Julia Rose Kraut

Hello! I'm a legal historian specializing in immigration & First Amendment law/history. Unfortunately, my research & writing on ideological exclusion/deportation (1798 to Trump 1.0) continues to be relevant. I post on current events, immigration, free speech, & history. Also post my 📸, 🎧🎵, 🎬 recs. 🗃️

"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...

Hi folks. We've seen this before during the Cold War. Check out Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" to learn more. 🗃️ And, remember, in Kent v. Dulles (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel. supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

Tuesday

New Yorkers greeting the President:

And yet .... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/s...

Monday

"Young Hearts Run Free" (1976) - Candi Staton #coffeebreak 🎶🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wddg...

Reminder: Scott Pelley is a journalist, and Bari Weiss is not. When you have the chance, please take a moment and watch this entire interview. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqd...

"Minutes before the judge’s computer shut down for the day, he bunched the last six cases together, Ms. Martinez said. Speeding through, he did not even have time to check whether her clients were present, she added." @haleaziz.bsky.social & @jazmineulloa.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u...

Being in New York City right now ... Let's Go Knicks! 🏀 #knicks #finals

Elation! Let's Go Knicks 🏀 #knicks #finals

Agony 🏀 #Knicks #finals