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Ariela Gross

@arielagross.bsky.social

Distinguished Prof of Law & History @UCLALaw, cat lady, mom, lover of democracy. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Www.arielajgross.com

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The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control

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Great piece by Amanda Shanor and Serena Mayeri.

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100%

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As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").

There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try

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Read the @aapf.org report Anti-Blackness Is the Point

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yeah. so disgusting.

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β€œThings happen.” Just when I think he can’t shock me.

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Do you have a gift article or pdf?

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When we fight we win!! @uclafa.bsky.social @aaup.org

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Thank you! β€” but our institution did NOT mount this challenge, & hasn’t joined it (as Harvard did with their AAUP suit). This suit was brought by the AAUP and UC Faculty Associations, and another suit, argued in 9th C yesterday, is a class action by UC faculty researchers represented by UC faculty.

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Larry Summers had an "insight" in an email to Epstein.

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β€˜No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation WASHINGTONβ€”Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...

β€˜No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation

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Home UC Law Faculty to Regents: Resist the Unlawful Demands

160 faculty from all 5 UC law schools signed this open letter detailing why the Trump demands to UCLA are unlawful, unconstitutional, and wrong: sites.google.com/view/uclawfa... Great to work with @fishkin.bsky.social @blakeprof.bsky.social @seanashiffrin.bsky.social on this statement.

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This was cut and pasted from the Penn agreement

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Monday at noon @UCLA

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Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor.

And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

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@uclafa.bsky.social sued the Regents for refusing to release the Trump Administration’s demand letter and WON. Here it is: ucop.edu/communicatio...

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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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Prosecutor Who Rejected Trump’s Pressure to Charge James Is Fired

Black? Check. Woman? Check.
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I have an old friend who worked there thirty years, running the Africa office and then a top editor based in DC - fired. A travesty.

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@nytimes.com’s language, especially in headlines, has been Orwellian at times, and certainly whitewashes the wholesale destruction of democratic (and republican) norms that is happening.

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Ariela Gross on Slavery and the Constitution

From London to Oxford, Mississippi today! eventcalendar.olemiss.edu/event/ariela...

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The kids are all right. Administrators, please take notes. You can do this too!

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

Bravo MIT. May others follow! orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Erasing slavery: a historian writes about memory in constitutional law and politics In the framework of the Max Weber Programme Special Lecture, this event features a conversation with Ariela Gross (UCLA School of Law).

www.eui.eu/events?id=58... Wednesday!

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California needs to take a bolder stand for universities targeted by the White House | Opinion A federal lawsuit by the UC Regents would provide legal and symbolic support to researchers who so far have been fighting on their own.

calmatters.org/commentary/2... Great piece by @blakeprof.bsky.social !

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At Sciences Po Tuesday

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Erasing slavery: a historian writes about memory in constitutional law and politics In the framework of the Max Weber Programme Special Lecture, this event features a conversation with Ariela Gross (UCLA School of Law).

Register at nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Registration link in comments

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I’m not even on threads but instagram keeps trying to send me there and this is what I saw! Jesus. β€œA terrorist group called Antifa”?!

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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

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