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May 25, 2025 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, 2025 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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