The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920; the leading light among its handful of founders was a Boston Brahmin, Roger Baldwin. In its early days, the ACLU intervened in a good way: it argued for lifting the ban on James Joyce’s Ulysses (leading to Judge John Woolsey’s famous opinion); in 1925, it partnered […]
Georgetown Doubles Down on Its Anti-Israel Animus
Georgetown University has decided to remain all in for “Palestine” and to support the postdoctoral student whom the government would like to deport: “Georgetown University under the microscope as White House scrutinizes campus antisemitism,” by Haley Cohen, Jewish Insider, March 28, 2025: In the immediate aftermath of Oct. 7, Georgetown Law School hosted Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd, […]
Another Pro-Hamas Student Faces Deportation
The story of the Trump administration’s detention of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national at Georgetown University, for having ties to the terror group Hamas can be found here: “US seeks to deport pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student,” Reuters, March 20, 2025: US President Donald Trump’s administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University […]