Lindsay Wiley

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Great read. I'd add something not being discussed much: the compact insists on extraordinary supervision of universities by fed'l gov't rather than states, even as to public universities. And it does so through DOJ, not DOE, which is likely to enhance the body blow against federalism in higher ed.

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

Note that the Trump administration is illegally depriving food banks of supplies *after* they and their cronies in Congress slashed SNAP by $186 billion. Objectively a pro-hunger administration. www.urban.org/urban-wire/s...

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Thrilled that HLPP is hosting Risk and Resistance on Oct 3! Honored to celebrate @azizaahmed.bsky.social’s groundbreaking book and so grateful to our amazing co-sponsors, speakers, and panelists who will make this such an inspiring event.
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Obviously there are institutions—eg Liberty University—that will find these demands relatively easy to absorb and consistent with their mission.

Everyone else's job right now is to convince the UVAs and Dartmouths of the world that if they go along, they are Liberty University.

The Public Scholar A Practical Handbook

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.

"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

You can read @nicholasbednar.bsky.social's explainer here. Key thing to remember, shutdowns have never triggered mass layoffs before. Instead, this is a government that likes to fire employees looking for an excuse to do more of it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/redu...

Planned Parenthood stops accepting Arizona Medicaid as Trump ban takes effect | Arizona Mirror Arizona Planned Parenthood stops accepting Medicaid as Trump ban on abortion provider funding takes effect

Planned Parenthood is ending services to Arizona Medicaid patients in the face of new federal funding restrictions that start on Wednesday, report @azmirror.com and @statesnewsroom.com

New York Courts Should Reject Texas’s Attempt to Enforce its Abortion Ban Beyond its Borders Precedent supports the refusal to enforce out-of-state civil judgments that punish an individual in the name of protecting the public. 

NEW: TX is asking NY courts to declare NY's reproductive health care shield law unconstitutional in an attempt to enforce its abortion ban across state lines. @law.ucla.edu's @lindsaywiley.bsky.social lays out a legal case for why NY (and other shield states) can and should reject such overreach.

180. The Roberts Court Turns 20 The Supreme Court is much less popular and much more divisive today than it was when John Roberts was sworn in as the 17th Chief Justice on September 29, 2005. And at least much of that is his fault.

“Is it that the Chief Justice doesn’t accept that the Court is losing credibility on a daily basis; that he thinks the Court doesn’t need that credibility in order to fulfill its intended role in our constitutional system; or that he doesn’t care?”

Me on John Roberts as his Court turns 20 today:

New York Courts Should Reject Texas’s Attempt to Enforce its Abortion Ban Beyond its Borders Precedent supports the refusal to enforce out-of-state civil judgments that punish an individual in the name of protecting the public.

New from me in @statecourtreport.org @brennancenter.org:

Because Texas’s default judgment against Dr. Carpenter aims to punish her for the protection of public morality & future pregnant patients, embryos & fetuses, NY courts aren’t obligated to recognize it.

statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

Mark Blaxill helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him at CDC. Neither a physician nor a scientist, new CDC senior adviser Mark Blaxill claims without evidence that every child who takes vaccines is in some way injured.

RFK Jr. just hired Mark Blaxill, one of the original anti-vaxxers, to work for the CDC. via @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social
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Rural Health Fund Will Do Little to Offset Harm to Rural Providers in Republican Megabill | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Medicaid provides health care for millions of people in rural areas and is vital to keeping rural hospitals financially stable. The recently enacted Republican megabill, which will cut $1.1 trillion.....

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. stated that the $50B Rural Health Transformation Fund is the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health.

That is untrue - Medicaid has been, to the tune of roughly $180B per year. Read why the RHTF won't help (with @aorris.bsky.social): www.cbpp.org/blog/rural-h...

One reason participation has rebounded since then is because leaders at every level of football, from Pop Warner to the N.F.L., have tried to address worries by teaching tackling techniques to reduce head hits, treating concussions more proactively and introducing new equipment designed to reduce the impact of blows to the head. Leagues have also promoted flag football as a safer alternative.

There is a paucity of good evidence suggesting that these interventions reduce substantially the risks of neuropathology that attend participation in a collision sport like American tackle football.

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She was terrifying (making her an ineffective teacher for many students) but she was also the most well prepared Socratic teacher I’ve ever seen. Her Qs & follow-ups were impeccably plotted to lead students to a deeper understanding of the case, whereas some kinds of Socratic teaching are just lazy

I also remember that she taught with no notes but gave him a specific page number to read aloud to find the answer to her question. In retrospect, I think she might’ve known this was likely to happen when she called on him. But at the time I assumed she’d memorized the page # for every Q she asked

I think Elie was probably so terrified that he missed the very first thing she said when he tried to pass on a cold call, but I’ll never forget it:

“I’m sorry, Mr. Mystal, what could I possibly have done to give you the impression that that is an option.”

I was in the room when this happened to @elienyc.bsky.social. I remember little details like what the light looked like coming through the window as I tried to avoid eye contact.

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She never gives out and she never gives in

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken The ACIP Panel

I really appreciate how Dr. Glaucomflecken has become all of medicine and public health's emotional support ophthalmologist.

I sat through 16 hours of ACIP meetings last week. If I do not laugh, I will cry.

After taking Civ Pro and Admin Law with her, I feel compelled to share that Kagan is also fully capable of killing with a smile and wounding with her eyes.

Reddish brown miniature poodle lying on the couch with her long, skinny poodle legs tangled together in a bunch

As my kids say: they tried to put her on the cover of Vogue, but her legs were tooooo long

Someone’s been a bit mopey about the young adults in the family moving away for work and school while the older adults in the family take turns going on business trips

Hey journalists: are you wondering if this is climate change?

I'm one of the like five to ten world experts on this, and I wrote a guide last year to help *you specifically* decide: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

(Then I quit my job and never published it)

My take: somewhat, but mostly not. (1/2)

Science can be such a headache sometimes.

This study has hit the headlines because the authors claim that it shows that soft drinks cause people to be depressed by negatively impacting their gut microbiome.

Several BIG issues with this 1/n

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

We have an infant mortality crisis in many states in the US and this administration is making this emergency far, far worse. My latest for @thenation.com: "Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Health care chaos. Reckless cuts. Rising costs. Michiganders and families across the country are paying the price for RFK Jr.’s agenda. Enough is enough, which is why I’m drafting articles of impeachment.