Susanna Granieri is a recent graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her past internships include writing for the Legislative Gazette, an Albany-based newspaper focused on legislation, policy and politics; and working as an Immersion Fellow at the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, where she investigated the use of faulty forensic science in death penalty convictions in Mississippi and nationally.

Leading First Amendment Experts on The Most Pressing Free Speech Challenges

Scholars, journalists, and legal advocates will tackle some of the most urgent issues around freedom of expression at the National Constitution Center on Tuesday.

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FIRE Plaintiff James Gregory

Two FIRE Attorneys on a Defamation Lawsuit Against an Oklahoma Historian

FIRE attorneys Greg Greubel and Sara Berinhout outline the First Amendment issues in the dispute and highlight the importance of anti-SLAPP legislation.

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Anti-vaccine led demonstrators rally as Supreme Court hears Biden Administration's social media disinformation case

In Missouri, Signs Were Required In Sex Offenders’ Yards on Halloween. Until Now

A court ruled that the provision violated the First Amendment by forcing “compelled speech,” depriving those on the registry “of their freedom to speak in their own words."

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Former Columbia J School Dean Nicholas Lemann on Changing the Press Clause

Lemann offers suggestions on how to curb the economic decline of journalism, arguing that credentialing professional journalists may be important to its survival.

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South Carolina ACLU’s Legal Director on Alleged ‘Suppression’ of Incarcerated Voices

The organization is challenging a Department of Corrections policy that it claims violates its First Amendment right to receive and publish the speech of incarcerated people.

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Legal Scholar Tim Zick on the First Amendment in the Trump Era

Zick discussed the First Amendment conflicts that arose under Donald Trump and how those disputes might be reanimated if he’s reelected this November.

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FIRE’s Josh Bleisch on Political Expression in Colorado’s Capitol Senate Gallery

Bleisch explained how the vagueness of a Colorado rule restricting political expression in statehouse galleries can lead to viewpoint discriminatory enforcement.

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Attorney Richard Roth on the Defamation Lawsuit Over Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’

In an interview, Richard Roth discussed the allegedly damaging inaccuracies in “Baby Reindeer” and argues his client is a private person.

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