Subpoenas Issued to NY Times Reporters Seen as ‘Unprecedented’ Threat To Press Freedom
Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
New York Times Reporters Are Subpoenaed After Air Force One Stories, Raising Press Freedom Concerns
Issuing subpoenas represents further ramping up of Trump’s effort to threaten independent new organizations by leveraging the power of the federal government against them.
District Court Judge Blocks New Montana GOP Bylaws
The new bylaws require members to pay $20 in annual membership dues and pledge a loyalty oath, and subject members to removal from elected party positions for nonpayment of dues or for “conduct deemed inconsistent with party purposes,” as determined by executive party officers.
News Outlets Urge a Judge To Sanction OpenAI in a High-Stakes AI Copyright Fight
At issue is whether AI chatbots are unfairly competing as an information source, siphoning off web traffic without doing the journalistic work involved in gathering the news.
Judge Orders E. Jean Carroll Be Paid $5.8M in Trump Sex Abuse and Defamation Case; Trump Appeals
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued an order that says the money can be paid to Carroll, along with interest that has grown since the verdict.
ABC Fights Back Against FCC Regulators in Dispute Over ‘The View’ and Equal Time Rules
The network, which has accused the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech in the escalating dispute, argued in a filing to the FCC that the issue had been resolved by the commission itself more than two decades ago.
Supreme Court Won’t Block Texas From Enforcing a Law Requiring Age Verification for App Downloads
Plaintiffs’ lawyers argued that the law impermissibly seeks to limit access to content protected by the First Amendment, including news and educational material.
New York Resident Sues ICE on Free Speech Grounds Over Critical Email Sent to Its Former Head
In the email, Streever called Lyons “a monstrous human being” who “will never know peace.” He said the agency violated his First Amendment rights in a lawsuit filed Monday in Washington D.C.