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Apr 24 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
(🧵1/20) @Columbia just released its Senate Review Committee Report.

Most coverage will focus on the recommendations. The bombshell is buried in Appendix R: a Sullivan & Cromwell legal opinion dated July 18, 2025.

What it says, and why it matters.

secretary.columbia.edu/sites/secretar…Image @Columbia (🧵2/20) S&C was asked one question: when Senate leaders call the Senate a "third branch" of Columbia governance, coordinate with the President and Trustees, are they right?

Answer: no. Not contested interpretation. Foreclosed on the face of the primary sources.
Apr 1 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
(🧵 1/5) At tonight's University Senate governance forum, @jrslaugh told the audience @Columbia was "in violation" of its 1810 charter's $20,000 real estate cap. He said he'd "searched through all the archives". Three panelists, including a constitutional law prof, nodded along. Image @jrslaugh @Columbia (🧵 2/6) The New York Legislature repealed that provision in 1884. It's on page 55 of Columbia's own published charter documents. Took about five minutes to find.

archive.org/details/charte…Image