Reposted by Leslie D. Gonzales, she/ella, Professsor of Higher Education
I talked with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about protest, why large “awareness-raising” events will not defeat Trump, and the kind of actions and formations we need in these times.
truthout.org
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
![Plaintiffs, who have easily established their standing to bring this case and irreparable harm, have shown they are likely to prove the Termination and Enforcement Threat Provisions are unconstitutionally vague on their face.
But it is not just the vagueness of the Challenged Provisions that renders them
unconstitutional. There is a label for government action that seeks to "deter ... principles," J21 Order § 4(b)(iii), that the government disagrees with: "restrictlion]" of
"expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content." Reed v.
Town of Gilbert, 576 U.S. 155, 163 (2015). And the most "blatant" and "egregious form of content discrimination" is viewpoint discrimination. Id. at 168-69. The Certification and Enforcement Threat Provisions squarely, unconstitutionally, "abridgel] the freedom of speech." U.S. Const. amend. I.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiajsania5b4autc37hef2rgzapikhjfn5jrfsn34jcvek5rculypy)
