David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Founding Chair, Academic Freedom Alliance; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution. All opinions are mine alone. Personal website at https://keithewhittington.com/https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mrj45rol4c2pWhat fresh hell is this? (The “primary text” by me does not exist)26 Jul 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj45rol4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mr5w5mn62s2sNew episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast. Conversation w/ lead attorney in the Stop WOKE Act case recently decided by the 11th circuit. one of the most important academic freedom cases in recent years https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-icchs-1b1879921 Jul 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5w5mn62s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mqwlkclpxc2uBig sale on both the hardback and the kindle versions of The Impeachment Power. Seems like something one might want https://www.amazon.com/Impeachment-Power-Politics-Extraordinary-Constitutional/dp/069126539918 Jul 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwlkclpxc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mq367nddhk24After a long wait, circuit court rejects Florida’s defense of barring profs at public universities from espousing disfavored ideas in the classroom 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq367nddhk24https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mpja7nmfi22ni confess to being quite wrong about how badly Trump would lose the birthright case. The administration got far more votes than I would have expected.30 Jun 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpja7nmfi22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3moiysnhr722oNot doing much social media these days, but will note that I have a new paper with @btkeener.bsky.social posted on SSRN on birthright citizenship. Can be found at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6948480 1/17 Jun 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiysnhr722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mnffbcqipc2vAs noted in this Volokh Conspiracy post, I have two new articles now out https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/03/more-on-birthright-citizenship-and-intellectual-diversity-mandates/03 Jun 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnffbcqipc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mjudgrndks2nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/bradwendel/p/some-thoughts-on-john-eastmans-disbarment?r=2jxd3&utm_medium=ios. Worth a read19 Apr 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjudgrndks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3miyy2jmlwc2pLost opportunity to put "falsely shouting" right there in the headline https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/yelling-gun-crowded-movie-theater-arrest-1236557935/08 Apr 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyy2jmlwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mix3bajxes22Ok, yes. I added a new slide for my con law class tomorrow on commander in chief authority over the conduct of war08 Apr 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix3bajxes22https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mitaj5gpik2vAvailable instantly on kindle, in case you’re in a hurry The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool a.co/d/0gWO8Rie https://a.co/d/0gWO8Rie06 Apr 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitaj5gpik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3migvitemds27Sauer is often dealt a poor hand by his boss, but he's a pretty impressive advocate01 Apr 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3migvitemds27https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mignibe3pc26If TV courtroom dramas have taught me anything, it is that people can jump up from their seats in the gallery and interject whenever they want. Which could be fun. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mignibe3pc26https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mignffj2us26Post below has description and link to new draft paper on the original meaning of "subject to the jurisdiction" as language was used in American legal discourse in the mid-nineteenth century. All evidence of pre-14th Amendment usage is clear and consistent with the conventional reading [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mignffj2us26https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3miebc5uza226I have created a new personal website with information about my public commentary, scholarship, and teaching, as well as useful data and materials relating to American constitutional, political, and intellectual history. It can be found at keithewhittington.com/index.html https://keithewhittington.com/index.html31 Mar 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3miebc5uza226https://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mi3p47oy3c2qAh, that one weird trick [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3p47oy3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mgq4tyha6c2kThus has it always been, and thus shall it ever be10 Mar 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq4tyha6c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mgaewzonvc2wRed state politicians working hard to kill their institutions of higher education https://www.oudaily.com/news/oklahoma-legislature-advances-bill-to-remove-tenure-ou/article_46bc3090-7b48-40f5-8f83-454c391e066a.html04 Mar 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaewzonvc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mg3raynd4s2tLooking forward to hosting this event at the Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Yale https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale-law-school-events/symposium-free-speech-rights-noncitizens02 Mar 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3raynd4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mg3cyosyjk2dMy latest on birthright citizenship in The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social https://thedispatch.com/article/birthright-citizenship-history-constitution/02 Mar 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3cyosyjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mfyzjooxb22tSometimes it seems like certain individuals do not even bother reading the stuff they are criticizing, let alone accurately describe it or investigate the basis of its claims01 Mar 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfyzjooxb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mfmdiw75r22kNew from me. The justices should stay home. https://thedispatch.com/article/state-of-the-union-congress-woodrow-wilson/24 Feb 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmdiw75r22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mfjpwlbqbs2oIntro state university courses now treated like k-12 classes, complete with state issued textbook and instructor's manual https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/curriculum/2026/02/20/florida-hands-down-sociology-curriculum-state-colleges23 Feb 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjpwlbqbs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mf7zukpohc2xIn case you missed it, webinar from the Federalist Society w/ Ilan Wurman and me on meaning of birthright citizenship rule https://www.youtube.com/live/PS0F_PNlsSo?si=QmuOyOTh8AbpHAFz19 Feb 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7zukpohc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3melrbscadc2pMy paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3melrbscadc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kewhittington.bsky.social/post/3mciagdkmzk2aHonored to be delivering the Barrett Lecture today at @ucdavislaw.bsky.social on whether the president has a constitutional power to refuse to spend congressional appropriations (a constitutionally based impoundment power)15 Jan 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:sdmdzzrojqsc6rdvr74wljta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mciagdkmzk2a