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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Exactly. The regs are here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18127.pdf Note the dramatic extension of Bob Jones, purposefully vague on what is “discrimination”, and purports to apply to remedial programs too (ie that correct past and ongoing discrimination).

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Adding that Suzanne Goldberg and I wrote about the misuse of Title VI (and what schools can do instead to be inclusive and protect speech). Here: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scho... Read the Ruling Dismissing an Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the Ruling Dismissing an Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard

The decision from a federal judge in Boston dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to force the university into a settlement.

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This might seem like a dismissal on “technical” grounds but it actually vindicates procedural due process (need to inform the school of non-compliance) and that T6 is about remedy not punishment. Read the Ruling Dismissing an Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Read the Ruling Dismissing an Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard

The decision from a federal judge in Boston dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to force the university into a settlement.

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Alex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Excited to moderate this joint @columbiaigp.bsky.social + Workshop webinar with a great panel of folks to understand what Americans are thinking about AI policy amidst all of the debates about AI's impact on our economy and communities. Tune in live here August 5th at noon!

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What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spain should get an extra star for holding the women’s World Cup at the same time.

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For those interested in the constitutional nitty gritty on advancing Supreme Court term limits, I highly recommend this memo from the Brennan Center published today www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Supreme Court Term Limits Are Constitutional

This legal analysis of leading proposals for term limits demonstrates that they can be implemented by statute.

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

KBJ’s concurrence —ode to 14th amendment purpose as anti-caste and equal citizenship—is really good reading pre-July 4th.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 17/06/2026

We're hiring at Democracy Docket. HMU if you're interested in any of these: We need: 1) a JD to lead our legal research team, 2) a news editor to lead our legal reporting, and 3) a lead video producer. 1+2 will get to work a lot with me; take that however you will ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Despite Callais, this conversation made me hopeful about Court reform and legislative strategies to strengthen voting rights.

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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We've launched a new @knightcolumbia.org podcast about lawyering and authoritarianism, and how law can function both as a safeguard for democratic governance and as a tool of its erosion. First episode is out 👇 and more to come, exploring the legal profession's duty to the rule of law itself.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📣 Attending #AALS this week? Join @brennancenter.org and ACS tomorrow for a discussion on Democratic Reconstruction, feat. Kate Andrias, Joseph Fishkin, Risa Goluboff, @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, & @olatij.bsky.social! Reception to follow.

Image contains Brennan Center & ACS logos, with title of the event, panelist names, description, and informs that the event will be Thursday, 1/8 from 3:30-5pm in the Louisiana Ballroom on the 10th floor.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/12/2025

The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Italian Academy, Columbia University @italianacademy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Lively conversation last night: Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos on "Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems" organized by Barbara Faedda. @olatij.bsky.social

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Next Friday: epic. If you’re a Yalie, rsvp! @ryandoerfler.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social

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Italian Academy, Columbia University @italianacademy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Next week! Tue, Nov 18, 5PM "Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems" Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, @olatij.bsky.social, @sarahknuckey.bsky.social, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

UPDATE: Following court order, UC has posted the UCLA settlement proposal on its website: ucop.edu/communicatio...

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Inspiration and a road map from my colleague Kate Andrias. The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

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Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A series of short posts from leading scholars about the constraints the First Amendment imposes on the government's authority to impose conditions on federal funding. Seems relevant! This is a @knightcolumbia.org series from earlier this year. knightcolumbia.org/research/fed...

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Federal Funding and the First Amendment

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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 04/08/2025

This morning, members of the Knight Institute’s leadership team published a critical analysis of Columbia University’s settlement agreement with the Trump administration. Read the full analysis here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...

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What the Columbia Settlement Really Means

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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

@olatij.bsky.social on how the admin is contorting Title VI (also at issue in Harvard v. HHS) and the SFFA ruling in an effort to assert power over federally funded institutions: knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-str...

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The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/07/2025

I read an interesting, related law review article once, coauthored by @olatij.bsky.social, that really got into the fraudulence of Dobbs' language about democracy & women's electoral power, and the deficiencies in the Court's view of political equality scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 24/06/2025

Read the first response from Columbia law professors Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Suzanne Goldberg, @jamalgreene.bsky.social, @olatij.bsky.social, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen. knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-title...

