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Ariela Gross
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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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Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · Aug 21
Penn Law Review symposium issue on the uses and misuses of history in constitutional law is out!
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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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UC Law Faculty to Regents: Resist the Unlawful Demands
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November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Monday at noon @UCLA
October 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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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...
A different video captured after agents unleashed tear gas showed plumes of smoke billowing down the street as the crowd's piercing shouts and whistles reached a fever pitch. Onlookers scurried to the sidewalk to get away from the chemicals, with one neighbor, Brian Kolp, seen walking away barefoot and in Chicago Blackhawks pajamas. Kolp, 41, said he was drinking coffee on his couch and watching the news as he always does on Saturday morning when he saw what's become an all-too-familiar scene unfold outside his window. Two U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents were tackling a man to the ground on his front yard. Meanwhile, Kolp's TV continued to blare a news segment discussing the ongoing temporary restraining order restricting federal immigration agents' use of tear gas. Kolp, a former prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorney's office, sprang into action as he sometimes wondered he would have to do throughout the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz" these last two months. He didn't even have time to put on his shoes or change out of his pajamas, he said, drawing jeers from one of the agents as he screamed "Nazis!" and "Gestapo!" at the agents. "Quite honestly, when all this started happening, I thought to myself that if the opportunity ever came my way to have to get involved in one of these situations, I was certainly going to do what I could to make sure that they weren't openly and flagrantly violating the law or the Constitution," Kolp said. "And yet, they just went ahead and did it anyway."
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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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...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Black? Check. Woman? Check.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Prosecutor Who Rejected Trump’s Pressure to Charge James Is Fired
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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From London to Oxford, Mississippi today! eventcalendar.olemiss.edu/event/ariela...
Ariela Gross on Slavery and the Constitution
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October 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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The kids are all right. Administrators, please take notes. You can do this too!
karl-jacoby.bsky.social Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 28d
Student government leaders of MIT, UVA, U of AZ, Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, and Vanderbilt united in their opposition to the "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Bravo MIT. May others follow! orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
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October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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www.eui.eu/events?id=58... Wednesday!
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
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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calmatters.org/commentary/2... Great piece by @blakeprof.bsky.social !
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.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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At Sciences Po Tuesday
September 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Registration link in comments
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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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. “A terrorist group called Antifa”?!
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
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September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Outrageous.
September 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Even Grok is calling the shooter a groyper. Lmao
Elon musks grok ai identifies tyler Robson Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin as a “groyper” from the “toxic underbelly of the maga ecosystem”
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Reading T. Thomas Fortune, Black and White. Wow!
September 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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If you’re in Paris…La séminaire "Politiques antidiscriminatoires" @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social le 30 septembre 2025, 28 rue des Saint-Pères, salle Pierre Hassner (bâtiment B, 1er étage). I’ll present “Right-Wing Backlash and the Memory of a Colorblind Constitution in the United States.”
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Mamdani is way ahead with NY Jewish voters, but you’d never know it from the @NYTimes portside.org/2025-09-04/w...
Why Does The New York Times Keep Ignoring Polls Showing Mamdani Leading With Jewish Voters?
In the months leading up to New York assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the June 24 Democratic primary, the New York Times—as I documented at the time—used innuendo, sectarian framing, an...
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September 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Emory announces it is closing its DEI offices.

And, they put the responsibility for announcing it on Leah Ward Sears, former Georgia Supreme Court justice and the new interim president of Emory as of yesterday.

"The standards are clear, and we must act accordingly."

Well, not really, but.
EMORY Office of the President Dear Emory Community, This is a hard and important statement to make, and I want to speak to you from my heart. I know Emory's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts have meant a great deal to many, not just as programs, but as a statement about who we are and what we believe in. As someone who has reaped the benefits of the needs these programs were meant to address, I know they were created with the best of intentions and staffed by talented, committed professionals. We live in a time of changing expectations and new requirements, however. Federal laws and mandates have been implemented that require higher education institutions to alter fundamentally or even close offices and programs focused on DEl. The standards are clear, and we must act accordingly. Guided by the Office of General Counsel and other appropriate campus officials, we will work promptly and carefully to discontinue current DEl offices and programs. We will also work closely with each impacted employee to provide appropriate support and assistance through the transition. I understand all too well the significance of this change and the questions it will generate in the minds of many. For me, the core issue is one of values. The Emory I believe in is committed to every person having an equal place, voice, and chance to succeed. We demonstrate this every day through how we lead, hire, mentor, and serve. Closing offices or reimagining lawful programs is not, after all, the same as ending our unwavering commitment to fairness, belonging, and opportunity for all, values that are part of Emory's DNA. I'm honored to lead Emory, and I'm excited to work together as we inspire and challenge each other while making sure everyone in our community feels valued and respected. I'm confident we can follow the law while not losing sight of who we are. Sincerely, Justice Leah Ward Sears 80L Interim President 8 EMORY
September 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
arielagross.bsky.social
This is a really important piece taking apart the false factual premises of the Trump Administration’s attack on UCLA. There was no “Jew Exclusion Zone” at UCLA.
fishkin.bsky.social Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · Aug 31
The federal govt's extortion of UCLA has numerous problems. One is that it is ostensibly based on some factual allegations that are so exaggerated that they are actually false.

I wrote about this today in a long blog post reflecting on what I saw at UCLA and how lawyers later mischaracterized it:
Balkinization: Making Policy Based on Falsehoods: The Federal Government vs UCLA
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Los Libros de la Catarata también en eBooks: 'Ser libre, ser negro. Raza, libertad y derecho en Cuba, Luisiana y Virginia', de Alejandro de la Fuente y Ariela J. Gross @arielagross.bsky.social ¿Cómo se convirtieron en "negros" los africanos que llegaron a las Américas? buff.ly/tFcq3tK
September 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.

Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
alexdecampi.bsky.social Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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whetmoser.com whet moser @whetmoser.com · Aug 27
used to be you could get an indictment against a ham sandwich. now you can't even indict a guy who throws a ham sandwich. folks, www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
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August 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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In significant part the systematic attempts by right wingers to erase the history and realities of slavery in the US is aimed at preparing the ground to (further) frustrate and reverse civil rights legislation and jurisprudence.
arielagross.bsky.social Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · Aug 21
Penn Law Review symposium issue on the uses and misuses of history in constitutional law is out!
August 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM