Noah Chauvin
@noahchauvin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Studies free speech, surveillance, and the production of legal scholarship.
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Noah Chauvin
@noahchauvin.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I'm excited to be publishing my paper "Can States Force ICE to Take Off the Masks?" in the Southern California Law Review Postscript!
Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback so far. Additional comments are welcomed!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback so far. Additional comments are welcomed!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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For no particular reason, a thread of books on presidential power that I recommend. 🧵📚
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For no particular reason, a thread of books on presidential power that I recommend. 🧵📚
I'm curious if any labor/employment law folks have thoughts on this. It strikes me that you can't dress up harassing a company executive outside his office as "union activity" to avoid sanctions for it, but is my instinct wrong here?
Recent cuts at Condé Nast blindsided some top editors who were not briefed in advance of the changes to their staff, @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports. www.status.news/p/conde-nast...
Confronting Condé
Sudden union-related firings, coupled with another wave of layoffs, have left staffers questioning whether leadership understands the creative engines behind its storied publications.
www.status.news
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I'm curious if any labor/employment law folks have thoughts on this. It strikes me that you can't dress up harassing a company executive outside his office as "union activity" to avoid sanctions for it, but is my instinct wrong here?
The idea that the US should look to a repressive, revanchist dictatorship for moral leadership on anything is absurd. It’s especially absurd in this context: almost half of the world’s polysilicon comes from Xinjiang.
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The idea that the US should look to a repressive, revanchist dictatorship for moral leadership on anything is absurd. It’s especially absurd in this context: almost half of the world’s polysilicon comes from Xinjiang.
I spoke with @ariquelmy.bsky.social (@courthousenews.bsky.social) about why California's new law that will ban ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks on duty likely violates the Supremacy Clause. Check out his article below!
www.courthousenews.com/ice-unmasked...
www.courthousenews.com/ice-unmasked...
ICE unmasked: California officials clash over enforcement of looming law
Some legal experts say the no-mask mandate will likely be struck down — and one top prosecutor is already advising federal agents to ignore the new law set to take effect next year.
www.courthousenews.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I spoke with @ariquelmy.bsky.social (@courthousenews.bsky.social) about why California's new law that will ban ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks on duty likely violates the Supremacy Clause. Check out his article below!
www.courthousenews.com/ice-unmasked...
www.courthousenews.com/ice-unmasked...
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Gov. Youngkin, Jason Miyares and former Comm. Att’y Theo Stamos have been working with the Feds to suppress political dissent & free speech in Arlington, including through a criminal investigation of my client, as this article from The NY Times explains.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Gov. Youngkin, Jason Miyares and former Comm. Att’y Theo Stamos have been working with the Feds to suppress political dissent & free speech in Arlington, including through a criminal investigation of my client, as this article from The NY Times explains.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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I’d be a lot more sympathetic to this view if a bunch of Mamdani supporters hadn’t spent months insisting that the national Democratic establishment endorse him.
I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.
November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’d be a lot more sympathetic to this view if a bunch of Mamdani supporters hadn’t spent months insisting that the national Democratic establishment endorse him.
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"1 in 4 reported that they feel they can’t express their opinion ... because of how others would respond."
On the heels of Gov. Abbott saying Texas is "targeting [leftist] professors," @thefireorg.bsky.social has a new report out detailing the effects on academics.
On the heels of Gov. Abbott saying Texas is "targeting [leftist] professors," @thefireorg.bsky.social has a new report out detailing the effects on academics.
Sanctioned Scholars: The Price of Speaking Freely in Today’s Academy
This report presents the results of a survey of 209 scholars in this “Scholars Under Fire” database who were targeted for sanction because of their speech between 2020 and 2024.
www.thefire.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"1 in 4 reported that they feel they can’t express their opinion ... because of how others would respond."
On the heels of Gov. Abbott saying Texas is "targeting [leftist] professors," @thefireorg.bsky.social has a new report out detailing the effects on academics.
On the heels of Gov. Abbott saying Texas is "targeting [leftist] professors," @thefireorg.bsky.social has a new report out detailing the effects on academics.
