Zach Samalin

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1st Circuit in Stand with Us v. MIT: "[O]ur Constitution bars the government from forcing a private university to prohibit students from voicing vehement support for, or opposition to, the policies and conduct of the United States and its allies."
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

Libraries are where kids & adults go to learn, socialize & connect. Now more than ever we need to invest in our public institutions. They are an essential good — the literal stuff of democracy. New Yorkers, please write & demand this budget increase!

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

We should crowdfund his one way ticket (basic economy, 5 layovers, boarding group 10, middle seat between two ecstatic Zohran supporters, no snack)

I'm excited to share that our first on the record official YES to our demand is Council Member Lynn Schulman of District 29!!!! If Council Member Schulman is your representative, please thank her for supporting our public libraries.

nycplan.org/scorecards/l...

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

Master Plan
Step 1. Arrive
Step 2. Steal jewels

U of Arizona says NO to the Compact: president.arizona.edu/sites/defaul...

In the richest city in America, we cannot simply accept that 500,000 kids go to bed hungry every night.

Cuomo’s controversial CUNY record resurfaces as affordability concerns dominate mayor’s race Advocates, union leaders and lawmakers have criticized his previous push to cut state aid.

CUNY is the nation’s largest urban public university system and an engine of social mobility for the city's working class.

But like so many of our public institutions, Andrew Cuomo subject it to years of disinvestment and neglect as Governor. That record cannot be forgotten.

The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him.

Just over one year after launching my own walking tour company, my work now has a feature profile in THE NATION:

“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

An easel sign reads, “UCLA ATTENTION No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities. Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest. Scan for policy information.”

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

“There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart…you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…you’ve got to make it stop.”
stay safe @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

He also compares ice to the kkk (which he did during the trial as well)

Remember that as a professor you can be a member of @aaup.org

In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...

An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

An incredible book by an incredible person

AAUP chapters brought this suit

Judge rules Trump policy to deport students over pro-Palestinian views is unconstitutional Judge ruled that non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

Enormous victory for @aaup.org in aaup v Rubio
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A Classroom Clash Over Course Content Went Viral. Texas A&M Fired the Instructor and Removed 2 Administrators. The flap was sparked Monday by a Republican state lawmaker, who posted videos that he said show an exchange between an instructor and a student over discussion of gender identity.

www.chronicle.com/article/a-cl... The Chronicle of Higher Education offers some background on the academic freedom crisis at Texas A&M. Note that by the end of yesterday the professor was fired, raising due process as well as academic freedom concerns.

this is what windy city bribes come in

Team Adams really putting the “utz” back in “putz”

📢 if you're someone who is pursuing PSLF or just someone who thinks it's important, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE participate in the notice & comment process to at least delay the horrific changes the DOE is trying to implement (including an ideological screen)

www.regulations.gov/commenton/ED...

"critics call it extortion" gee thanks @nytimes.com pls let us know when you find out what's going on

I wrote a book about this

Post-Trial Brief Supplies Comprehensive Account of Trump Administration’s Arrests, Detentions, and Threatened Deportation of Student Protesters

@knightcolumbia.org has filed an almost-200-page brief describing evidence presented during trial in our AAUP v. Rubio case challenging the Trump admin’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen faculty & students for their pro-Palestinian advocacy. knightcolumbia.org/content/post...

congrats!