Brian Soucek
@BRSoucek
Prof @UCDavisLaw. Teach con law & civil procedure, write about academic freedom and aesthetics. Author of The Opinionated University (@UChicagoPress 2025)
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OPINION: By imposing institutional neutrality, the Trump administration is giving itself the power to determine our universities’ missions, UC Davis law professor Brian Soucek writes. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…
An important piece from Brian Soucek (@BRSoucek), author of THE OPINIONATED UNIVERSITY, coming in January 2026.
The trans ban violates the missions of universities — and their silence is dishonorable bit.ly/4mH8vNF
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?
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/
Happening tonight at the @SFPublicLibrary! Details and registration: kqed.org/event/5064
Bay Area folks: come join me tomorrow night @KQED’s Night of Ideas at the SF Public Library, where I’ll be debating institutional neutrality with @StanfordLaw’s Diego Zambrano. 9pm, and it’s free! @ucdavis @UCDavisLaw
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…
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.
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.
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.
UC Regents order President Drake who passes the buck to Provost Newman to end the use of diversity statements in hiring throughout the University of California. Note that, as page 2 clarifies, "no longer required" actually means "no longer permitted."
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