Veena Dubal
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Precarity
General Counsel AAUP
Sam's sister ❤️
Personal Account, Views My Own
General Counsel AAUP
Sam's sister ❤️
Personal Account, Views My Own
“A federal judge ordered some public school districts in Texas on Tuesday to remove Ten Commandment displays from their classroom walls by next month, a victory for families who had argued that the posters infringed on their religious freedom.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“A federal judge ordered some public school districts in Texas on Tuesday to remove Ten Commandment displays from their classroom walls by next month, a victory for families who had argued that the posters infringed on their religious freedom.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
“Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role…Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist…
Trump strongly defended Prince Mohammed, who U.S. intelligence has said ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi”
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Trump strongly defended Prince Mohammed, who U.S. intelligence has said ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Here’s the latest.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role…Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist…
Trump strongly defended Prince Mohammed, who U.S. intelligence has said ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump strongly defended Prince Mohammed, who U.S. intelligence has said ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
“It is a grim prospect indeed — and an extraordinary amount of bullshit work — to have to try to prove the value of intellectual education and research within the logic of a management consultant’s report.”
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theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
While faculty and students won a federal ruling that Trump can’t cut UC funding, UC leaders are still negotiating a settlement.
theintercept.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It is a grim prospect indeed — and an extraordinary amount of bullshit work — to have to try to prove the value of intellectual education and research within the logic of a management consultant’s report.”
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
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AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
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when @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I started working on this book, it felt excitingly ambitious to imagine it being used by students at a range of levels in literary studies
...and now we hear it's being picked up by high school teachers, historians, professors of law, and more -- I'm truly floored
...and now we hear it's being picked up by high school teachers, historians, professors of law, and more -- I'm truly floored
Am I the first law professor wanting to assign parts of this book to law students, esp. the Introduction by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
when @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I started working on this book, it felt excitingly ambitious to imagine it being used by students at a range of levels in literary studies
...and now we hear it's being picked up by high school teachers, historians, professors of law, and more -- I'm truly floored
...and now we hear it's being picked up by high school teachers, historians, professors of law, and more -- I'm truly floored
““I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.”
The problem is not that you wrote to him, Larry. It’s what you said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
The problem is not that you wrote to him, Larry. It’s what you said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
““I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.”
The problem is not that you wrote to him, Larry. It’s what you said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
The problem is not that you wrote to him, Larry. It’s what you said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
“My colleagues and I now believe that the real existential threat of generative A.I. is not rogue super-intelligence, but a quiet atrophy of our ability to forge genuine human connection.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’
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November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
“My colleagues and I now believe that the real existential threat of generative A.I. is not rogue super-intelligence, but a quiet atrophy of our ability to forge genuine human connection.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
I wish someone would create a useful social media platform where no one shares anything but photos and videos of animals doing cute, cuddly things.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I wish someone would create a useful social media platform where no one shares anything but photos and videos of animals doing cute, cuddly things.
Desperately need coffee and a snack and you know where I am NOT going? Starbucks! Friendly reminder to respect the strike! ✊🏾
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Desperately need coffee and a snack and you know where I am NOT going? Starbucks! Friendly reminder to respect the strike! ✊🏾
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New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Many things of note in Summers emails with Epstein. Most eye opening to me is that he referred to the woman he was pursuing - a Chinese national - as “PERIL.”
As in “Yellow Peril.” A racist slur.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As in “Yellow Peril.” A racist slur.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Many things of note in Summers emails with Epstein. Most eye opening to me is that he referred to the woman he was pursuing - a Chinese national - as “PERIL.”
As in “Yellow Peril.” A racist slur.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As in “Yellow Peril.” A racist slur.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
It’s a rainy morning in California, but our future is bright! ☀️
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s a rainy morning in California, but our future is bright! ☀️
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
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Here are the words she left behind:
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Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Once again, the AAUP takes the lead in defending higher education. If you teach or conduct research in higher education, join now @aaup.org
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Once again, the AAUP takes the lead in defending higher education. If you teach or conduct research in higher education, join now @aaup.org
“Dubal…said…she was “kind of in tears” after the ruling. “This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
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November 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“Dubal…said…she was “kind of in tears” after the ruling. “This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students,” said Ms. Dubal, who is also a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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The best advocates for universities are not administrators! The best advocates for the university are THE WORKERS!
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The best advocates for universities are not administrators! The best advocates for the university are THE WORKERS!
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Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
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So proud that @ucaft.bsky.social stood in solidarity with every other UC union to fight for the university we all deserve.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
So proud that @ucaft.bsky.social stood in solidarity with every other UC union to fight for the university we all deserve.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race.
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...
Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...