Keith E. Whittington
@kewhittington.bsky.social
David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Founding Chair, Academic Freedom Alliance; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution. All opinions are mine alone.
Published back in March but perhaps of renewed interest
Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort
Trump’s push to remove judges who rule against him undermines the rule of law.
thedispatch.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Published back in March but perhaps of renewed interest
Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Proposed revision of Texas A&M system policy 08.01 poses significant risks to academic freedom, back to early 20th century fights over presidents vetoing course materials that offend political sensibilities
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Proposed revision of Texas A&M system policy 08.01 poses significant risks to academic freedom, back to early 20th century fights over presidents vetoing course materials that offend political sensibilities
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Speak Freely | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Speak Freely | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Speak Freely
Why colleges and universities live or die by free speech
press.princeton.edu
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
70% off paperback until end of October
Speak Freely | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Speak Freely | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Do you or your students want to think through the complexities of academic freedom and government speech at public universities? I have something for you
www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Tea...
www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Tea...
You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms
Amazon.com: You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms: 9781509564538: Whittington, Keith E.: Books
www.amazon.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Do you or your students want to think through the complexities of academic freedom and government speech at public universities? I have something for you
www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Tea...
www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Tea...
The next national faculty FedSoc annual conference will be electric, as the kids say these days
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The next national faculty FedSoc annual conference will be electric, as the kids say these days
Two new items from me today on the Trump administration's new Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
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www.washingtonexaminer.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Two new items from me today on the Trump administration's new Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
New article now available
October 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New article now available
For some reason the Trump cert petition did not cite my piece, but figure it might become relevant
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
By Birth Alone: The Original Meaning of Birthright Citizenship and Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States
The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entrenched birthright citizenship into the Constitution. Building on a recent revisionist scholarly literatur
papers.ssrn.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
For some reason the Trump cert petition did not cite my piece, but figure it might become relevant
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My conversation w/ @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social on whether Trump is a reconstructive president and what that means
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
Is Donald Trump a Reconstructive President?
When presidents push back against the courts
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My conversation w/ @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social on whether Trump is a reconstructive president and what that means
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
If I’m ever elected president, I will work into every speech my grievances with Reviewer 2
🇺🇸🇺🇳 Trump: Years ago, I bid $500 million to rebuild the UN complex, marble floors, mahogany walls, best of everything.
They chose another plan, cost $2–4 billion, far worse, massive overruns, no marble floors. I was right.
They chose another plan, cost $2–4 billion, far worse, massive overruns, no marble floors. I was right.
September 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If I’m ever elected president, I will work into every speech my grievances with Reviewer 2
Some excellent news regarding my new center at Yale. Maybe there’ll be some work for him to do at some point
Joe Cohn Joins the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech as Executive Director law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...
Joe Cohn Joins the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech as Executive Director law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...
Joe Cohn Joins the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech as Executive Director
Cohn joins the center after a legal career dedicated to defending free speech rights and campus civil liberties.
law.yale.edu
September 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Some excellent news regarding my new center at Yale. Maybe there’ll be some work for him to do at some point
Joe Cohn Joins the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech as Executive Director law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...
Joe Cohn Joins the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech as Executive Director law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...
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Opinion | The academic-freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on the rash of recent firings.
Opinion | The Assassination That Broke Campus Free Speech
Professors are allowed to say hateful things. That doesn’t mean they should.
www.chronicle.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Opinion | The academic-freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on the rash of recent firings.
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Opinion | Academic freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on recent events in Texas.
Opinion | What the Texas A&M Firing Portends for Faculty Speech
On its face, this looks like a textbook violation of academic freedom.
www.chronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Opinion | Academic freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on recent events in Texas.
Rosie O’Donnell discourse leads me to Robert Dahl and his critics and how constitutional constraints are shed
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Rosie O’Donnell discourse leads me to Robert Dahl and his critics and how constitutional constraints are shed
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“Written with a commendably cool head, Whittington’s book will be a key guide for legal experts as well as lay readers.”
The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/aQl4iXs
“Written with a commendably cool head, Whittington’s book will be a key guide for legal experts as well as lay readers.”
The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/aQl4iXs
The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool
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August 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Nearly half off for Kindle edition
“Written with a commendably cool head, Whittington’s book will be a key guide for legal experts as well as lay readers.”
The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/aQl4iXs
“Written with a commendably cool head, Whittington’s book will be a key guide for legal experts as well as lay readers.”
The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/aQl4iXs
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I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Ok, let’s take a look at this flag burning executive order. As usual, much less than meets the eye, but great for culture war fodder on both sides 1/
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ok, let’s take a look at this flag burning executive order. As usual, much less than meets the eye, but great for culture war fodder on both sides 1/
Ok, let’s take a look at this flag burning executive order. As usual, much less than meets the eye, but great for culture war fodder on both sides 1/
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ok, let’s take a look at this flag burning executive order. As usual, much less than meets the eye, but great for culture war fodder on both sides 1/
You start with the ones that will get votes, if you want the articles to pass. You start with the ones that will drive public attention and anger, if you primarily want it for mobilization purposes.
It would be genuinely challenge to draw up articles of impeachment for Trump. There are thousands of individual acts which are abuses of power and almost as many breaking statute law. you wouldn't know where to start.
August 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
You start with the ones that will get votes, if you want the articles to pass. You start with the ones that will drive public attention and anger, if you primarily want it for mobilization purposes.
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Figured it was about time to try the much vaunted New Haven pizza, but guess I’ll have to try again later
August 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Figured it was about time to try the much vaunted New Haven pizza, but guess I’ll have to try again later
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