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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 6h

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw discusses a new federal proposal introduced after the Kirk campus shooting and its potential implications for political violence prevention.

Read more on Spectrum News: https://bit.ly/4ogQKpE

Bill seeks to prohibit federal funding for certain entities

Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, proposed the legislation after the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Jonathan Nash of #EmoryLaw analyzes a recent appellate decision in the Trump Organization case, highlighting the broader implications for criminal law and judicial reasoning.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 2d

Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw explains how the establishment of a national defense area may bypass the Posse Comitatus Act, clarifying the legal framework around domestic military involvement.

Read more: https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trump-project-2025-and-immigration/

Trump, Project 2025 and Immigration - FactCheck.org

Project 2025 and President Donald Trump are largely in sync on immigration. As part of our series, we examine some of the many actions that Trump has taken that were proposed in the conservative docum...

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 3d

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw shares insights with Inside Higher Ed on efforts to protect academic freedom and the ongoing debate surrounding tenure in U.S. universities.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3VZSA2i

Fighting Back Against “The War on Tenure”

Deepa Das Acevedo’s new book is a response to the erosion of tenure protections that has become all too clear in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 6d

Professor Jessica Roberts of #EmoryLaw coauthors a paper in Science urging stronger protections for consumer genetic privacy and the responsible use of direct-to-consumer genetic data.

Read the article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz7229

The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy

Congress and other lawmakers must act to robustly protect direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens into the future

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 7d

Professor John Acevedo of #EmoryLaw explains why the Department of Justice is seeking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s travel records, offering legal perspective on the ongoing inquiry.

Watch the segment on WXIA: https://bit.ly/4hd6R5s

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 8d

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw writes in Time about the history and purpose of academic tenure, explaining what it truly protects and why it matters for higher education today.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4nRtzma

The Real History of Tenure

If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 9d

Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw comments on the Trump administration’s reported plan to assign military lawyers as immigration judges, raising key questions about legal authority and process.

Read more from the Associated Press: https://bit.ly/477xhB0

Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judges

The Trump administration is tapping National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to be temporary immigration judges after firing dozens of existing judges.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 10d

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw examines what recent campus controversies reveal about job security for professors—and what that means for workers more broadly.

Read more in Barron’s: https://bit.ly/471coaw

What the Charlie Kirk Fallout Reveals About Professors’ Job Security—And Yours

The firing of protected workers isn’t an isolated trend, Deepa Das Acevedo writes in a guest commentary.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 12d

#EmoryLaw professor Emily Davis discusses how an ICE federal statute is creating fear and “complete chaos” in Georgia. Read more from 11Alive News Investigates: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/11alive-news-investigates/georgia-ice-arrests/85-12233f6d-1e87-4263-a067-8ece0a1248ba

Georgia ICE arrests stem from low-level charges, data shows

Data from Georgia law enforcement agencies with 287(g) partnerships reveals how immigration enforcement is handled in the state.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 13d

Professor Michael Broyde of #EmoryLaw shares an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution offering legal insight on current discussions surrounding reproductive law and policy.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4n68frH

Don’t confuse abortion and IVF: Fetal personhood raises different questions

Despite efforts to conflate abortion and in-vitro fertilization, these two procedures are very different and should be treated as such under secular and religious law.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 14d

Professor Deepa Das Acevedo of #EmoryLaw explores the “uberification” of academia in Keen on America, analyzing how contingent labor and platform models are reshaping higher education.

Read the piece: https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-uberification-of-academia-why

The Uberification of Academia: Why Adjunct Professors are Living in their Cars

Episode 2578: Deepa Das Acevedo on the War on Tenure

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 15d

Professor Matthew Lawrence of #EmoryLaw offers insight in The New York Times on the political and legal implications of federal shutdowns and their use as tools of leverage.

Read more: https://nyti.ms/3KQqzI0

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 16d

Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa of #EmoryLaw joins The Ballpark Podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern workplace and the challenges it poses for fairness and accountability.

Listen here: https://bit.ly/4qfT9mz

AI and the workplace with Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa | The Ballpark podcast | USAPP

AI is now increasingly playing a role in many parts of our lives, and the workplace is no exception. AI is now being used by employers to help them to recruit new staff and by jobseekers in their appl...

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 23d

Professor Michael Broyde of #EmoryLaw shares an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution offering legal insight on current discussions surrounding reproductive law and policy.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/10/dont-confuse-abortion-and-ivf-fetal-personhood-raises-different-questions/

Don’t confuse abortion and IVF: Fetal personhood raises different questions

Despite efforts to conflate abortion and in-vitro fertilization, these two procedures are very different and should be treated as such under secular and religious law.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 27d

Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw critiques recent U.S. military strikes on alleged narcotrafficking vessels, calling them “unsatisfactory and deeply disturbing” for lacking clear legal justification under international or domestic law.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 27d

Join the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative and the Feminism and Legal Theory Project for “Vulnerability Theory and Sharenting” featuring Dr. Claire Bessant on Wednesday, October 8 at 4:00 p.m. in G575/Zoom.

Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · 29d

Professor Jessica Roberts of #EmoryLaw co-authors a new paper in Science on the urgent need for stronger protections of consumer genetic privacy as DTC genetic data sales raise growing concerns.

Read more: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz7229

Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · Sep 18

#EmoryLaw Professor Mark Nevitt explains why Trump’s federalization of policing raises significant legal questions in Just Security.
Read more: https://www.justsecurity.org/119337/podcast-wjh-federalization-dc-police/

Podcast: Federalization of DC Law Enforcement Updates

Brian Netter and Mark Nevitt join David Aaron to break down the legal and policy implications of the federalization of D.C. law enforcement.

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · Sep 16

#EmoryLaw Professor Alex Zhang breaks down what to expect from the 2025 tax bill in a recent interview with WXIA 11Alive.
Watch here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5hh555pkom70d0is0qrv0/WXIA-Emory-Law-Alex-Zhang-8-21-25.mp4?rlkey=e9g1cszx39l4mi80xqijork7p&e=1&dl=0

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · Sep 11

#EmoryLaw Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa explains how hiring platforms deter older candidates from applying for jobs. Read more in DNYUZ: https://dnyuz.com/2025/08/21/older-americans-in-their-80s-are-applying-for-jobs-and-hitting-a-wall/

Older Americans in their 80s are applying for jobs — and hitting a wall

Henry Montez, 87, recently lost his job and is embarking on some upcoming projects.Alyssa Schukar for BICharles Meoni may be

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Emory Law @emorylaw.bsky.social · Sep 11

We extend our thanks to Prof. Nicholas Parrillo of Yale Law School (@YaleLawSch) for speaking at our faculty colloquium on Wednesday, September, and for his excellent presentation, ”Administrative Law as a Choice of Business Strategy.” #TeamEmoryLaw