The Disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil
Civil rights attorney Edward Ahmed Mitchell and journalist Meghnad Bose discuss the profound implications Khalil’s case raises for free speech and due process.
Civil rights attorney Edward Ahmed Mitchell and journalist Meghnad Bose discuss the profound implications Khalil’s case raises for free speech and due process.
By moving the campus activist to a new jurisdiction, ICE disrupted court proceedings and limited his legal access, his attorneys say.
On the same day he floated cutting funding at schools hosting “illegal” protests, Trump took a free speech victory lap.
Jonathan Greenblatt falsely accused graduating students and streamer Hasan Piker of spreading antisemitic lies — and called on Trump to stop them.
Past challengers to California Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez have run up against big spending from special interest groups.
The university suspended three students out of hundreds participating in an on-campus encampment to protest the Israeli government.
“I expect the Department of Justice to work within the confines of the law,” one House Democrat said.
There is no more status quo, no going back, and yet, after the ceasefire, so much will remain the same.
Big public universities, historically at the forefront of catalyzing activist movements, are now using legal action, disciplinary efforts, and rule changes to chill speech and dissent.
A judge said Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate whose arrest by ICE sparked outrage, couldn’t be deported without a court order.
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