War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

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And more...from Martin Balkin's blog, reposting here:
“…the set of schools the Trump administration in fact chose to approach this week—Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Penn, USC, Texas, Vanderbilt, and UVA. These clearly represent an effort to find the intersection on the Venn diagram between schools with a good amount of prestige and schools that might be softer targets, sometimes because their strong leaders have already been deposed as a result of right-wing activism and replaced with figures who are weaker, more beholden to conservative donors or politicians, or both.”
 
LeoBloom said:
The notion that higher education institutions are indoctrinating students is, of course, ludicrous.
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But were these fascists to gain the control they desire, the avenues to access to anything save their doctrine will no longer be present in colleges and universities...at that point indoctrination just might become possible.

BTW...love that very old school X-Men avatar you are sporting...
 
donbosco said:
But were these fascists to gain the control they desire, the avenues to access to anything save their doctrine will no longer be present in colleges and universities...at that point indoctrination just might become possible.

BTW...love that very old school X-Men avatar you are sporting...
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This is a legitimate fear, but I think people truly underestimate how hard it would be for the federal government to impose that sort of top-down indoctrination across the full size and scope of the American university system. Stephen Miller and his little Hitler Youth wannabes doesn't have enough time in the day to keep track of every college professor and classroom in the country, and the culture of academic freedom we've always had would take a long time to break entirely. The Compact for Education is a nightmare for America in several ways but honestly it would be a nightmare for the federal government to try to administer for more than a handful of schools.
 
donbosco said:
But were these fascists to gain the control they desire, the avenues to access to anything save their doctrine will no longer be present in colleges and universities...at that point indoctrination just might become possible.

BTW...love that very old school X-Men avatar you are sporting...
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Thanks, my friend.

And totally agree with you. It will be Lost Cause level of indoctrination across the disciplines.
 
I'm not that sure. At present there is a good deal of "pedagogical alteration" going on since there is no true sense of whether or not academic freedom still exists. In a more circumscribed system there would be both enforced as well as self-censored teaching.
 
rodoheel said:
This is a legitimate fear, but I think people truly underestimate how hard it would be for the federal government to impose that sort of top-down indoctrination across the full size and scope of the American university system. Stephen Miller and his little Hitler Youth wannabes doesn't have enough time in the day to keep track of every college professor and classroom in the country, and the culture of academic freedom we've always had would take a long time to break entirely. The Compact for Education is a nightmare for America in several ways but honestly it would be a nightmare for the federal government to try to administer for more than a handful of schools.
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Given that the Trump admin has already diverted ~25% of FBI staff to back up its fascist plan to dispel all immigrants and investigate suspected Antifa members, I don’t share your views.

See the state university system in Florida as an example. First there were “optional” requirements for profs to disclose their political views.

Then there were demands for profs to be fired and departments destroyed for “DEI” reasons.

Now there’s apparently proposed legislation in the state (which won’t pass in its current form, but still…) that would require all state-funded universities to re-name a street on campus to honor Charlie Kirk.
 

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear​

Recent moves reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his ambitious agenda​


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https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...4731c7?st=PCZejp&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

“President Trump began mass layoffs of federal workers. He threatened a dramatic increase in tariffs on China. And he flexed his control over the Justice Department once again, as his newly appointed U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia obtained an unusual indictment against the New York attorney general that Trump had demanded over the objections of career prosecutors.

That was just in the past 48 hours. On Sunday, Trump heads to the Middle East to sign a deal he helped clinch to end the fighting in Gaza.

All of these actions reflect a buoyed commander in chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first nine months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it has all proven to be.

… “Everyone’s on my side now,” Trump told advisers this summer. “They were fighting me last time.”

… Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.

… Trump expressed amazement at times at how many law firms were striking deals with him and how much money he could quickly raise for a White House ballroom from companies that wanted access to his administration, among other things.

… officials in the Office of Public Liaison—the group that works with the business community—have told business leaders they are tracking who is being critical, and are grading businesses on how supportive they are to the agenda, people familiar with the comments said.

