Keith E. Whittington

Princeton

Contributor at Reason

David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Founding Chair, @AFA_Alliance. Visiting Fellow, @HooverInst. All opinions are mine alone.

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Articles

Academic Freedom Podcast on Restricting International Students at Harvard University

1 week ago | reason.com | Keith E. Whittington

Academic Freedom A conversation with Eugene Volokh on the First Amendment issues of the Trump administration's actions | A new episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast has been released. The podcast is sponsored by the Academic Freedom Alliance and the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Yale Law School.
Academic Freedom Podcast on the Federal Funding Freeze Aimed at Harvard University

1 week ago | reason.com | Keith E. Whittington

Academic Freedom An explainer from Cass Sunstein | A new episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast has been released. The podcast is sponsored by the Academic Freedom Alliance and the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Yale Law School.
Academic Freedom Podcast on Rescinding Harvard's Tax Exempt Status

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Keith E. Whittington

Academic Freedom Can Trump do that, and what would it mean? | A new episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast has been released. The podcast is sponsored by the Academic Freedom Alliance and the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Yale Law School.
You Can't Teach That!: The Battle Over University Classrooms

1 month ago | hoover.org | Keith E. Whittington

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AFA Statement on Speech Rights of Foreign Nationals

2 months ago | reason.com | Keith E. Whittington

Campus Free Speech | After several high-profile examples of university students having their authorization to study in the United States revoked and of international scholars being turned away at the border, the Academic Freedom Alliance has released a statement on the deportation of foreign scholars and students.
New Academic Freedom Podcast on the Columbia Situation

2 months ago | reason.com | Keith E. Whittington

Academic Freedom A conversation with David Cole | A new episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast has been released. The podcast is sponsored by the Academic Freedom Alliance and the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Yale Law School.
GOP Considering Its Options in Moving Against Judges

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Charles Hilu |Keith E. Whittington |Peter Gattuso |Charlotte Lawson

After President Donald Trump expressed his outrage at Judge James Boasberg and called for his removal, it took almost no time at all for a freshman House Republican to volunteer to do the president’s bidding. Boasberg had tried to block Trump’s efforts to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, leading the chief executive to lash out. “I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do,” he posted on social media last Tuesday.
On Judicial Impeachments

2 months ago | reason.com | Keith E. Whittington

Impeachment | Over at The Dispatch, I have a new piece on the impeachment of federal judges. In a Truth social post, President Donald Trump did what no sitting president has done before, publicly called for the impeachment of a federal judge.
Betrayal of the Law Firms

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Rebeccah Heinrichs |Keith E. Whittington

‘This was an existential threat to the firm.’ By and Published March 25, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French give us an update on the Paul Weiss legal drama and the frontal attacks on the law firm from the Trump administration. Plus, video dissents and a bill tackling injunctions.
Judicial Impeachments Should Be a Last Resort

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Keith E. Whittington |Charlotte Lawson |Grayson Logue |James Sutton

“This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”With a Truth Social post last week, President Donald Trump added his voice to the growing chorus of Republicans and GOP-aligned pundits calling to impeach federal judges for issuing rulings blocking or pausing Trump administration policies.