A tragedy in three acts:
"Nobody's taking candy from the bowl in my office, so I'm just eating it."
"I'll bring the bowl to class so my students will take some."
"My students took all the good candy and I don't want to eat what's left."
"Nobody's taking candy from the bowl in my office, so I'm just eating it."
"I'll bring the bowl to class so my students will take some."
"My students took all the good candy and I don't want to eat what's left."
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A tragedy in three acts:
"Nobody's taking candy from the bowl in my office, so I'm just eating it."
"I'll bring the bowl to class so my students will take some."
"My students took all the good candy and I don't want to eat what's left."
"Nobody's taking candy from the bowl in my office, so I'm just eating it."
"I'll bring the bowl to class so my students will take some."
"My students took all the good candy and I don't want to eat what's left."
A majority of Americans (including 65% of Democrats) say that higher education is headed in the wrong direction, per Pew/HxA:
heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/americans-...
heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/americans-...
Americans Praise Higher Ed Research, But Remain Concerned about Campus Culture
Polls show concerns about viewpoint diversity, critical thinking, bias, and free speech.
heterodoxacademy.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A majority of Americans (including 65% of Democrats) say that higher education is headed in the wrong direction, per Pew/HxA:
heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/americans-...
heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/americans-...
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Today's "One First" explains why Stephen Miller is wrong that ICE officers have "federal immunity" from prosecution for all actions they take in their official duties, and that anyone attempting to prosecute them is committing a felony.
Supremacy Clause immunity is a thing, but it's *not* absolute:
Supremacy Clause immunity is a thing, but it's *not* absolute:
186. When Can States Prosecute Federal Officers?
Stephen Miller claims that ICE officers have "immunity" for anything they do while enforcing immigration law. Even as an argument about *state* criminal prosecutions, that claim is overstated at best.
www.stevevladeck.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today's "One First" explains why Stephen Miller is wrong that ICE officers have "federal immunity" from prosecution for all actions they take in their official duties, and that anyone attempting to prosecute them is committing a felony.
Supremacy Clause immunity is a thing, but it's *not* absolute:
Supremacy Clause immunity is a thing, but it's *not* absolute:
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Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Was really excited for my first attempt at editing a case for my students, because one of my goals is to eventually provide students with my own materials so they don't have to buy textbooks.
Realizing now my first attempt probably shouldn't have been the Fifth Circuit's 60,000-word AEA case.
Realizing now my first attempt probably shouldn't have been the Fifth Circuit's 60,000-word AEA case.
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Was really excited for my first attempt at editing a case for my students, because one of my goals is to eventually provide students with my own materials so they don't have to buy textbooks.
Realizing now my first attempt probably shouldn't have been the Fifth Circuit's 60,000-word AEA case.
Realizing now my first attempt probably shouldn't have been the Fifth Circuit's 60,000-word AEA case.
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This is ridiculous framing. The Supreme Court “officially considers” taking up thousands of cases a year. It actually takes up less than a hundred. When the latter happens, it’ll be worth reporting on.
Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is ridiculous framing. The Supreme Court “officially considers” taking up thousands of cases a year. It actually takes up less than a hundred. When the latter happens, it’ll be worth reporting on.
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"When I email DHS for comment about things like the detention of U.S. citizens, I'm given statements contradicted by clear evidence."
Homeland Security won't stop lying about who immigration enforcers are arresting
In case after case, Homeland Security's Public Affairs Office releases incorrect information about arrests carried out by federal immigration officers.
reason.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"When I email DHS for comment about things like the detention of U.S. citizens, I'm given statements contradicted by clear evidence."
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I’d like to record some new Ipse Dixit episodes, what articles or books would you like to hear me discuss? Self-nominations welcome.
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’d like to record some new Ipse Dixit episodes, what articles or books would you like to hear me discuss? Self-nominations welcome.
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I, too, would like to get back to interviewing folks, though not at the same breakneck volume that @brianlfrye.bsky.social is able to work at. HMU, especially if you're writing in crim, gender and sexuality, and the intersection of law and geography!
