How are new federal funding conditions affecting academic freedom and research? Stanford Law School recently brought together scholars and policy experts to address this pressing question. The panel examined the Trump Administration's use of federal funding requirements and other tools that ...may constrain academic inquiry.

The discussion, co-sponsored by the Stanford Law School Law & Policy Lab, Heterodox Academy and the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, featured Paul Brest as moderator and panelists Bernadette Meyler, Mark Lemley, Evelyn Douek, Veena Dubal and Yvonne Maldonado.

Duncan Hosie, a fellow at Stanford Law School, examines in The Atlantic how the Callais v. Louisiana decision creates far-reaching implications beyond its immediate impact on voting rights litigation. The ruling's requirement that vote-dilution claims demonstrate intentional discrimination ...effectively overturns decades of congressional precedent.

Hosie notes the decision creates a self-reinforcing dynamic: by eliminating majority-minority districts, it weakens the congressional coalition most likely to advocate for voting rights restoration.

Judicial Supremacy Has Arrived

Last week’s Supreme Court decision didn’t just undermine the Voting Rights Act. It foreclosed the possibility of any new Voting Rights Act in the...

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What new insights can be gained from the Declaration of Independence nearly 250 years after its adoption?

Beginning tomorrow, May 15–16, 2026, the Stanford Constitutional Law Center will convene eight prominent scholars, historians, and jurists on to explore what new perspectives can be ...brought to the Declaration of Independence on the eve of its 250th anniversary.

Through a series of lectures and conversations, participants from across the ideological spectrum will examine the document's history, meaning, and continuing significance for American constitutional thought.

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