Serena Mayeri
@serenamayeri.bsky.social
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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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
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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...
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...
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...
www.usnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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...
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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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...
July 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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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...
Championing Change
Dorothy E. Roberts recognized among TIME’s 2025 ‘The Closers’ for her advocacy against systemic inequities in child welfare.
www.law.upenn.edu
March 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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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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.
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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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March 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
penncareylaw.news/4iPaqyP
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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...
April 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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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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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
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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March 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
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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
April 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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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."
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www.aaupcu.org/campaigns
March 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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
www.aaupcu.org/campaigns
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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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March 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
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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
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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.
newrepublic.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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...
newrepublic.com/article/1925...
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Highlighting some efforts afoot. Feel free to add others. www.bendthearc.us/release_khal...
Jews Demand: Release Mahmoud Khalil
We refuse to be used by Trump to enact his authoritarian agenda.
www.bendthearc.us
March 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Highlighting some efforts afoot. Feel free to add others. www.bendthearc.us/release_khal...
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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...
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.
newrepublic.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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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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...
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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March 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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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:
Please share, please sign:
2000+ Jewish professors, staff, and students circulating a letter on Trump-Vance's arrest of Mahmoud Khalil:
"We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing…anyone who invokes our name—and cynical claims of antisemitism—to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
"We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing…anyone who invokes our name—and cynical claims of antisemitism—to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
March 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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:
Please share, please sign:
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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...
Not In Our Name
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March 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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Knight Institute statement. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Knight Institute statement. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
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"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...
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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March 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"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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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...
March 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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...