I’d like to record some new Ipse Dixit episodes, what articles or books would you like to hear me discuss? Self-nominations welcome.
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I, too, would like to get back to interviewing folks, though not at the same breakneck volume that @brianlfrye.bsky.social is able to work at. HMU, especially if you're writing in crim, gender and sexuality, and the intersection of law and geography!
"Rather than pointing to one ideology as the cause of what feels like an increasingly dangerous environment, T2V’s data point to something worse: growing civil unrest from across the political spectrum."
From Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter in @justsecurity.org.
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
From Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter in @justsecurity.org.
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
Correctly Assessing U.S. Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence
A recent published report suffers from fatal analytic flaws and risks feeding false narratives about political violence and polarization.
www.justsecurity.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Rather than pointing to one ideology as the cause of what feels like an increasingly dangerous environment, T2V’s data point to something worse: growing civil unrest from across the political spectrum."
From Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter in @justsecurity.org.
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
From Michael Jensen and Amy Cooter in @justsecurity.org.
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
Isn’t there a government shutdown?
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Isn’t there a government shutdown?
I'm having my national security lawyering students do "simulations" this semester in which they get to act as national security lawyers.
I could go on at length about the pedagogical benefits, but really it's a chance for me to do some creative writing.
Anyways, congrats @msmith750.bsky.social!
I could go on at length about the pedagogical benefits, but really it's a chance for me to do some creative writing.
Anyways, congrats @msmith750.bsky.social!
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'm having my national security lawyering students do "simulations" this semester in which they get to act as national security lawyers.
I could go on at length about the pedagogical benefits, but really it's a chance for me to do some creative writing.
Anyways, congrats @msmith750.bsky.social!
I could go on at length about the pedagogical benefits, but really it's a chance for me to do some creative writing.
Anyways, congrats @msmith750.bsky.social!
I highly recommend this excellent (and timely!) new essay from my colleague Stephen Henderson (@crimprof.bsky.social).
Stephen writes "In Defense of Pardons" and argues that "[u]gly many pardons may be... but ugly mercy remains mercy still."
www.floridalawreview.com/article/1460...
Stephen writes "In Defense of Pardons" and argues that "[u]gly many pardons may be... but ugly mercy remains mercy still."
www.floridalawreview.com/article/1460...
In Defense of Pardons | Published in Florida Law Review
By Stephen E. Henderson. Response to Professor Chad Flanders's "Get Rid of Pardons"
www.floridalawreview.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I highly recommend this excellent (and timely!) new essay from my colleague Stephen Henderson (@crimprof.bsky.social).
Stephen writes "In Defense of Pardons" and argues that "[u]gly many pardons may be... but ugly mercy remains mercy still."
www.floridalawreview.com/article/1460...
Stephen writes "In Defense of Pardons" and argues that "[u]gly many pardons may be... but ugly mercy remains mercy still."
www.floridalawreview.com/article/1460...
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this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place
Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place
Jawboning is bad.
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Jawboning is bad.
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If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!
Please shoot me a message,
Please shoot me a message,
October 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!
Please shoot me a message,
Please shoot me a message,
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I had an amazing time at Kansas Law attending and presenting at the Central States Law Schools Association Conference! Amazing @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social colleagues, amazing friends, amazing conversations.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I had an amazing time at Kansas Law attending and presenting at the Central States Law Schools Association Conference! Amazing @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social colleagues, amazing friends, amazing conversations.
My hot take is that I don’t think you need to have decades of litigation experience to be a good judge—even a good trial judge. It’s an entirely different function. (Which isn’t a comment on this judge!)
Nachmanoff's bio looks like a judge's should: private criminal defense for 6 years, public defender for 13 years, magistrate judge for 6 years, then federal judge.
As compared to Trump nominees, which are like "I'm 35, never had a real client or been in court, got paid to write anti-LGBTQ blogs."
As compared to Trump nominees, which are like "I'm 35, never had a real client or been in court, got paid to write anti-LGBTQ blogs."
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My hot take is that I don’t think you need to have decades of litigation experience to be a good judge—even a good trial judge. It’s an entirely different function. (Which isn’t a comment on this judge!)