Robert Chang
@korematsuctr.bsky.social
Professor of Law and Sylvia Mendez Presidential Chair for Civil Rights; founder and Executive Director, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at UC Irvine School of Law. Teacher, civil rights attorney, writer.
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I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.
October 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.
Listening on repeat to Don McLean's The Day the Music Died.
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Listening on repeat to Don McLean's The Day the Music Died.
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This entire argument by Louisiana and the conservatives questions are premised on an erasure of Congress’ enforcement power under the 14th & 15th Amendments.
Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.
Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This entire argument by Louisiana and the conservatives questions are premised on an erasure of Congress’ enforcement power under the 14th & 15th Amendments.
Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.
Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.
Tomorrow, SCOTUS hears argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to CO's ban on conversion therapy for minors. The Korematsu Center, joined by other race centers, filed an amicus brief supporting CO.
We remind Court that First Amendment was asserted to challenge civil rights for racial minorities.
We remind Court that First Amendment was asserted to challenge civil rights for racial minorities.
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Tomorrow, SCOTUS hears argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to CO's ban on conversion therapy for minors. The Korematsu Center, joined by other race centers, filed an amicus brief supporting CO.
We remind Court that First Amendment was asserted to challenge civil rights for racial minorities.
We remind Court that First Amendment was asserted to challenge civil rights for racial minorities.
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WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (@korematsuctr.bsky.social) at UCI Law, together with @newenglandinnocence.org & Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP, filed an amicus brief in Commonwealth v. Robinson before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Free speech for thee ...
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Free speech for thee ...
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Last night the 14th Amend Ctr had a terrific opening session on birthright citizenship w/historians Martha Jones & @kate.masur.TONIGHT is Part Two w/a great line-up of scholars & advocates. It’s not too late to register. howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Last night the 14th Amend Ctr had a terrific opening session on birthright citizenship w/historians Martha Jones & @kate.masur.TONIGHT is Part Two w/a great line-up of scholars & advocates. It’s not too late to register. howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (@korematsuctr.bsky.social) at UCI Law, together with @newenglandinnocence.org & Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP, filed an amicus brief in Commonwealth v. Robinson before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
bit.ly/47Qc7tc
bit.ly/47Qc7tc
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality (@korematsuctr.bsky.social) at UCI Law, together with @newenglandinnocence.org & Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP, filed an amicus brief in Commonwealth v. Robinson before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
bit.ly/47Qc7tc
bit.ly/47Qc7tc
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no surprised that brett ”almost certainly flunked his remedial classes” kavanaugh thinks the constitution authorizes a race-based federal “papers please” regime. quick, someone ask him what he thinks of the fugitive slave act.
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
no surprised that brett ”almost certainly flunked his remedial classes” kavanaugh thinks the constitution authorizes a race-based federal “papers please” regime. quick, someone ask him what he thinks of the fugitive slave act.
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Fundamental Interests Of United States Of America Would Be Irreparably Harmed If It Race-Based Harassment And Detention By Masked Thugs Were Even Temporarily Halted
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You can now register for the 14th Amendment Center’s webinars on birthright citizenship.
The sessions will be held on September 16th and 17th with a line-up of experts. REGISTER NOW:
howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The sessions will be held on September 16th and 17th with a line-up of experts. REGISTER NOW:
howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You can now register for the 14th Amendment Center’s webinars on birthright citizenship.
The sessions will be held on September 16th and 17th with a line-up of experts. REGISTER NOW:
howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The sessions will be held on September 16th and 17th with a line-up of experts. REGISTER NOW:
howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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On the absurd DOJ argument that Mr. Abrego Garcia should be held in criminal custody because otherwise ICE might deport him, the judge notes that “At bottom, the Government asks the Court to save it from itself because it may suffer irreparable harm completely of its own making.”
June 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On the absurd DOJ argument that Mr. Abrego Garcia should be held in criminal custody because otherwise ICE might deport him, the judge notes that “At bottom, the Government asks the Court to save it from itself because it may suffer irreparable harm completely of its own making.”
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Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
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Does this make America safer?
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Does this make America safer?
I'm reflecting on the 1965 debate between James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Jr.
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James Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 1965
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June 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm reflecting on the 1965 debate between James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Jr.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tek...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tek...
If nobody knows his plans, does that include himself?
Asking for the planet.
Asking for the planet.
June 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If nobody knows his plans, does that include himself?
Asking for the planet.
Asking for the planet.
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It is impossible not to read this in conjunction with the Supreme Court's heartrbreaking, awful decision in Skrmetti allowing states to deny transgender teens the health care they need.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It is impossible not to read this in conjunction with the Supreme Court's heartrbreaking, awful decision in Skrmetti allowing states to deny transgender teens the health care they need.
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“We’re not banning them from these swimming pools on account of race, we’re banning them on account of the melanin levels in their skin.”
The sheer level of logical contortion required to say that banning trans care “doesn’t exclude any individual from medical treatments on the basis of transgender status” is truly mind-blowing.
Skirmetti just came back. 6-3 against healthcare for trans minors.
This is nauseating.
This is nauseating.
June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“We’re not banning them from these swimming pools on account of race, we’re banning them on account of the melanin levels in their skin.”
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Justice Sotomayor speaks for so many:
“The Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.
In sadness, I dissent.”
“The Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.
In sadness, I dissent.”
The SCOTUS decision in U.S. v Skrmetti is a devastating loss for transgender youth and their loved ones.
To the transgender community — you are not alone in this fight. We remain committed to ensuring all families can get the health care they need.
To the transgender community — you are not alone in this fight. We remain committed to ensuring all families can get the health care they need.
June 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Justice Sotomayor speaks for so many:
“The Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.
In sadness, I dissent.”
“The Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.
In sadness, I dissent.”
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He said it. Yes.
"I have never seen a record where racial discrimination by the government is so palpable... Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?" Judge Young (Reagan appointee) ruling in our favor against Trump research cuts.
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
NIH grant funding restored
Judge rules grant terminations on the basis of DEI and gender identity are discriminatory and illegal
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June 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
He said it. Yes.
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Horrifying. We are here.
Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Horrifying. We are here.
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What stage of capitalism is "Taking money from cancer research to pay for military vanity parade"?
June 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What stage of capitalism is "Taking money from cancer research to pay for military vanity parade"?
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Please read this @dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social op-ed about our office’s unacceptably high atty caseloads & why we're limiting the # of new cases we take on. Thanks to @seattleulaw.bsky.social's Prof. Robert Boruchowitz & @korematsuctr.bsky.social's Prof. Robert S. Chang. tinyurl.com/PubDefDJ
June 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Please read this @dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social op-ed about our office’s unacceptably high atty caseloads & why we're limiting the # of new cases we take on. Thanks to @seattleulaw.bsky.social's Prof. Robert Boruchowitz & @korematsuctr.bsky.social's Prof. Robert S. Chang. tinyurl.com/PubDefDJ
Well - I had to cancel my ticket to see an early screening of the new John Wick spinoff this evening because of a last-minute amicus filing.
No regrets. I'll get to the theater in the next week or so to see the film. Working to fight executive overreach isn't something that can wait.
No regrets. I'll get to the theater in the next week or so to see the film. Working to fight executive overreach isn't something that can wait.
June 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Well - I had to cancel my ticket to see an early screening of the new John Wick spinoff this evening because of a last-minute amicus filing.
No regrets. I'll get to the theater in the next week or so to see the film. Working to fight executive overreach isn't something that can wait.
No regrets. I'll get to the theater in the next week or so to see the film. Working to fight executive overreach isn't something that can wait.