Margo Schlanger

5Qs: Schlanger Discusses Disability Discrimination and Preserving the Right to Sue the Government | University of Michigan Law School People with disabilities should be able to sue the government for relief when federal agencies discriminate against them, Professor Margo Schlanger argues in a recent article.

Just up, from me: 5Qs: Schlanger Discusses Disability Discrimination and Preserving the Right to Sue the Government; michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-sch...

Sharing; nice company to be in. Fingers crossed that the Dems can get something good done here.

Argument: Injunctive lawsuits enforcing the statute barring disability discrimination by the federal government are valid because there is a cause of action and a waiver of sovereign immunity. Lots of details in the piece, but the bottom line bolsters a key check on government overreach.

Because Christmas week is peak law review reading time, happy to share my newest article, Challenging Federal Government Impunity: The Case of Disability Law, www.bu.edu/bulawreview/....

I had no idea this was a thing, but now I'm all over it!

And then you should read this great @mjschlanger.bsky.social piece from a decade ago that develops similar themes: repository.law.umich.edu/articles/1410/

So how long did it take?

Bagenstos and Schlanger on Supreme Court Trans Rights Ruling in US v. Skrmetti | University of Michigan Law School On June 18, the US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender minors. Writing for the 6-3 majority in US v. Skrmetti, Chief Justice John Roberts stated...

Professors @sbagen.bsky.social and @mjschlanger.bsky.social react to the SCOTUS ruling in US v. Skrmetti michigan.law.umich.edu/news/bagenst...

Really happy to share this new piece, where I talk about the need for individualization and accommodation, in and out of prison, and for people with and without disabilities (though the need to act is particularly urgent behind bars). scholars.law.unlv.edu/nlj/vol25/is...
Feedback welcome!

Trump Knows He Won’t Win On Birthright — So He’s Got A Different Strategy The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on birthright citizenship this week — but it has become about something different entirely.

Nice piece (with some quotes from me and others) on national injunctions and birthright citizenship and tomorrow's SCOTUS argument about them both. www.huffpost.com/entry/birthr....

Hey, everyone, read @mjschlanger.bsky.social 's (sadly timely) new piece on how to sue the federal government for violating disability discrimination law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

New! my pre-publication piece, "Challenging Federal Government Impunity: The Case of Disability Law"
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=522....

Here's the TLDR: DOJ sometimes argues that courts can't enforce disability discrimination laws against federal agencies. That's wrong; this piece shows why.

New! my pre-publication piece, "Challenging Federal Government Impunity: The Case of Disability Law"
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=522....

Here's the TLDR: DOJ sometimes argues that courts can't enforce disability discrimination laws against federal agencies. That's wrong; this piece shows why.

DHS raids civil rights budget to run ads praising our dear leader. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol.... Because of course they did.

Schlanger to Speak Nationwide on Civil Rights, Government Service as Phi Beta Kappa Scholar | University of Michigan Law School The Phi Beta Kappa Society has named Professor Margo Schlanger as one of 14 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars for the 2025–2026 academic year.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society has named Professor @mjschlanger.bsky.social as one of 14 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars for the 2025–2026 academic year.

michigan.law.umich.edu/news/schlang...

No worries, Scott!

What’s Behind DHS's Abuses DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.

They had a plan . . . democracyjournal.org/arguments/wh...

What’s Behind DHS's Abuses DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.

Hard as it is to focus on any particular shard of the collapse of the federal government, here’s a great piece by my former boss on the illegal dismantling of our former office, the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/whats-behind-dhss-abuses/

An important OpEd by @sbagen.bsky.social .

What’s Behind DHS's Abuses DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.

Mine, in Democracy Journal: Trump has dissolved DHS's civil rights office, for all the very bad reasons you'd expect. democracyjournal.org/arguments/wh...

Campus arrest tracker: Who has been detained for 'anti-semitic' or 'pro-Hamas' activity? ICE has detained Mahmoud Khalil and other students and professors at Columbia University, Brown, Georgetown, on 'pro-Hamas' allegations.

A stunning compilation. forward.com/fast-forward...

That's what @mjschlanger.bsky.social has been going around saying!

I ran CRCL for 2 years in the Obama administration. It plays statutorily required roles, addressing public & employee civil rights complaints. Another demonstration that the Administration stands against core civil rights, not just what it thinks is too-expansive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

For anyone who's been using the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Trump 2.0 collection (clearinghouse.net/trumpchallen...) -- or using the Clearinghouse at all -- will you consider supporting our work with a donation? mailchi.mp/umich/civil-...

Here is an open letter signed from UChicago AAUP signed by over 200 faculty to our administration on what we believe this moment requires:
uchicagoaaup.wordpress.com

Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare (Gift Article) Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

You know, that @mjschlanger.bsky.social , who's quoted in this piece, is really smart. "Incredible overreach" indeed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare (Gift Article) Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

Mahmoud Khalil's detention and green card revocation are really frightening. Thanks to @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for her piece (and for quoting me in it). www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.

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New from the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse -- we're going to track and post about civil rights lawsuits against the Trump Administration. Check it out! clearinghouse.net/post/1175/