Trump’s attacks against particular companies, ordering them to fire employees or change policies, have sent shock waves through much of corporate America, said four lobbyists with close ties to the administration….”
 
nycfan said:

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear​

Recent moves reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his ambitious agenda​


🎁 —>
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...4731c7?st=PCZejp&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

“President Trump began mass layoffs of federal workers. He threatened a dramatic increase in tariffs on China. And he flexed his control over the Justice Department once again, as his newly appointed U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia obtained an unusual indictment against the New York attorney general that Trump had demanded over the objections of career prosecutors.

That was just in the past 48 hours. On Sunday, Trump heads to the Middle East to sign a deal he helped clinch to end the fighting in Gaza.

All of these actions reflect a buoyed commander in chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first nine months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it has all proven to be.

… “Everyone’s on my side now,” Trump told advisers this summer. “They were fighting me last time.”

… Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.

… Trump expressed amazement at times at how many law firms were striking deals with him and how much money he could quickly raise for a White House ballroom from companies that wanted access to his administration, among other things.

… officials in the Office of Public Liaison—the group that works with the business community—have told business leaders they are tracking who is being critical, and are grading businesses on how supportive they are to the agenda, people familiar with the comments said.

Trump’s attacks against particular companies, ordering them to fire employees or change policies, have sent shock waves through much of corporate America, said four lobbyists with close ties to the administration….”
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This is... not good.
 
nycfan said:

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear​

Recent moves reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his ambitious agenda​


🎁 —>
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...4731c7?st=PCZejp&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

“President Trump began mass layoffs of federal workers. He threatened a dramatic increase in tariffs on China. And he flexed his control over the Justice Department once again, as his newly appointed U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia obtained an unusual indictment against the New York attorney general that Trump had demanded over the objections of career prosecutors.

That was just in the past 48 hours. On Sunday, Trump heads to the Middle East to sign a deal he helped clinch to end the fighting in Gaza.

All of these actions reflect a buoyed commander in chief who feels emboldened to go further after feeling as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in the first nine months. He has even remarked to aides that he is shocked how easy it has all proven to be.

… “Everyone’s on my side now,” Trump told advisers this summer. “They were fighting me last time.”

… Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.

… Trump expressed amazement at times at how many law firms were striking deals with him and how much money he could quickly raise for a White House ballroom from companies that wanted access to his administration, among other things.

… officials in the Office of Public Liaison—the group that works with the business community—have told business leaders they are tracking who is being critical, and are grading businesses on how supportive they are to the agenda, people familiar with the comments said.

Trump’s attacks against particular companies, ordering them to fire employees or change policies, have sent shock waves through much of corporate America, said four lobbyists with close ties to the administration….”
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Which only goes to show that the tactic that has been followed by so many universities, businesses, law firms, etc. in backing down and bending the knee to Trump's threats and bullying has backfired spectacularly. All it's done is embolden him and his minions into new excesses and assaults and attempts to simply take over American institutions, with considerable success. OTOH, schools that have resisted Trump, such as Harvard, have won a number of lawsuits and federal court rulings to maintain their independence. It's the classic case of backing down to a bully only encourages even greater bullying in the future. The bully may initially only want your lunch money, but if you don't stand up to him then he'll eventually start trying to take everything you've got on a regular basis.
 
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My niece who is a grad student at U Texas says the school has dissolved its Faculty Senate after TX State Legislature passed laws that mirror this stupid-assed compact. Texas is almost certainly going to sign the compact and ensured there will be no opposition.
 
Kingpin said:
My niece who is a grad student at U Texas says the school has dissolved its Faculty Senate after TX State Legislature passed laws that mirror this stupid-assed compact. Texas is almost certainly going to sign the compact and ensured there will be no opposition.
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Then remember that. Next time we have the power, any school that signed this will be cut off from all federal funds.

We must have long memories. They do this because they think we are a bunch of pussies who will never fight back.

If Hillsdale or any of the fucking indoctrination bible colleges remains open in 2030, it will have a massive failure. All religiously-affiliated universities must be forced to close unless they can prove their benefit to the world in terms of scholarship and research.
 
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