"Today is Constitution Day, marking the Sept. 17, 1787, signing of the Constitution by the 39 delegates at the Constitutional Convention who had written its words. And 238 years later, we face the worst assault on the constitutional rights protecting academic freedom in all of American history. In less than nine months, Donald Trump's administration has engaged in more unconstitutional actions attacking free expression in higher education than all of the 44 previous presidents combined."
"So, with the Illinois conference of the American Association of University Professors, Project Censored and the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, I've organized a webinar I'm moderating on Sept. 17, 2025, at 4 p.m. Eastern on "Higher Education in Crisis: Academic Freedom and the Constitution" ( zoom link to join). The webinar will be introduced by Mickey Huff of Project Censored and the Park Center and will feature University of Chicago law professor Tom Ginsburg,"
Constitution Day commemorates the Sept. 17, 1787 signing of the Constitution by 39 delegates. Academic freedom faces an unprecedented assault, with the Trump administration allegedly undertaking more unconstitutional actions against free expression in higher education in less than nine months than all 44 prior presidents combined. A 2005 federal law requires colleges receiving federal funds to hold an educational activity on this day. A webinar on Sept. 17, 2025 at 4 p.m. Eastern will address academic freedom and constitutional threats, introduced by Mickey Huff and featuring Tom Ginsburg and Sarah McLaughlin. Some litigation has succeeded, but there is distrust that a right-wing Supreme Court will correctly interpret the Constitution to constrain Trump.
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