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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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Welcome rally for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City

Columbia Protester Mahmoud Khalil Freed From Immigration Detention

During an hourlong hearing conducted by phone, the New Jersey-based judge said the government had “clearly not met” the standards for detention.

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Protests in support of Palestinians continue at Columbia University in New York

How Covering Your Face Became a Constitutional Matter: Mask Debate Tests Free Speech Rights

Protesters and their supporters argue Trump’s comments and repeated calls by the Republican president’s allies to ban masks at protests are an attempt to stifle popular dissent.

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Musk’s X Sues New York Over Requirement To Show How Social Media Platforms Handle Problematic Posts

X maintains that the measure impinges on free speech rights and on a 1996 federal law that, among other things, lets internet platforms moderate posts as they see fit.

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Infowars founder Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify

Alex Jones Accused of Trying to Shield Assets as Sandy Hook Families Seek Payment on $1B Judgment

Three new lawsuits filed by the trustee on Friday alleging fraudulent asset transfers are the latest developments in Jones’ long-running bankruptcy case.

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[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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