Academic-Freedom

Trump Expands Travel Ban to 19 Countries and Bans Harvard Students from Entry

2025-06-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President Trump signed an executive order expanding travel restrictions to 19 countries, while simultaneously ordering that students and scholars from Harvard University be barred from entering the United States. The Harvard ban represented an unprecedented use of immigration authority to punish a …

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State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges

1950-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

In 1950, California passed the Levering Act, requiring all state employees to sign a loyalty oath swearing they did not belong to organizations advocating overthrow of the government. The law followed a bitter fight at the University of California that had already fired 31 faculty members for …

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