Genevieve Lakier
@genevievelakier.bsky.social
Law professor at UChicago Law. Thinks a lot about freedom of speech. Curious about this platform.
I wish there was federal damages available for 1A violations. Trump should have to pay $$$$$$ every time he tries to intimidate the press in this way.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I wish there was federal damages available for 1A violations. Trump should have to pay $$$$$$ every time he tries to intimidate the press in this way.
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Monday 12:30 ET: The chilling effects of the Trump administration's policies (and jawboning) are widespread - how are they being challenged in court, and what is the state of 1A doctrine on chilling effects? An expert panel will discuss, including current cases AAUP v. Rubio and UAW v. State Dept:
Want to learn more about chilling effects and why they matter to the First Amendment? Join our webinar with litigators and experts on Monday, Nov. 17, including @carriedecell.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @stacylivingston.bsky.social:
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
Litigating Chilling Effects
knightcolumbia.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Monday 12:30 ET: The chilling effects of the Trump administration's policies (and jawboning) are widespread - how are they being challenged in court, and what is the state of 1A doctrine on chilling effects? An expert panel will discuss, including current cases AAUP v. Rubio and UAW v. State Dept:
Law Profs teaching First Amendment: I have put together a FREE, recently updated, and easy to use casebook for use in free speech classes. If you are interested in using such a casebook, send me an email or DM and I would be happy to share!
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Law Profs teaching First Amendment: I have put together a FREE, recently updated, and easy to use casebook for use in free speech classes. If you are interested in using such a casebook, send me an email or DM and I would be happy to share!
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This starts tomorrow! I will be moderating a little chat about jawboning with @genevievelakier.bsky.social and Derek Bambauer.
How timely :)
How timely :)
NEXT WEEK: Free expression online faces new challenges — from AI to government pressure on platforms. At this year’s #FutureOfSpeechOnline 2025, experts will explore what’s at stake for speech in the digital age.
🗓️ Oct 28 & 29 | 🕛 12–3pm ET
🎟️ standtogether.swoogo...
🗓️ Oct 28 & 29 | 🕛 12–3pm ET
🎟️ standtogether.swoogo...
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This starts tomorrow! I will be moderating a little chat about jawboning with @genevievelakier.bsky.social and Derek Bambauer.
How timely :)
How timely :)
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An amazing tool for advocating on your own campuses against the Compact (so much gratitude to @genevievelakier.bsky.social, @veenadubal.bsky.social, and @aaup.org writing this incredibly incisive letter that we can all use)
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W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
An amazing tool for advocating on your own campuses against the Compact (so much gratitude to @genevievelakier.bsky.social, @veenadubal.bsky.social, and @aaup.org writing this incredibly incisive letter that we can all use)
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"The Department of Education’s proposed 'compact for higher education' is unconstitutional and should be unequivocally rejected by universities" -- new from Amanda Shanor & @serenamayeri.bsky.social at @knightcolumbia.org
A Brief Legal Analysis of the Department of Education’s Proposed Compact for Higher Education
knightcolumbia.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"The Department of Education’s proposed 'compact for higher education' is unconstitutional and should be unequivocally rejected by universities" -- new from Amanda Shanor & @serenamayeri.bsky.social at @knightcolumbia.org
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Worth also reading @genevievelakier.bsky.social’s Substack post on the unconstitutionality (quaint notion!) of tying federal fund access to waiving First Amendment rights…
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
October 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Worth also reading @genevievelakier.bsky.social’s Substack post on the unconstitutionality (quaint notion!) of tying federal fund access to waiving First Amendment rights…
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
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For insightful views on Trump’s Higher Ed Compact, check out:
@fishkin.bsky.social at balkinization: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
@genevievelakier.bsky.social at divided argument: blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
And @himself.bsky.social in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
@fishkin.bsky.social at balkinization: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
@genevievelakier.bsky.social at divided argument: blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
And @himself.bsky.social in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
October 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For insightful views on Trump’s Higher Ed Compact, check out:
@fishkin.bsky.social at balkinization: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
@genevievelakier.bsky.social at divided argument: blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
And @himself.bsky.social in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
@fishkin.bsky.social at balkinization: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
@genevievelakier.bsky.social at divided argument: blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
And @himself.bsky.social in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Excellent post by @evelyndouek.bsky.social about the most important doctrinal move made by the Court in the Rubio case: to take seriously the chilling of speech as a First A injury. It should not be hard to understand why recognizing this matters so much to all of us RIGHT NOW.
