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Serena Mayeri

@serenamayeri.bsky.social
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Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History (by courtesy), University of Pennsylvania Law School; Core Faculty, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Colleges Must Reject Trump’s ‘Compact’ To Protect Our Democracy The White House’s proposition violates the very freedoms that make American higher education the envy of the world. By Rick Garnett, Serena Mayeri, Amanda Shanor, Ilya Somin and Alexander Volokh www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Judge orders Trump administration to stop immigration arrests without probable cause in Southern California | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Friday found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making stops and arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause and ordered the department to stop de...
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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Legal historian traces history of ‘marital privilege’ in American law | Penn Today
Penn Carey Law’s Serena Mayeri’s new book highlights how legal battles against ‘marital supremacy’ advanced equality and the challenges that remain.
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Katie Eyer @katieeyer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Can't wait to read this book by the fabulous @serenamayeri.bsky.social! Serena's work is always fascinating, illuminating and original. Congrats Serena and can't wait to read! www.amazon.com/Marital-Priv...
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Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference)
Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference) [Mayeri, Serena] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference)
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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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Opinion | Trump’s fake emergencies are the real crisis
His vague national security claims chill speech and action far beyond his individual targets.
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
TIME has named Dorothy E. Roberts to its 2025 The Closers list, honoring 25 Black leaders working to end racial equity gaps. A renowned legal scholar, Roberts has spent her career exposing systemic inequities in in health and social service systems. www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/17...
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Championing Change
Dorothy E. Roberts recognized among TIME’s 2025 ‘The Closers’ for her advocacy against systemic inequities in child welfare.
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08, Golkin Family Professor and Professor of Psychology, has received the 2025 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching—Penn’s highest teaching honor for standing faculty. penncareylaw.news/4iPaqyP
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2025 Lindback Award
Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 receives the 2025 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It’s sad that it requires courage right now for a university president to file something as straightforward as this, but it does. Thanks to Tufts University President Sunil Kumar for filing this. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Great piece by @debpearlstein.bsky.social - & the latest EO targeting Jenner & Block should convince any wavering firms that commitment to the rule of law & interest in self-preservation run in the same direction here - they have to challenge these orders www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
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Opinion | America’s Most Powerful Law Firms Won’t Stand Up to Trump
Bowing to Trump won’t protect their businesses and clients.
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Here’s the end of the opening statement I gave yesterday morning before a hearing on recent rulings against the Trump administration - via @democrats-judiciary.house.gov & @raskin.house.gov
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/03/2025
Columbia AAUP chapter on the administration's unprecedented assault on Columbia U and higher ed generally: "At this fraught moment we must all stand together against the external assault on our institution." www.aaupcu.org/campaigns
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Early voting in the election to fill an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court - a crucial race Musk-affiliated PACs are spending millions on - starts today. My take: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
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Opinion | Musk Is Not Stopping at DOGE
Elon Musk isn’t stopping at DOGE.
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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about the administration is cynically using the issue of antisemitism to attack higher ed, free speech/assembly, and due process, how some Jews sincerely support this, and why they are wrong newrepublic.com/article/1925...
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Trump’s Crackdown on “Antisemitism” is Making Jews Less Safe
The Trump administration’s cynical use of antisemitism to justify a crackdown that will endanger many Jews.
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Lila Corwin Berman @lilacb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Highlighting some efforts afoot. Feel free to add others. www.bendthearc.us/release_khal...
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Jews Demand: Release Mahmoud Khalil
We refuse to be used by Trump to enact his authoritarian agenda.
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Lila Corwin Berman @lilacb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Jewish leaders need to stand up against unconstitutional & illegal activities that violate rights & erode democracy. @emilyctamkin.bsky.social on why none of these actions help fight antisemitism. Don't let political rulers act as if they do. newrepublic.com/article/1925...
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Trump’s Crackdown on “Antisemitism” is Making Jews Less Safe
The Trump administration’s cynical use of antisemitism to justify a crackdown that will endanger many Jews.
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Lila Corwin Berman @lilacb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In case there was any debate about the false pretense of keeping Jews safe, Title VI compliance will soon be a thing of the past: www.propublica.org/article/educ...
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Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Proud to be one of the OVER 2000 Jewish faculty who will not allow Judaism to become weaponized by Trump to destroy universities, attack free speech, and deport students. We say: NOT IN OUR NAME. Please share, please sign:
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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I am proud to be one of more than 2000+ Jewish faculty, students & staff who signed this stmt to make clear that the targeting & deportation of pro-Palestinian activists does not keep us safe, and cannot be justified in our name. We are only safe when all of us are. docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Not In Our Name
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Knight Institute statement. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"To our knowledge, no major university leadership has publicly denounced the attack on Columbia or Mahmoud Khalil. In the face of an open assault on a peer Ivy League institution and basic principles of free speech, Harvard remains silent." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A super important piece by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
Don’t fool yourself into thinking it will stop with Mahmoud Khalil.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The Trump admin's thuggish letter to Columbia is garbage, legally speaking. The admin has no statutory authority to make these demands, and many of them are unconstitutional. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Statement on Recent Events
The online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi, is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views.
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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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I grew up under a terrifying authoritarian regime. Mahmoud Khalil's arrest is right out of their playbook
Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE reminds one professor at Columbia University, Khalil's alma mater, or her childhood in authoritarian Romania.
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Lila Corwin Berman @lilacb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I call bullshit: Jewish safety is pretext. Make no mistake, the Trump administration is using antisemitism as an excuse to obliterate Title VI, undermine civil rights and incapacitate higher education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | The Trump administration is gutting universities’ best tools to fight antisemitism
The White House has put schools in a “can’t win” situation.
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Serena Mayeri @serenamayeri.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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