Susanna Granieri is the senior staff writer at First Amendment Watch and lead researcher on The SLAPP Back Initiative, a first-of-its-kind database tracking strategic lawsuits against public participation. She previously reported on politics and policy for the Albany-based Legislative Gazette and investigated the use of faulty forensic science in death penalty convictions with the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. She is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and the Columbia Journalism School.
Susanna Granieri
Senior Staff Writer
ACLU of CT Legal Director Dan Barrett on the Right to Record Police in the Second Circuit
Barrett celebrated the ruling, explained how filming is just a different way to newsgather and share information, and examined the tension between qualified immunity and officer accountability.
ACLU of Texas Attorney Brian Klosterboer on the State’s Unconstitutional Drag Ban
Klosterboer argued the statute imposes a prior restraint on protected expression, and described the state’s argument that drag is not protected speech as “dangerous.”
Trump Urges Court To Reject BBC’s Bid To Secure Records From His Family in Defamation Case
Trump’s lawsuit accuses the BBC of deceptively editing portions of the speech that he delivered near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
Attorney Dean McGee on a Recent Lawsuit Challenging Restrictions on Tattoos in South Carolina
McGee argued that tattooing is a “uniquely bold version of speech" and discussed how he plans to address the patchwork of decisions about First Amendment protections for tattooing.
Media Attorney Ian Rosenberg on Dominion v. Fox and His New Book ‘Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody’
Rosenberg discussed the overwhelming internal evidence in the case, the importance of the "actual malice" standard, and the case's powerful precedent.
Legal Scholar Robert George on Institutional Neutrality, Campus Discourse and Fruitful Disagreement
First Amendment Watch spoke with legal scholar and political philosopher Robert George about free speech in college classrooms and talking across differences.
New Mexico Seeks Child Safety Restrictions on Meta Apps and Algorithms in Trial’s 2nd Phase
“The state’s proposed mandates infringe on parental rights and stifle free expression,” Meta said last week in a statement.
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Online Citizen Journalist Over Her Arrest in Texas
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, writing, “It should be obvious that this arrest violated the First Amendment.”