Keith E. Whittington

Oklahoma legislature advances bill that would remove tenure at OU, public universities The Oklahoma legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would remove the possibility of tenure for OU faculty, limit contract agreements to five years and require each state institute for higher

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...

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Will I write more on this? Sigh, probably so

My originalist amicus to the Supreme Court for the birthright citizenship case
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

The Historic Case for Birthright Citizenship The Trump administration’s efforts to narrow the scope of the 14th Amendment are based on revisionist history.

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.

The academic freedom fight has entered the classroom From public syllabi to surveillance, universities across the country are embracing unprecedented policies that professors say are undermining their academic freedom.

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-...

You don't know what the counterfactual might have looked like

Why Bother With the State of the Union? The address has devolved from its intended purpose into a political pep rally.

"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/

Why Bother With the State of the Union? The address has devolved from its intended purpose into a political pep rally.

New from me. The justices should stay home.

thedispatch.com/article/stat...

Florida Hands Down Sociology Curriculum to State Colleges The sociology curriculum is likely just the state’s first foray into course development; the Florida Department of Education is already working on a similar framework for American history classes.

Intro state university courses now treated like k-12 classes, complete with state issued textbook and instructor's manual

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Current Issue Volume 49: Issue 2 Articles The Birthright Citizenship Debate Hon. Steven J. MenashiThe Supreme Court may resolve the legality of Executive Order 14,160 before these questions receive the full atte…

Building on our articles in the brand new symposium at the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy on this topic

journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/current...

[LIVE] Birthright Citizenship in Context: Law, History, and Contemporary Debate YouTube video by The Federalist Society

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...

And from the intro

From my abstract

Current Issue Volume 49: Issue 2 Articles The Birthright Citizenship Debate Hon. Steven J. MenashiThe Supreme Court may resolve the legality of Executive Order 14,160 before these questions receive the full atte…

Symposium issue with Wurman, Magliocca, and my piece can be found here

journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/current...

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)

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“You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms... I’ll get impeached.”

Get ready

www.amazon.com/Impeachment-...

You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms Amazon.com: You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms: 9781509564538: Whittington, Keith E.: Books

Give a gift to your friends in Texas

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Texas schools just continually beclowning themselves to satisfy the politicians

Some folks could benefit from actually taking a look at the Monroe Doctrine (and we should teach it in American Political Thought)

On the Legality of the Venezuela Invasion Executive branch precedents can be garnered to support the action—which does not, of course, mean that it is lawful.

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...

Alas, my Charles Beard excerpt on the "myth of rugged individualism" has another year before it hits the public domain, so not yet included in the companion website
global.oup.com/us/companion...

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Currently with a deep discount at Amazon
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Explore American political discourse in all its richness, including the recurring argument over individualism and community (not so much "collectivism," this is *American* political thought after all)
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Have we moved on from rugged individualism discourse, because I've got a plug

Created a new excerpt this morning of the Barr 1989 OLC opinion on inherent presidential authority to apprehend fugitives abroad to add to the readings, for no reason whatsoever