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Trump 2.0: Executive Power and the First Amendment

This resource catalogues the breadth of unprecedented actions taken by the Trump administration that disregard fundamental First Amendment principles, sparking a massive legal response.

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A protester photographs a protest with his cellphone in St. Louis, Missouri, following the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd.

Attorney Milo Schwab on a First Amendment Auditor’s Claims in Colorado

Schwab discussed the common goals of First Amendment auditors, the right to record police in Colorado, and what constitutes reasonable time, place and manner restrictions.

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General view of the Pentagon where at least 30 news organizations refused to sign a new access policy in Washington

Journalists Turn in Access Badges, Exit Pentagon Rather Than Agree to New Reporting Rules

It is unclear what practical impact the new rules will have, though news organizations vowed they’d continue robust coverage of the military no matter the vantage point.

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Brown University Rejects Trump’s Offer for Priority Funding, Citing Concerns Over Academic Freedom

Brown previously struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore lost research funding and end federal investigations into discrimination.

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AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix

US Revokes Visas for 6 Foreigners Over Charlie Kirk-Related Speech

The administration and its supporters have targeted people for their comments about Kirk, leading to firings or other discipline of journalists, teachers and others, and raising free speech concerns.

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James Madison
[The] right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”
-James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, 1800
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