- First Amendment attorney Jenin Younes has joined the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee to challenge what she describes as severe free-speech violations under Donald Trump.
- Younes, who previously represented right-wing figures against the Biden administration, told the Washington Post that Trump's actions are "completely insane" and worse than anything seen under the Biden administration.
- Since January, the Trump administration has drew ire for the targeting of Palestinian student activists and the review of immigrants' social media accounts for alleged "antisemitic activity."
- Examples include the arrests and threatened deportations of international students for campus activism against Israel's war in Gaza, such as Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk.
- Younes aims to defend constitutionally protected civil rights, asserting that equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism punishes dissent and collapses the distinction between ideas and identity.
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