Michael Banerjee

PhD Candidate, @UCBerkeley. JD, @Harvard_Law. Writing a corporate history of the American university.

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

Last month, @PressHerald published this terrific article on the more than 234,000 acres that @BowdoinCollege and @ColbyCollege received from Massachusetts and Maine between 1794 and 1861. That's more land than @UMaine got under the Morrill Act of 1862.

https://t.co/ZT9nfo3w1W

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

Another terrific essay from Haris Durrani

[Dr. Haris Durrani @hdernity .bsky.s @hdernity]

Many thanks to Laura Ansley @AHAhistorians for terrific editing; @MABanerjee & @ChuMinghsi for feedback; & my dissertation committee, without which the project wouldn't have *lifted off* (ha): Angela Creager, @legalhis, Chris Beauchamp, Asif Siddiqi, @natasha_wheatl.

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

It was a pleasure recording this episode—many thanks to the Source Collect team for all their work on this!

[California Law Review @CalifLRev]

A new episode of CLR's official podcast, Source Collect, is live!🎙️

@MABanerjee at the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program of UC Berkeley Law joins CLR to discuss his CLR Online article, "What Harvard's Lawsuit Should Have Said."

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

[UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLaw]

“When it was founded in 1978, JSP was the first interdisciplinary law-focused Ph.D. program in the U.S. & it continues to be the leading program of its kind anywhere,” said Professor Sarah Song, associate dean for the Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program: https://t.co/VfL9NZ6n2j

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

My latest, published today by WashU Law Review Online, shows that public authorities granted over 4 million acres of land to universities like Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Michigan before and after the 1862 Morrill Act
https://t.co/xevHFie4BA

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

Those looking to understand the relationship between trustees and professors might find our recent @CulturalCritiq1 Online roundtable on Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn's 2023 book "The Autocratic Academy" useful: https://t.co/4IDAVBJnuC

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That ‘Advocate’ Certain Ideologies

Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester...https://t.co/SGBKv0iliU

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

Very happy to be a part of a wonderful cohort of BELS fellows. Many thanks to @BerkeleyLaw and @CSLSatBerkeley

[UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLaw]

Three students in our Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, Nandina Babic (pictured), Michael Banerjee, and Margot Lipin are Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Graduate Fellows this school year: https://t.co/vsEZVgQxo3 #UCBerkeleyLaw

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

Douthat: "The federal government doesn't actually have the power to shut down Harvard University, right?"

Mailman: "No, no, no."

No one can shut down Harvard, except (maybe) the People of Massachusetts, who have long protected it: https://t.co/61b9f8SZc3

[Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT]

This week's Interesting Times is a conversation with May Mailman about the Trump administration's plan to reshape higher education:
https://t.co/Aehjuoywdd

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

In case you might not have time to read the full article, I summarized it on the AAUP's Academe Blog: https://t.co/k43ERl8Ifo

[California Law Review @CalifLRev]

In “What Harvard's Lawsuit Should Have Said,” Michael Banerjee argues that Harvard’s lawsuit against the federal government should have invoked its corporate-constitutional rights.

Read more from California Law Review Online at https://t.co/mlQ69QEgPy

[Len Gutkin @GutkinLen]

More relevant than ever: A rich essay by Adam Sitze about the long and complex legal history of university autonomy: https://t.co/r9S61q24JS

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

It was such a pleasure working with the @CalifLRev editors on this piece!

[California Law Review @CalifLRev]

In “What Harvard's Lawsuit Should Have Said,” Michael Banerjee argues that Harvard’s lawsuit against the federal government should have invoked its corporate-constitutional rights.

Read more from California Law Review Online at https://t.co/mlQ69QEgPy

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

In this short essay, published today by @CalifLRev, I argue that @Harvard should have invoked its ancient corporate rights in its recent lawsuit against the federal government.

https://t.co/61b9f8SZc3

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

A very important piece from Adam Sitze

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

We Need a New Theory of Academic Freedom

The strongest defenses of academic freedom derive from arguments for judicial independence and religious liberty, Adam Sitze writes. https://t.co/jJidDxucpU

[Dr. Ashley T. Rubin @ashleytrubin]

Intriguing article from @BerkeleyLaw JSP PhD student @MABanerjee! I'm not sure it solves all the problems, but it does open up some interesting possibilities! Great read! https://t.co/O68nhFLb6B

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

I argue here that if universities are to meet today's challenges, they need to understand and invoke the original basis for what we today call "academic freedom": corporate rights

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

Opinion | Universities Need to Go Corporate

To preserve institutional autonomy and defend academic freedom, universities should exercise their powerful claims to corporate rights, Michael Banerjee writes. https://t.co/txHoMupp7T

[Harvard Law School @Harvard_Law]

As the results of a high-stakes judicial race in Wisconsin unfold, our spring alumni magazine examines whether state supreme courts are emerging as pivotal centers of legal power amid the U.S. Supreme Court’s growing deference to federalism. https://t.co/XrT3V29oQE

[UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLaw]

‘It Feels Empowering’: On the Road to Academia, Ph.D. Student Rachel Wallace Takes on Systemic Injustice https://t.co/U9ACcCWn32

[Michael Banerjee @MABanerjee]

@bd_highsmith Many congratulations, Brian!

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

I'm beyond excited that "The Shadow Docket" has received the 2024 Order of the Coif book award.

Even better, I get to share the honor with one of my favorite legal historians—@BerkeleyLaw's Prof. Dylan Penningroth:

https://t.co/Us8R5atetx

[State Democracy Research Initiative @UWLawDemocracy]

🚨50 Constitutions Update🚨

Our latest update to https://t.co/vik4PidI8M adds tracking constitutional change features to 9 states!

These tools allow users to explore a state's full amendment history.

(Additional states coming in 2025!)