ICYMI: Tune in to episode 2 of Knight First Amendment Institute 'Views on First: War & Speech' podcast out this week, 'Campus Speech in the Shadow of the War.' Jameel Jaffer talks to Eugene Volokh. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war…

For Knight First Amendment Institute’s new podcast, War & Speech, I talked to UCLA’s Eugene Volokh about whether universities should ban what some students label “calls for genocide,” and about what can be done to protect the space for dissent on campus. Listen here: knightcolumbia.org/content/views-…

Many are missing the bigger picture—this vote was about more than Trump and FISA. We are at this point because Section 702 has been abused for years to illegally spy on protestors, journalists, members of Congress, and tens of thousands of ordinary citizens.

I hope this is true. The Espionage Act charges shouldn't have been filed at all. If the case goes forward, it will do lasting damage to press freedom. Why would Biden and Garland want this case to be part of their legacy? reuters.com/world/biden-sa…

Eugene Volokh and I disagree about a lot—including the war in Israel and Gaza—but we have some common ground when it comes to protecting free speech on campus. Episode 2 of Knight First Amendment Institute’s new podcast, War & Speech, just posted: open.spotify.com/episode/6gJPUS…

🚨EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
I'm co-hosting an event w alex (@PublicPatent) & Knight First Amendment Institute!
On the public right of access to court records, w focus on patent & other 'tech law' cases!
Next month! May 10! At Columbia & online!
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🗓️RSVP: On May 3, Knight First Amendment Institute will host 'The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times,' a symposium examining what it means to safeguard the role of the press in the U.S. today. More info in🧵. #WorldPressFreedomDay knightcolumbia.org/events/the-fut…

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If you want a concise lesson in the inadequacy of FOIA as a check against unjustified secrecy about national security, listen to this DC Circuit argument taking place right now. youtube.com/watch?v=9NorVA…

The CIA telling the DC Circuit right now that requiring it to confirm that it has records about its control of a black site in 2006 would jeopardize national security. Incredible the CIA is still arguing this, and that courts are still taking it seriously. youtube.com/watch?v=9NorVA…

If you're looking for eclipse glasses right now you understand why same day voter registration is important

The Journal of Free Speech Law has now published all of the papers that were written in connection with Knight First Amendment Institute's 'Lies and the Law' project last year. Wonderful essays here from leading legal scholars, political theorists, and others. journaloffreespeechlaw.org

Not clear to me how honoring a respected journalist who was killed for her journalism would be 'taking sides'--except taking the side of press freedom, which is surely the side we should all be on? themediamix.co/p/the-overseas…

The Treasury Department is abusing its sanctions authority to prevent Americans from speaking to groups the US government has blacklisted. Good piece from Nicholas Noe explaining the implications for political exchange & peacemaking. Just Security justsecurity.org/94412/talking-…

Israel's killing of foreign aid workers with World Central Kitchen drew headlines, quite rightly. But the vast share of the aid workers, journalists and health workers killed in Gaza are local Palestinian heroes who take risks to help others and mostly die anonymously. RIP, Mohammed Abed.