Francesca Procaccini

With acute awareness of the irony... check out this article by me and @nikenberger arguing Meta's new content moderation policy just proves Meta (and speech monopolies like it... looking at you X) need to be broken up-- prospect.org/power/2025-01-…

The End of Means-End Scrutiny This article provides a complete critique of the numerous doctrinal transformations that together comprise the larger #constitutional revolution of ending means-end #scrutiny. Author: @f_procaccini Read the full paper: spkl.io/60124hfV2

New Article alert! The End of Means-End Scrutiny, now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… The Court is widely and discreetly abandoning means-end scrutiny, transforming rights and judicial review in the process. Feedback welcome! My two-week old editor says it's a must read :)

🔍 Do Anti-CRT laws violate the First Amendment? Professor @f_procaccini argues they might infringe on students' rights to receive information, which is crucial for democratic participation. Discover her insights: ow.ly/sO2950Sk4Ln

The brilliant Marc Kalani’s new short audio doc on death penalty mitigation work, a story about how humanity transcends, and seeing humans where the system sees monsters. Worth many listens

Join us in celebrating the six #VandyLaw professors who were honored with Hall-Hartman Awards for Outstanding Teaching: @HawAllensworth, @IngridBrunk, @btfitzpat, @f_procaccini, Matthew Shaw, and Kevin Stack, and Arjun Sethi! Read more at ow.ly/u4SU50RwhJE

Watch/listen 6 ET tonight on @OpentoDebateOrg @NPR @cspan live from Chicago - Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy? with @ProfCiara vs. Floyd Abrams & Eric Wang I mean, is it even a debate??

New Article! "Social Network as Work," forthcoming in @Cornell_L_Rev Reconceptualizing social media as a form of labor, reframing users as workers and platforms as employers, to offer a constitutional breakthrough for regulating harassment/misinfo online papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Shared some thoughts re Trump and the First Amendment on @smerconish this morning! cnn.com/videos/politic…

Quoted among some greats in The New York Times on free speech and democracy. Read here! nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opi…

Absolutely true: whoever is mute about Congressional abdication should not complain about Supreme Court action. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Want to fix the Court? Start by fixing Congress. @nikenberger and I wrote about how Congressional underreach enables Court overreach, and some ways to start tackling the problem. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

We are excited to welcome our new faculty starting this fall in the @Vanderbiltlaw! @f_procaccini #VUFaculty #AnchorDown⚓️

Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference #FESC9 Breakout Session 5! Thanks to Francesca Procaccini @f_procaccini for her paper, "Equal Speech Protection" & to Ashutosh Bhagwat @AshutoshBhagwa8 for his comments! cc @craignewmark @MFIAclinic @jackbalkin @yaleisp @Harvard_Law

Welcome to the 1st plenary of our Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference #FESC9! Thanks to @LoyolaLaw's Alexander Tsesis, @SturmCOL's Alan Chen @profalankchen & @Harvard_Law's (& @MFIAclinic's) Francesca Procaccini @f_procaccini for their thoughts on Compelled Speech Doctrine!

Immeasurable thanks to the outstanding student editors and the many colleagues who improved the piece. Please give a read, share, and discuss! fordhamlawreview.org/wp-content/upl…

Thrilled my article, Reconstructing State Republics, is out in @FordhamLRev! This piece was born of a deep concern with how undemocratic state practices are impeding national democratic governance—a problem that grew critical in the '20election and now threatens Congress’s agenda

“Murder on Middle Beach” on @HBO this week featured @MFIAclinic director @MFIADave, former fellow @f_procaccini, & students @jakevanleer & Sara Sampoli representing @madison_hamburg at a CT Freedom of Information Commission hearing. Proud to see the Clinic's hard work on TV!

The Constitution guarantees that all states will have a republican form of government. But how is this enforced? Don’t miss Francesca Procaccini’s new article addressing this very question in @FordhamLRev! #Highlightwomen #WomenAlsoKnowLaw buff.ly/35uLpWX

"[Ginsburg] recognized that equal opportunity is vital to self-determination, and that personal liberty is secure only insofar as society respects each of us as equals," @f_procaccini writes: on.theatln.tc/efQhONz