Carnegie Mellon University's statement is yet another desperate attempt to malign and attack its own students for speaking out in support of Palestinian rights. Palestine Legal, which is representing the student activists, will continue to fiercely defend our client's right to free expression, and we continue to call on CMU to do the right thing and close the investigations against all 10 campus activists.

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has opened Title VI investigations into 10 activists, barring 8 of them from campus after they painted pro-Palestinian messages on the university's century-old free speech fence. Today, Palestine Legal sent a legal letter to the CMU President's office demanding the university end its discriminatory treatment of advocates for Palestinian freedom, conform with its own speech policies, and comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights stand in solidarity with organizations, movements, activists and communities in Florida impacted by two so-called anti-terrorism laws that went into effect on July 1, 2026, which represent a new state-level tool of authoritarian political repression.

A federal court has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit by a right-wing Israel lobby organization against the University of California, Berkeley, as part of an anti-Palestinian deal that will infringe on the free speech and academic freedom rights of members of the campus community, blocking efforts by students to have a say in the decision.