease recognizing faculty labor unions after 56 years stirred a conversation on Catholic social teaching.

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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence. The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:

Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement

The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...

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I took the Page 99 test! page99test.blogspot.com/2026/02/bria... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Brian Soucek's "The Opinionated University"

Brian Soucek is a Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis. A scholar of free speech and equality law...

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This week on @inthemeanwhile.bsky.social, @mhgreen3000.bsky.social and I talk with @brsoucek.bsky.social about academic freedom, the impossibility of institutional neutrality, and why turning campuses into corporate training centers undermines democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Ep 36: Make Universities Unruly Again with Brian Soucek

Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 01/30/2026 · 1h 6m

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Round 1 to Professor Kutz. Dean Chemerinsky, like Berkeley's Provost, simply ignores the relevant standard here (UC's APM-015), which, as Kutz quotes, requires a "significant intrusion of material unrelated to the course." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Two Takes: Was UC Berkeley right to suspend a lecturer over his pro-Palestinian advocacy?

The university suspended computer science lecturer Peyrin Kao after finding he made pro-Palestinian comments to students after a class. Here are different opinions on the matter.

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DC-area friends looking for a fun & cozy event before the Big Storm: come join my conversation with @brsoucek.bsky.social at Politics & Prose Bookstore (Conn Ave location) tonight from 5-6pm about his excellent and timely new book, The Opinionated University! politics-prose.com/brian-soucek

It's official publication day for The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education @uchicagopress.bsky.social More info on the book here: lnkd.in/gAux5ktY Links in the comments to lots of places I'll soon be visiting.

Great fun speaking on the #AALS2026 Hot Topic session dedicated to UC-Davis Law Prof Brian Soucek’s brilliant and timely book, The Opinionated University. I was honored to share the panel with BU Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, UC-Davis Law Dean Jessica Berg, and U of… 1/2

This panel was so great: me and three amazing deans who deal with the issues in my book on the ground every single day. They all had so much insight to share.

Tune in to the AALS Hot Topic Program’s panel “Author Meets Deans,” moderated by @ucdavis.bsky.social Law Dean Jessica Berg. It will focus on Professor @brsoucek.bsky.social’s book “The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education.”

@ucdavis.bsky.social Law Professor @brsoucek.bsky.social’s article, “Tax Law as Muse,” coauthored with Associate Professor Jennifer C. Lena (Teachers College, Columbia University), will receive the first-ever Art Law Scholarship Award from the AALS Art Law Section at 11:10 a.m. CT. 🎉 #AALS2026

2/3 at 7:30 PM | UC Davis law professor and author @brsoucek.bsky.social argues why institutional neutrality is an unattainable myth in "The Opinionated University," calling on universities to stand up for their values. 🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/joMhkf3

I wish I had written this essay. I think it's perfect. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal

The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.

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Northwestern took the deal Trump has offered UCLA (but with a $75mil bribe, not $1.2 billion).

Paul Gowder@gowder.io · 8mo ago

Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )

Who is better than @uchicagopress.bsky.social, who sent me a beautifully wrapped first copy of my new book! Get your copy of The Opinionsted University here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Vicki Schultz and I wrote this in 2021. For some reason I've been thinking about it lately. www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...

Opinion | How Cuomo is exploiting public confusion over the definition of sexual harassment

As a legal matter, the sexualized definition of harassment most commonly provided and publicized is over 20 years out of date.

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