“ I am profoundly saddened and alarmed by @Columbia University and @PaulWeissLLP law firm's capitulation to the increasingly dictatorial Trump administration.

I cannot judge, because I do not have many of the relevant facts, the wisdom or necessity of the steps taken.

But this kind of bending of the knee by major institutions, if continued, threatens American democracy.

There is strength in numbers, and I hope across American universities and American institutions more

#press #democracy