I wrote about an under-appreciated aspect of AAUP v. Rubio. It is the first case of the Trump Era to explicitly identify and reject the primary and most pernicious form of speech suppression employed by this Administration: Chill.
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/aaup...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/aaup...
Balkinization: AAUP v. Rubio and the Big Chill
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excellent post by @evelyndouek.bsky.social about the most important doctrinal move made by the Court in the Rubio case: to take seriously the chilling of speech as a First A injury. It should not be hard to understand why recognizing this matters so much to all of us RIGHT NOW.
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Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Hello!
I am your friendly neighborhood First Amendment professor here to provide some background on Chiles v. Salazar, to be argued in Supreme Court this morning.
At issue is whether Colorado can ban licensed therapists from inflicting the discredited practice of “conversion therapy” on minors
I am your friendly neighborhood First Amendment professor here to provide some background on Chiles v. Salazar, to be argued in Supreme Court this morning.
At issue is whether Colorado can ban licensed therapists from inflicting the discredited practice of “conversion therapy” on minors
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hello!
I am your friendly neighborhood First Amendment professor here to provide some background on Chiles v. Salazar, to be argued in Supreme Court this morning.
At issue is whether Colorado can ban licensed therapists from inflicting the discredited practice of “conversion therapy” on minors
I am your friendly neighborhood First Amendment professor here to provide some background on Chiles v. Salazar, to be argued in Supreme Court this morning.
At issue is whether Colorado can ban licensed therapists from inflicting the discredited practice of “conversion therapy” on minors
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“The fact that so many of its provisions infringe on the protected 1st A rights of the universities…makes the Compact almost certainly unconstitutional.”
Must read by @genevievelakier.bsky.social
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
Must read by @genevievelakier.bsky.social
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence
Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.
blog.dividedargument.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“The fact that so many of its provisions infringe on the protected 1st A rights of the universities…makes the Compact almost certainly unconstitutional.”
Must read by @genevievelakier.bsky.social
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
Must read by @genevievelakier.bsky.social
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
Excellent post--and in its own way remarkably hopeful about the unlikeliness of the Compact to succeed in its effort to control American higher education...
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Excellent post--and in its own way remarkably hopeful about the unlikeliness of the Compact to succeed in its effort to control American higher education...
The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence
Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.
blog.dividedargument.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
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University presidents it’s time for a united front. I mean, it’s past time. What are you going to do.
October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
University presidents it’s time for a united front. I mean, it’s past time. What are you going to do.
The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
You would think this move by Texas Tech would be blatantly unconstitutional bc it intrudes so much on academic freedom, which SCOTUS has insisted is a "special concern of the First Amendment." But you would be wrong 🧵https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/politics/texas-tech-gender.html
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You would think this move by Texas Tech would be blatantly unconstitutional bc it intrudes so much on academic freedom, which SCOTUS has insisted is a "special concern of the First Amendment." But you would be wrong 🧵https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/politics/texas-tech-gender.html
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The week in review: @genevievelakier.bsky.social on weaponizing antidiscrimination law, @sanjukta.bsky.social on laws and markets, and Ally Coll and Justin Gravlee on NIH v. APHA.
Plus, an incredible conference on Capitalism and Socialism (free, online, starting in an hour 😬).
Plus, an incredible conference on Capitalism and Socialism (free, online, starting in an hour 😬).
