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May 25 16 tweets 4 min read
(🧵 1/16) Professor @Jed_Rubenfeld recently argued that the Trump administration’s visa actions against @Harvard are illegal retaliation.

We respect Rubenfeld immensely. He’s a principled scholar and a defender of civil liberties. But here, he’s wrong.

thefp.com/p/jed-rubenfel… (🧵 2/16) Three things need to be said clearly, bluntly and now:

1. Rubenfeld’s legal argument is not bulletproof.

2. Even if it were right, legal victory is irrelevant.

3. People need to stop thinking like litigators and start thinking like strategists.
May 3 13 tweets 4 min read
A thread on why @Columbia University Senate's anonymously-authored Sundial Report is unauthorized, procedurally improper, and in direct violation of University Statutes. 🧵 (1/12)

senate.columbia.edu/content/sundia… @Columbia On May 2, @CUSenate Executive Committee Chair @j34bsrisbd6f made a forceful statement where she spoke of her fidelity to the Statutes.

We heartily agree with her. Columbia's Statutes are very important.

We even published an explainer here. (2/12)

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