Introducing The SLAPP Back Initiative
First Amendment Watch is building the first national database of alleged SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation — potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that can financially cripple and ultimately silence critical voices.
Trump Threatens To Use the Insurrection Act To End Protests in Minneapolis
Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.
What You Need To Know About Grok and the Controversies Surrounding It
Elon Musk’s deliberate efforts to mold Grok into a challenger of what he considers the tech industry’s “woke” orthodoxy on race, gender and politics have repeatedly got the chatbot into trouble.
Press Freedom Advocates Worry That Raid on Washington Post Journalist’s Home Will Chill Reporting
The raid was made in context of a series of actions taken against the media during the Trump administration, including lawsuits against The New York Times and the BBC.
Democrats Say Trump Administration Is Investigating Them Over Video Message to Troops
The lawmakers attracted President Trump’s wrath with a video that he and his aides have labeled as “seditious” — an offense Trump said on his social media account was “punishable by death.”
Appeals Court Reverses Decision That Freed Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil
The panel ruled that the federal district court in New Jersey did not have jurisdiction over the matter because immigration challenges are handled differently under the law.