Amy Kapczynski
@akapczynski.bsky.social
Law prof at Yale, LPE Associate Justice, all things political economy, but not yr grandpas version.
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"Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not" is exactly right. (This op-ed from Arne Duncan and David Pressman is excellent; I hope university leaders will read it.) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Universities are sending Trump a dangerous message
Higher education is under attack. Drop the appeasement.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not" is exactly right. (This op-ed from Arne Duncan and David Pressman is excellent; I hope university leaders will read it.) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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The first ALPE conference is in the books and it was incredible! Over 300 presenters, 450+ people in attendance. It was great to see so many friends and comrades who have been building LPE for years among so many new faces!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The first ALPE conference is in the books and it was incredible! Over 300 presenters, 450+ people in attendance. It was great to see so many friends and comrades who have been building LPE for years among so many new faces!
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
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If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunny’s halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Rico’s economic struggles under PROMESA’s bankruptcy process, here’s a breakdown of what that moment was all about:
lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...
lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...
How Bankruptcy Prioritizes Property Rights Over Public Good
After a recent First Circuit decision, private creditors' bankruptcy rights pose an existential threat to the only electric utility in Puerto Rico. As this outcome shows, we need a new approach to…
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February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunny’s halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Rico’s economic struggles under PROMESA’s bankruptcy process, here’s a breakdown of what that moment was all about:
lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...
lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...
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excited to share that I am *officially running* to represent Massachusetts state employees on the MA public pension board!
I'm running because public pensions are *ours* and should serve the interests of state workers and our communities
I'm endorsed by @massteacher.bsky.social
www.mapension.com
I'm running because public pensions are *ours* and should serve the interests of state workers and our communities
I'm endorsed by @massteacher.bsky.social
www.mapension.com
PRIM
www.mapension.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
excited to share that I am *officially running* to represent Massachusetts state employees on the MA public pension board!
I'm running because public pensions are *ours* and should serve the interests of state workers and our communities
I'm endorsed by @massteacher.bsky.social
www.mapension.com
I'm running because public pensions are *ours* and should serve the interests of state workers and our communities
I'm endorsed by @massteacher.bsky.social
www.mapension.com
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Pardon my French, but the @a-lpe.bsky.social" 2026 conference was fucking awesome. Great to see old friends in person (including some for the first time). Meet new friends. And generate so much new thinking.
February 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Pardon my French, but the @a-lpe.bsky.social" 2026 conference was fucking awesome. Great to see old friends in person (including some for the first time). Meet new friends. And generate so much new thinking.
absolute ROCKSTARS.
Just another day of Richmond Law faculty making magic happen at the @a-lpe.bsky.social inaugural conference in our town. Love my colleagues! @richmondlaw.bsky.social @lukenorris.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @erincollins.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
absolute ROCKSTARS.
This was such an amazing gathering -- SO many thanks to all the folks who traveled in the bitter cold to think and build together. Onward!!
Almost 500 people in attendance at inaugural @a-lpe.bsky.social conference!
Cc @lpeproject.bsky.social @lpeblog.bsky.social
Cc @lpeproject.bsky.social @lpeblog.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This was such an amazing gathering -- SO many thanks to all the folks who traveled in the bitter cold to think and build together. Onward!!
Great oped on Yale's remarkable rejection of academic freedom - and our Yale AAUP chapter's proposal to start to make academic freedom real for all Yale faculty and researchers. Check it out! yaledailynews.com/articles/why... @yaleaaup.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Great oped on Yale's remarkable rejection of academic freedom - and our Yale AAUP chapter's proposal to start to make academic freedom real for all Yale faculty and researchers. Check it out! yaledailynews.com/articles/why... @yaleaaup.bsky.social
On the train to Richmond for the ALPE conference. Kind of can’t believe it’s here - and that there will be more than 400 of us(!!). Who else is coming?? #ALPE. @a-lpe.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
On the train to Richmond for the ALPE conference. Kind of can’t believe it’s here - and that there will be more than 400 of us(!!). Who else is coming?? #ALPE. @a-lpe.bsky.social
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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Like I'm sorry that these events all read like a didactic feminist novel but that's not my fault
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Like I'm sorry that these events all read like a didactic feminist novel but that's not my fault
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On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.
