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What will the regulation of social media look like in the Trump era? What guard rails will the 1A impose? Evelyn Douek and I explore some of these questions--and the perennial question of whether 1A law *is* the modern Lochner--in our new HLR Essay. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-138/…

It took almost two years, but together with Knight First Amendment Institute we have agreed to a settlement in our lawsuit against the Biden Admin that we believe provides vital First Amendment protections for all Americans & an important limitation on Executive power. 1/ nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/…

It turns out that the most cynical takes on the Biden/Blinken 30-day deadline were not nearly cynical enough.

Ted Olson was a ⁦Knight First Amendment Institute⁩ board member from (almost) the very beginning. I’ll miss him as a friend and mentor and (formidable) intellectual sparring partner. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

I wrote for ⁦Guardian US⁩ about what the courts are likely to do with Trump’s endless list of speech-suppressive ideas.

In today’s Guardian, Jameel Jaffer considers whether the First Amendment will be a real obstacle to Trump’s censorial agenda. No one should take the answer for granted, he warns. More at the link: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is how Narendra Modi crushed charities, civic groups, think tanks and more. It is a terrible idea and it is nuts that any Democrat (frankly any American lawmaker with allegiance to our Constitution) would consider voting for it.

Lately, my inbox has been full of messages from fellow Democrats like this: “Hope you enjoy being deported.” It’s not substantive, just cruel—smallness and bigotry posing as strength and strategy. What is wrong with you?

My latest nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opi…

.Donald J. Trump deserves full information about the Press Act. The legislation comes at the right time as independent journalism and news platforms X and Truth Social… Expand opportunities for reporting diverse voices that strengthen democracy.  I’d welcome the chance to

WaPo reporters are amazing. Their editors, not so much. 1. Syria and Myanmar are not States Parties. The Court has no jurisdiction over crimes committed by their nationals in their territory. *The OTP is investigating crimes that crossed into Bangladesh (a State Party). 🧵

X doesn’t work for Knight First Amendment Institute in the way Twitter once did, and Musk has put X in conflict with the values the Knight Institute is tasked with defending, so we're putting the Institute's X account on hold and going to Bluesky instead. More here. knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-note-ab…

Knight First Amendment Institute's Jameel Jaffer looks at the major press freedom issues of the first Trump term in previewing his second -- and what Congress could do to protect journalists before he even takes office

The cover of this forthcoming book by Omar El Akkad is not only aesthetically great, but also captures an idea that drives so much of our political discourse and the trajectory of our politics. It happens over and over and over.

Huge media companies settling bogus lawsuits by Trump will only result in more lawsuits, less press freedom, and less accountability to the people. Important op-ed by @jameeljaffer of Knight First Amendment Institute buff.ly/4hzDNEB