馃攰LISTEN: Host Cristian Farias is joined by former Obama WH Counsel Bob Bauer and the Knight Institute鈥檚 Scott Wilkens to discuss the unconstitutionality of Trump鈥檚 Executive Orders aimed at Big Law. New episode:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-the-president-comes-for-the-lawyers/id1813437044?i=1000721159047
When the President Comes for the Lawyers
Podcast Episode 路 The Bully's Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment 路 08/08/2025 路 41m
@knightcolumbia has filed an almost-200-page brief describing evidence presented during trial in our AAUP v. Rubio case challenging the Trump admin鈥檚 policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen faculty & students for their pro-Palestinian advocacy.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/post-trial-brief-supplies-comprehensive-account-of-trump-administrations-arrests-detentions-and-threatened-deportation-of-student-protesters 
Post-Trial Brief Supplies Comprehensive Account of Trump Administration鈥檚 Arrests, Detentions, and Threatened Deportation of Student Protesters
This morning, members of the Knight Institute鈥檚 leadership team published a critical analysis of Columbia University鈥檚 settlement agreement with the Trump administration. Read the full analysis here:
https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-the-columbia-settlement-really-means
What the Columbia Settlement Really Means
This paper was co-authored by MH Tessler, Georgina Evans, Michiel A. Bakker, Iason Gabriel, Sophie Bridgers, Rishub Jain, Raphael Koster, Verena Rieser, Anca Dragan, Matthew Botvinick & Christopher Summerfield.
A new paper for our AI and Democratic Freedoms series explores whether and how
#LLMs can enhance democratic participation, improve political equality, and foster meaningful deliberation.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/can-ai-mediation-improve-democratic-deliberation
Can AI Mediation Improve Democratic Deliberation?
New paper in our AI & Dem Freedoms series: Henry Farrell & Hahrie Han argue that the existing paradigm of democracy driving scholarship about its relationship to
#AI highlights the wrong questions, and that we should focus on enduring democratic publics and collective behavior.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-and-democratic-publics
AI and Democratic Publics
LISTEN to today's episode with First Amendment legal scholar Genevieve Lakier and Wesleyan President Michael Roth discussing the Trump administration鈥檚
#jawboning and extortion campaign against U.S. universities.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-higher-ed-got-jawboned/id1813437044?i=1000720171842
How Higher Ed Got Jawboned
Podcast Episode 路 The Bully's Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment 路 07/31/2025 路 46m
馃毃JOB ALERT: Seeking recent law school graduates to work as legal fellows beginning in Fall 2026. Help litigate groundbreaking First Amendment cases and contribute to research and public education initiatives. The deadline to apply is September 1, 2025. More info:
https://knightcolumbia.org/page/legal-fellowIn an essay for our AI & Democratic Freedoms series, Kevin Feng, David McDonald & Amy Zhang outline a framework for levels of
#AI agent autonomy that can be used to support the responsible deployment of AI agents.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/levels-of-autonomy-for-ai-agents-1
Levels of Autonomy for AI Agents
"If the First Amendment protects anything at all, it protects people against imprisonment based on their political views. But that's what's going on here." Watch
@jameeljaffer discuss AAUP v. Rubio on Al Jazeera's The Bottom Line.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2025/7/27/has-the-us-cancelled-free-speech
Has the US cancelled free speech?
Why are US professors suing to challenge the Trump administration鈥檚 crackdown on pro-Palestine activism?