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Proud to be one of 65 University of Minnesota Law faculty who signed this open letter condemning the federal government’s ongoing and lawless campaign of fear, intimidation, and violence against Minnesotans. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25
January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Proud to be one of 65 University of Minnesota Law faculty who signed this open letter condemning the federal government’s ongoing and lawless campaign of fear, intimidation, and violence against Minnesotans. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Today, our ten most read posts of 2025!
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
Our Most Read Posts of 2025
Exactly what it says on the tin. Revisit the entries from the past year that readers turned to the most.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today, our ten most read posts of 2025!
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order?
Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
The one thing that will get me to the Harvard Yale tailgate!! Join us tomorrow, and stand up for academic freedom - going to be fun. @yaleaaup.bsky.social
Stop by our tailgate with Stand Up for Yale at The Game on Saturday and sign our joint letter to both university’s leaders calling for a strong and principled defense of academic freedom.
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/11...
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Yale, Harvard alumni hosting tailgate for academic freedom at The Game
Alumni groups Stand Up for Yale and Crimson Courage will host a joint tailgate to gather signatures for a letter they plan to send to their universities’ presidents about protecting academic freedom.
yaledailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The one thing that will get me to the Harvard Yale tailgate!! Join us tomorrow, and stand up for academic freedom - going to be fun. @yaleaaup.bsky.social
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Apparently, it is negotiable!
Health care isn’t negotiable.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Apparently, it is negotiable!
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Conference update! 📬📬
We are thrilled by the outpouring of proposals we received for the inaugural ALPE conference. Those of you who submitted proposals should have received a final decision via email on October 20th. If you did not get an email, check your spam folders, and feel free to reach out!
We are thrilled by the outpouring of proposals we received for the inaugural ALPE conference. Those of you who submitted proposals should have received a final decision via email on October 20th. If you did not get an email, check your spam folders, and feel free to reach out!
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Conference update! 📬📬
We are thrilled by the outpouring of proposals we received for the inaugural ALPE conference. Those of you who submitted proposals should have received a final decision via email on October 20th. If you did not get an email, check your spam folders, and feel free to reach out!
We are thrilled by the outpouring of proposals we received for the inaugural ALPE conference. Those of you who submitted proposals should have received a final decision via email on October 20th. If you did not get an email, check your spam folders, and feel free to reach out!
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A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
Good for everyone to understand a little more about the “Campus Reform” grift. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
HOSANG: How a talented Yale alum helped a right wing grift site mischaracterize our AAUP meeting
Much of the article mirrored the News’ story and included quotations invented, mischaracterized or taken out of context, as well as false claims.
yaledailynews.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Good for everyone to understand a little more about the “Campus Reform” grift. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...
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Today, Rana Jaleel & Risa Lieberwitz of the @aaup.org explain how the Trump administration has used Title VI to pressure universities to undermine free speech and entrench inequality, and how universities have largely crumbled in the face of this pressure.
lpeproject.org/blog/the-cor...
lpeproject.org/blog/the-cor...
The Corruption of Civil Rights and the Capitulation of Higher Ed
By weaponizing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the Trump administration is using antidiscrimination law to protect privilege and entrench inequality. Yet rather than uniting to resist these sham…
lpeproject.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Today, Rana Jaleel & Risa Lieberwitz of the @aaup.org explain how the Trump administration has used Title VI to pressure universities to undermine free speech and entrench inequality, and how universities have largely crumbled in the face of this pressure.
lpeproject.org/blog/the-cor...
lpeproject.org/blog/the-cor...
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W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...