Weekly Roundup: September 26
Genevieve Lakier on weaponizing antidiscrimination law, Sanjukta Paul on laws and markets, and Ally Coll and Justin Gravlee on NIH v. APHA. Plus, an incredible online conference on Capitalism and…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The week in review: @genevievelakier.bsky.social on weaponizing antidiscrimination law, @sanjukta.bsky.social on laws and markets, and Ally Coll and Justin Gravlee on NIH v. APHA.
Plus, an incredible conference on Capitalism and Socialism (free, online, starting in an hour 😬).
Plus, an incredible conference on Capitalism and Socialism (free, online, starting in an hour 😬).
I talked with Jeffrey Rosen and Eugene Volokh about the law of jawboning, Brendan Carr's threats against ABC, the Trump admin's threats against universities, and the deep problems created by a public sphere in which the gov pulls so many purse strings. open.spotify.com/episode/1sZo...
Can Government Officials Pressure Private Companies and Universities to Restrict Speech?
open.spotify.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I talked with Jeffrey Rosen and Eugene Volokh about the law of jawboning, Brendan Carr's threats against ABC, the Trump admin's threats against universities, and the deep problems created by a public sphere in which the gov pulls so many purse strings. open.spotify.com/episode/1sZo...
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for years when academics warned about the problems with letting media consolidate at the hands of one of two companies people yawned, now every day there's another vivid example of why they were right
Sinclair joins the Trump administration’s much-criticized attempt to link Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism
www.mediamatters.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
for years when academics warned about the problems with letting media consolidate at the hands of one of two companies people yawned, now every day there's another vivid example of why they were right
To kick off a series on @lpeblog.bsky.social exploring the perverse use of antidiscrimination law by the Trump admin, I wrote about the radical interpretation the admin has adopted of Title VI and what it means for TItle VI's past & future. lpeproject.org/blog/title-v...
Title VI Turned Upside Down
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, however, it has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation.
lpeproject.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
To kick off a series on @lpeblog.bsky.social exploring the perverse use of antidiscrimination law by the Trump admin, I wrote about the radical interpretation the admin has adopted of Title VI and what it means for TItle VI's past & future. lpeproject.org/blog/title-v...
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Today, @genevievelakier.bsky.social explains how Title VI, perhaps the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation.
Title VI Turned Upside Down
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, however, it has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation.
lpeproject.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today, @genevievelakier.bsky.social explains how Title VI, perhaps the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation.
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FCC Chairman Carr’s successful targeting of Jimmy Kimmel is part of a longstanding pattern of jawboning. Back in February, @knightcolumbia.org submitted a statement to the House Committee on the Judiciary outlining just a few of Carr’s acts of censorship (1/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FCC Chairman Carr’s successful targeting of Jimmy Kimmel is part of a longstanding pattern of jawboning. Back in February, @knightcolumbia.org submitted a statement to the House Committee on the Judiciary outlining just a few of Carr’s acts of censorship (1/):
In this post I explain why the suspension of Kimmel’s show looks like a blatant 1A violation, as all NINE members of SCOTUS last year made clear.... but also why courts may not be able to do much about it (and yet Kimmel should still sue!) blog.dividedargument.com/p/did-brenda...
Did Brendan Carr Violate the First Amendment? And Can Anything Be Done?
the constitutional law of jawboning
blog.dividedargument.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In this post I explain why the suspension of Kimmel’s show looks like a blatant 1A violation, as all NINE members of SCOTUS last year made clear.... but also why courts may not be able to do much about it (and yet Kimmel should still sue!) blog.dividedargument.com/p/did-brenda...
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Genevieve Lakier is who everyone should be reading on the risks of government jawboning in the Jimmy Kimmel case. @genevievelakier.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Genevieve Lakier is who everyone should be reading on the risks of government jawboning in the Jimmy Kimmel case. @genevievelakier.bsky.social