Zephyr Teachout

1 week ago | thenation.com | Zephyr Teachout

Hold the powerful to account by supporting The Nation The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week. Trump’s catastrophic “Liberation Day” has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called “enemy aliens” are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts.

3 weeks ago | washingtonmonthly.com | Zephyr Teachout

America is in a funk. People are unhappy with every major institution of government, from Congress to the Supreme Court to newspapers to the Democratic Party, and they lack confidence in the future. The rent is too damn high and wages too low, the health care system is broken, fires and floods are wrecking our communities, and we can’t even build a decent high-speed rail to rival 1990s Europe.

1 month ago | acslaw.org | Zephyr Teachout

President Donald Trump's public targeting of law firms and universities that oppose him or disagree with him is a direct assault on the rule of law in the United States. Over the weekend, Trump issued a memo directing the Justice Department to root out political opponents who use the law to challenge his actions.

1 month ago | msn.com | Zephyr Teachout

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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Zephyr Teachout

University presidents need to be working together to speak up against Donald Trump. Across the country, higher education is facing a crisis that threatens the entire vision of independence: a direct federal government effort to destroy academic freedom by controlling ideas and acceptable areas of inquiry. University leaders should be standing in solidarity with those who have been attacked to defend academic freedom and free speech. So far, all but five have been silent.