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A Title VI Demand Letter That Still Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)

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Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Excellent piece from our Board Chair @olatij.bsky.social on the weaponization of Title VI and how attacks on racial equity are unmoored from what the Supreme Court actually held in SFFA.

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The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This is a great essay by @olatij.bsky.social, and worth reading alongside Trump's "proclamation" restricting foreign visas at Harvard, which cites (among other things) the university's purported non-compliance with the Supreme Court's decision in the SFFA case.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

And now @olatij.bsky.social on the Trump admin’s distortion of SFFA v Harvard. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-str...

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The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning

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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The great @olatij.bsky.social writes for our @knightcolumbia.org series on federal funding & the First Am, about how SFFA and Title VI are being stretched far beyond their intended reach in service of Trump’s attacks on universities.

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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Last week I promoted my essay about conditional funding, the First Amendment, and academic freedom on the Knight Institute website. I've posted the same essay on my blog, now with a link to some of the other essays that have come in. I'm looking forward to a day discussing these issues tomorrow.

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Conditional Funding Can Raise Difficult Legal Questions. Trump’s Freezes Don’t

[Note: Tomorrow I'll be attending an all-day gathering of constitutional scholars and lawyers hosted by the Knight Institute at Columbia to ...

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A helpful and compelling piece on all that the disparate impact EO gets wrong.

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Remember the 15 years of investigation, hearings, administrative guidance it took to revoke the tax exemption of schools with written policies prohibiting admission of black students and forbidding interracial dating? I wrote about Goldsboro and Bob Jones here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

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The Story of Bob Jones University v. United States: Race, Religion, and Congress’ Extraordinary Acquiescence

On May 25, 1983, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had authority to deny tax-exempt status to Bob Jones Universi

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Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

RSVP deadline tomorrow, Wed Apr 2, to hold your spot! Livestream link on day of to those who register.

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Alexandra Natapoff @anatapoff.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

An illuminating analysis from @olatij.bsky.social who has studied Title VI for thirty years.

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Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This will be amazing!! RSVP now to hold your spot- 6 brilliant constitutional law and history scholars discussing how the stories we tell about the past shape our future. MCLE credit available. @acslaw.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social @fpeterson.bsky.social

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Thanks to Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, @jamalgreene.bsky.social, @olatij.bsky.social, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen for writing this.

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Some of my Columbia Law School colleagues and I offer our thoughts on legal issues with the Administration's March 13, 2025 letter to our University's president, and its threat to academic freedom. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...

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Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Eleonora Bottini @eleonorabottini.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

PUBLICATION - Dans @liberation.fr, j'ai publié aujourd'hui une tribune sur la crise constitutionnelle aux Etats-Unis : existe-t-elle ? Quelles affaires faut-il suivre pour s'en apercevoir ? Peut-on dire comme certains que c'est du "business as usual" ? (spoiler:non) www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

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Crise constitutionnelle : Donald Trump piétine la séparation des pouvoirs, jusqu’à quand ?

Face à la quantité inouïe et la nature inédite des décisions du président des Etats-Unis, dans un climat de régression démocratique, les juges comme le Congrès peinent à jouer leur rôle de contrepoids...

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I appreciate this re-amplification by @ilrreview.bsky.social though I understand the political climate at the state level is harder for labor and civil rights than when I wrote this several years ago

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

LISTEN: Judge Coughenour condemns Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship. It is “apparent that to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore…for political or personal gain.” Part 1:

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Enjoyed this chance to learn from @bmluse.bsky.social and Wesley Lowery. Ignore my lack of Grammys knowledge at the end. Did DEI D.I.E.? Welcome to a new kind of 'civil rights' era

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Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Not hard to decipher the reasons for singling out environmental justice. Found this piece by @dfarber1950.bsky.social helpful in delineating why it’s wrong for law and policy reasons. (And I would add, immoral.) legal-planet.org/2025/01/23/t...

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Trump Goes to War Against Environmental Justice - Legal Planet

Trump's elimination of federal protection for environmental justice has little legal basis. Implementation of the order will court judicial reversal.

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Adam Pulver @pulvinator.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Rather, the implementing regs required federal contractor employers to take affirmative steps to make sure they're not using federal dollars to discriminate. For example, posting jobs widely, and conducting regular analyses of their workforces and applicant pools. /2

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