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Olatunde Johnson
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘59 Professor, Columbia Law School; scholar of democracy and democratic futures, pluralism, race, gender, economic justice, and housing. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=443245
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Lively conversation last night:
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos on "Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems" organized by Barbara Faedda.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Next Friday: epic. If you’re a Yalie, rsvp! @ryandoerfler.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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italianacademy.bsky.social
Next week! Tue, Nov 18, 5PM
"Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems"
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, @olatij.bsky.social, @sarahknuckey.bsky.social, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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UPDATE: Following court order, UC has posted the UCLA settlement proposal on its website: ucop.edu/communicatio...
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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italianacademy.bsky.social Italian Academy, Columbia University @italianacademy.bsky.social · Oct 17
"Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems"
Tue, Nov 18, 5PM
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh
@olatij.bsky.social, @sarahknuckey.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Inspiration and a road map from my colleague Kate Andrias.

The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court
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October 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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kqedforum.bsky.social KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · Oct 9
🎙️ ON AIR:

We're talking to Columbia Law's @olatij.bsky.social, @slate.com's @mjsdc.bsky.social and @NYULaw's @profmmurray.bsky.social about what role the Supreme Court will play in supporting or stopping Trump's efforts to shape the country.

❓What are your Qs about the new Court term?

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Supreme Court Term Will Test the Scope of Presidential Power | KQED
We talk about how the conservative-leaning Roberts court might rule, and what role the Court will play in supporting or stopping Trump’s efforts to shape the country.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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With contributions from @olatij.bsky.social @genevievelakier.bsky.social @dorfonlaw.bsky.social @jamalgreene.bsky.social @kendraserra.bsky.social @kateruane.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @sbagen.bsky.social & others
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A series of short posts from leading scholars about the constraints the First Amendment imposes on the government's authority to impose conditions on federal funding. Seems relevant! This is a @knightcolumbia.org series from earlier this year. knightcolumbia.org/research/fed...
Federal Funding and the First Amendment
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October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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knightcolumbia.org
This morning, members of the Knight Institute’s leadership team published a critical analysis of Columbia University’s settlement agreement with the Trump administration. Read the full analysis here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...
What the Columbia Settlement Really Means
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August 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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@olatij.bsky.social on how the admin is contorting Title VI (also at issue in Harvard v. HHS) and the SFFA ruling in an effort to assert power over federally funded institutions: knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-str...
The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning
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July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I read an interesting, related law review article once, coauthored by @olatij.bsky.social, that really got into the fraudulence of Dobbs' language about democracy & women's electoral power, and the deficiencies in the Court's view of political equality

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July 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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knightcolumbia.org
Read the first response from Columbia law professors Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Suzanne Goldberg, @jamalgreene.bsky.social, @olatij.bsky.social, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen. knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-title...
A Title VI Demand Letter That Still Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
knightcolumbia.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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prrac.bsky.social
Excellent piece from our Board Chair @olatij.bsky.social on the weaponization of Title VI and how attacks on racial equity are unmoored from what the Supreme Court actually held in SFFA.
The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning
knightcolumbia.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
This is a great essay by @olatij.bsky.social, and worth reading alongside Trump's "proclamation" restricting foreign visas at Harvard, which cites (among other things) the university's purported non-compliance with the Supreme Court's decision in the SFFA case.
June 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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And now @olatij.bsky.social on the Trump admin’s distortion of SFFA v Harvard. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-str...
The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning
knightcolumbia.org
June 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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katygb.bsky.social
The great @olatij.bsky.social writes for our @knightcolumbia.org series on federal funding & the First Am, about how SFFA and Title VI are being stretched far beyond their intended reach in service of Trump’s attacks on universities.
knightcolumbia.org Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · Jun 4
For our blog series on Federal Funding and the First Amendment, @olatij.bsky.social writes about how the Trump administration is distorting the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard in its efforts to assert control over universities. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-str...
The Strange Use of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to Control Teaching and Learning
knightcolumbia.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Last week I promoted my essay about conditional funding, the First Amendment, and academic freedom on the Knight Institute website. I've posted the same essay on my blog, now with a link to some of the other essays that have come in. I'm looking forward to a day discussing these issues tomorrow.
Conditional Funding Can Raise Difficult Legal Questions. Trump’s Freezes Don’t
[Note: Tomorrow I'll be attending an all-day gathering of constitutional scholars and lawyers hosted by the Knight Institute at Columbia to ...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
olatij.bsky.social
A helpful and compelling piece on all that the disparate impact EO gets wrong.
May 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
olatij.bsky.social
The PI ruling is here.

www.aclu.org/documents/pr...
Preliminary Injunction Order in National Education Association et al. v. US Department of Education et al | American Civil Liberties Union
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April 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
olatij.bsky.social
Enjoined on vagueness and first amendment grounds (and more).

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Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Department of Education’s Unlawful Directive | American Civil Liberties Union
CONCORD, N.H. – In a victory for students, parents, and educators, a federal judge has granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking...
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April 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
olatij.bsky.social
Remember the 15 years of investigation, hearings, administrative guidance it took to revoke the tax exemption of schools with written policies prohibiting admission of black students and forbidding interracial dating? I wrote about Goldsboro and Bob Jones here:

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The Story of Bob Jones University v. United States: Race, Religion, and Congress’ Extraordinary Acquiescence
On May 25, 1983, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had authority to deny tax-exempt status to Bob Jones Universi
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April 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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RSVP deadline tomorrow, Wed Apr 2, to hold your spot! Livestream link on day of to those who register.
arielagross.bsky.social Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · Mar 17
This will be amazing!! RSVP now to hold your spot- 6 brilliant constitutional law and history scholars discussing how the stories we tell about the past shape our future. MCLE credit available. @acslaw.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social @fpeterson.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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An illuminating analysis from @olatij.bsky.social who has studied Title VI for thirty years.
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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This will be amazing!! RSVP now to hold your spot- 6 brilliant constitutional law and history scholars discussing how the stories we tell about the past shape our future. MCLE credit available. @acslaw.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social @fpeterson.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM