staff attorney @ Knight First Amendment Institute | he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3madx5ptmk22hThe only thing the Supreme Court's TikTok ruling has managed to accomplish is to grant Trump even more influence over the digital public sphere, as I argued early this year when he first took credit for "saving" TikTok: https://www.justsecurity.org/106601/tiktok-executive-order-free-speech/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3madx5ptmk22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3m233z5xtas2bA huge win in @knightcolumbia.org's challenge to the Trump admin's policy of targeting noncitizen students and faculty for deportation based on their pro-Palestinian speech. Thank you @aaup.org and @mesa1966.bsky.social for trusting in us to represent you. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/in-landmark-ruling-federal-court-says-trump-administration-violated-first-amendment-by-deporting-foreign-citizens-for-pro-palestinian-advocacy30 Sep 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m233z5xtas2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3lvqxope6sc2zCheck out @knightcolumbia.org's post-trial brief in AAUP v. Rubio, which documents the Trump admin's efforts to arrest, detain, and deport students and scholars for their pro-Palestinian advocacy and explains why this ideological deportation policy violates the First Amendment. More below. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/post-trial-brief-supplies-comprehensive-account-of-trump-administrations-arrests-detentions-and-threatened-deportation-of-student-protesters06 Aug 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqxope6sc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3luih5oupwc2bThis morning we wrapped up our trial in AAUP v. Rubio--our challenge to the Trump admin's ideological deportation policy--with powerful closing statements by my @knightcolumbia.org colleague @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and Alex Conlon of Sher Tremonte.21 Jul 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3luih5oupwc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3lugb673cdk2cTomorrow: Closing arguments in AAUP v. Rubio, @aaup.org, @mesa1966.bsky.social, and @knightcolumbia.org's challenge to the Trump admin's policy of deporting students for their pro-Palestinian speech and advocacy. Catch up on the trial here: https://knightcolumbia.org/content/aaup-v-rubio-daily-trial-updates20 Jul 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lugb673cdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3lqq73czzf224Today, the 4th Circuit revived @knightcolumbia.org's challenge to the DOJ's sweeping prior restraint on the speech of immigration judges. The ruling has important implications for the scores of lawsuits opposing the Trump admin's unprecedented assault on the rights of federal workers. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/fourth-circuit-revives-challenge-to-policy-silencing-immigration-judges03 Jun 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqq73czzf224https://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3lndknybjs22dMy @knightcolumbia.org colleague Ramya Krishnan will be in court in Boston this Wednesday arguing on behalf of @aaup.bsky.social & @mesa1966.bsky.social in their challenge to the Trump admin's ideological-deportation policy. This is the case: https://knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-v-rubio21 Apr 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndknybjs22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgewang.bsky.social/post/3llw4toobbk27Powerful op-ed from Profs. Maya Jasanoff and @kirstenweld.bsky.social. They are members of AAUP-Harvard, one of the groups challenging the Trump admin's policy of targeting noncitizen students and faculty for deportation based on their pro-Palestinian advocacy. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/28/jasanoff-weld-harvard-aaup-lawsuit-trump/03 Apr 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:jsmdbdatd2nntte65n5hfd5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw4toobbk27