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Maxine Eichner

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Law Prof. Families, gender, reproductive rights, and inequality. Views definitely not UNC’s.

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Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Feb 19

628 law professors have signed this statement warning that we are seeing "the gravest threat to the rule of law . . . ever presented in our lifetimes." Complete list of signers at docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Courtney Joslin @courtneygjoslin.bsky.social · 1d

"The Vanderbilt Chapter of the AAUP stands with the national AAUP, the AAUP chapters of the other targeted universities, and members of the Vanderbilt community in opposing the Compact and demanding that our administration do so as well."

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 5d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 8d

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**dailytarheel** UNC administration placed Dwayne Dixon, a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, on administrative leave on Monday, effective immediately. The decision follows reports of Dixon's alleged affiliation with "Redneck Revolt," an organization that describes itself as an "anti-racist, anti-fascist, community defense formation."

UNC Vice Chancellor for Communications Dean Stoyer confirmed in a statement to Fox News that the University has informed Dixon of his placement on administrative leave and that doing so "will allow the University to investigate these allegations in a manner that protects the integrity of its assessment."

The organization, founded in 2016, is a network that promotes working-class solidarity through mutual aid, anti-racist organizing and, in some chapters, armed training under the name John Brown Gun Clubs.

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✍️ Story by Caleb Herrera.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 18d

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

Taking political positions that'll make it more likely to win Senate seats in Kansas and Ohio and Missouri. Trying to open your coalition to people you didn't want it open to before. Running pro-life Democrats.

Constitutional Amendment 3
November 5, 2024
Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative
Choice
Yes
X No
Results
Votes
1,538,659
1,443,022
%
51.60%
48.40%

Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%

2022 Kansas abortion referendum
KANSAS
August 2, 2022
Should there be no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion, including, but not limited to, in circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
• Yes
385,014
40.84%
X No
557,837
59.16%
Total votes
942,851
100.00%
Registered voters turnout
1,929,972
48.85%

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19d

Biggest story in the world, told in the mainstream press perfectly well:

AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...

www.pbs.org

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 19d

Page One of today's NYT:

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Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for calling attention to this outrageous abuse of power.

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 19d

In Alabama, a trans civil rights lawyer is facing criminal charges; three civil rights lawyers are fighting sanctions.

I spoke to @chrisgeidner.bsky.social about how federal judges came after a team of civil rights lawyers who challenged a transgender care ban
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How federal judges put a trans civil rights lawyer under criminal investigation

A "ego driven, petty" attack targets attorneys who fought a transgender care ban in Alabama.

www.motherjones.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 21d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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TDD @tdd-01.bsky.social · 23d

"...when people say we were "lied to" about what Trump would do to us. We weren't! US farmers knew Trump planned another trade war, and that it would hurt our businesses. And a lot of farmers just voted for him anyway."

NO BAILOUTS FOR FARMERS!

Why Farmers Voted For Trump

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you. I’d missed this before, and had been looking to assign my students something that raised this distinction.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · Jul 9

What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.

So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵

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Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jul 6

LOVED your Wonkette post this morning (very few things are making me laugh these days). I am upgrading to paid subscriber just for this.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · Jun 30

“She’s very black and white, right and wrong, no gray area,” he said, “which is not the way to do medicine.”

An important @propublica.org story showing how a false sense of certainty by child abuse pediatricians leads CPS to take children from parents based on shaky and oftentimes disputed evidence

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.

A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.

www.propublica.org

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 24

I am not exaggerating when I say the Supreme Court’s unsigned, unexplained order yesterday is the worst thing it has done since Trump returned to office. And not just on the merits—it’s also an unfathomably dangerous green light for Trump to flout lower court orders. slate.com/news-and-pol...

That’s why, to my mind, this is the worst decision from the Supreme Court of Trump’s second term so far. Not just in terms of impact—though subjecting thousands of immigrants to torture in foreign countries is ghastly. But also in terms of what signal it sends to the lower courts and the executive branch. The court has indicated that Trump and his allies can flout the law, make a huge mess, run up to the Supreme Court demanding relief when they’re restrained by a judge, and win that relief no matter how egregiously they misbehaved. What incentive remains for this administration to comply with lower court orders at all? I don’t see one.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jun 20

I couldn't let that Confessore piece slide. It was such a disgusting hit piece on a vulnerable community in a moment of crisis. I dissected the article and why its framings are dishonest at best and outright lies of ommission at worst.

www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...

Anatomy of a Hit Piece: Deconstructing The New York Times' Attack on Transgender Rights in U.S. v. Skrmetti

Seemingly not content with the US v. Skrmetti decision issued by the court siding with Tenessee to ban gender affirming care for trans youth, the New York Times was ready to pour salt on the fresh wou...

www.thedissident.news

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Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 20

This explanation of the path to Skrmetti is a must read. If you weren’t (properly) outraged before, you will be.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 20

I don’t have the answers today, but, before I can move forward to the coverage that is going to be important in understanding Skrmetti and its consequences, I wanted to just lay out what I’m thinking about in the aftermath — and why.

Here it is, tonight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/where-is-t...

Where is the outrage over Skrmetti?

On the far right's campaign to create uncertainty. And the powerful institutions that helped along the way.

www.lawdork.com

Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 20

You are 1000% right. I’m outraged!!!!!

Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 19

When you inadvertently say the quiet part out loud. Sexism in the legal profession is far from dead.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · Jun 19

I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.

Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 19

When you inadvertently say the quiet part out loud…

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Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 18

Surprised he didn’t say “the [B]lacks.”

Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 15

Let’s hear the WaPo reporters who have stayed tell us again a few more times about how Bezos hasn’t interfered with the newswriting, just the editorial page ….

Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is wonderful. Thank you!

Maxine Eichner @maxineeichner.bsky.social · Jun 6

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