Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

Prof @UCDavisLaw. Teach con law & civil procedure, write about academic freedom and aesthetics. Author of The Opinionated University (@UChicagoPress 2025) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/Ab… Joined April 2016

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Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

4 months ago

Hey institutional neutrality folks: now that Trump’s military trans ban is back in effect, are you going to say anything about the fact that you’re about to be violating your own nondiscrimination policies when you host military recruiters? Is that an attack on your mission?

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Roger Parloff @rparloff

5 months ago

Interrogatories:

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Daniel Hemel @DanielJHemel

5 months ago

As Trump will soon learn, there are important differences between freezing federal funding & revoking an entity’s tax-exempt status that make the latter a much less potent weapon in the executive branch’s arsenal 1/

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Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

5 months ago

Perfect timing for the new edition of the @AAUP #Redbook!

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Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

5 months ago

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UC Davis Law @UCDavisLaw

5 months ago

Happening tonight at the @SFPublicLibrary! Details and registration: kqed.org/event/5064

Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

5 months ago

Happening tonight at the @SFPublicLibrary! Details and registration: kqed.org/event/5064

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Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers

5 months ago

Preserving democracy depends on individual acts of resistance to egregious illegal government overreach. If Harvard, with all its wealth and prestige, can’t stand up for democracy who can? Harvard must follow the example of those like the Wilmer Hale law firm and reject…

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Tommy Vietor @TVietor08

5 months ago

NYU cancelled a speech by the former head of Doctors Without Borders because she was going to mention casualties in Gaza and the impact of USAID cuts. Thank God we finally ended censorship and cancel culture on college campuses.

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Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

6 months ago

What is the DEI equivalent of “are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?” This is clearly written by someone who has never encountered actual DEI statements in the real world.

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sdfahrenthold

6 months ago

I concur with @BRSoucek: Attempts to appease those who have been explicit about their intent to destroy higher education as we currently know it are politically naïve." nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/…

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Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

6 months ago

I'm struck by Provost Newman's phrasing: "The Regents determined that this announcement was necessary because...." Note how carefully she avoids endorsing any of their reasoning herself.

Brian Soucek @BRSoucek

6 months ago

I'm struck by Provost Newman's phrasing: "The Regents determined that this announcement was necessary because...." Note how carefully she avoids endorsing any of their reasoning herself.