Knight First Amendment Institute
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The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
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Major new @knightcolumbia.org initiative will address the role of the legal profession in the defense of democratic values and institutions. Excited to have the chance to work with Prof Madhav Khosla on this. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
New Knight Institute Initiative Will Explore the Role of the Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Major new @knightcolumbia.org initiative will address the role of the legal profession in the defense of democratic values and institutions. Excited to have the chance to work with Prof Madhav Khosla on this. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
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Call for proposals 👇 for our @knightcolumbia.org project on the legal profession in an age of authoritarianism: What is the role of lawyers in defending democracy? What factors contribute to lawyers’ role in either resisting authoritarianism or accommodating it?
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November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Call for proposals 👇 for our @knightcolumbia.org project on the legal profession in an age of authoritarianism: What is the role of lawyers in defending democracy? What factors contribute to lawyers’ role in either resisting authoritarianism or accommodating it?
knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-fo...
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"It’s crucial that the court order the government to abandon this unconstitutional policy. The Trump administration should not be permitted to go on terrorizing foreign citizens for political expression that the First Amendment protects." Read more here: knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Knight Institute Asks Court to Block Trump Administration From Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
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November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"It’s crucial that the court order the government to abandon this unconstitutional policy. The Trump administration should not be permitted to go on terrorizing foreign citizens for political expression that the First Amendment protects." Read more here: knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
📍INTERNSHIP ALERT: @knightcolumbia.org is NOW accepting applications for our Spring 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @barnardcollege.bsky.social students. Details and deadlines: knightcolumbia.org/page/spring-...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📍INTERNSHIP ALERT: @knightcolumbia.org is NOW accepting applications for our Spring 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @barnardcollege.bsky.social students. Details and deadlines: knightcolumbia.org/page/spring-...
⬇️ ICYMI: Watch yesterday's @knightcolumbia.org panel on #pressfreedom under Trump featuring @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, and @sonjawest.bsky.social at the link.
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The Future of Press Freedom in an Era of Democratic Backsliding
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November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
⬇️ ICYMI: Watch yesterday's @knightcolumbia.org panel on #pressfreedom under Trump featuring @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, and @sonjawest.bsky.social at the link.
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Our conversation on Dec 10 is part two of a @knightcolumbia.org series on chilling effects that opens up with this excellent panel on November 17th.
All events are online, so do join us!
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All events are online, so do join us!
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Litigating Chilling Effects
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November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our conversation on Dec 10 is part two of a @knightcolumbia.org series on chilling effects that opens up with this excellent panel on November 17th.
All events are online, so do join us!
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
All events are online, so do join us!
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
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More than 200 people in the room for this @knightcolumbia.org panel on the future of press freedom. Thanks to @columbiajournalism.bsky.social for hosting!
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
More than 200 people in the room for this @knightcolumbia.org panel on the future of press freedom. Thanks to @columbiajournalism.bsky.social for hosting!
Full house for "The Future of Press Freedom in an Era of Democratic Backsliding" panel. Thank you @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, & @sonjawest.bsky.social for joining us to discuss #pressfreedom.
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Full house for "The Future of Press Freedom in an Era of Democratic Backsliding" panel. Thank you @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, & @sonjawest.bsky.social for joining us to discuss #pressfreedom.
🚨 LEGAL INTERNSHIP: We're looking for a diverse group of creative, motivated, and committed law students to join us as legal interns for the summer of 2026 to support our litigation and all aspects of our docket. Apply here: knightcolumbia.org/page/summer-...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨 LEGAL INTERNSHIP: We're looking for a diverse group of creative, motivated, and committed law students to join us as legal interns for the summer of 2026 to support our litigation and all aspects of our docket. Apply here: knightcolumbia.org/page/summer-...
📍TOMORROW: A panel of legal experts and journalists discuss how to protect #pressfreedom and support journalists under Trump. Feat. @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, and @sonjawest.bsky.social. RSVP.
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
📍TOMORROW: A panel of legal experts and journalists discuss how to protect #pressfreedom and support journalists under Trump. Feat. @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, and @sonjawest.bsky.social. RSVP.
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A federal appeals court found that a federal judge had been too slow in resolving months-old requests to lift her order blocking full disclosure of a US DOJ report on the criminal investigations into President Trump
Court Says Judge Too Slow Deciding on Jack Smith’s Trump Report
A federal appeals court found that a Florida judge was too slow in resolving months-old requests to lift her order blocking disclosure of a US Justice Department report on President Donald Trump’s handling of classified information — and gave her 60 days to act.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A federal appeals court found that a federal judge had been too slow in resolving months-old requests to lift her order blocking full disclosure of a US DOJ report on the criminal investigations into President Trump
“This report is of singular importance to the public because it addresses allegations of grave criminal conduct by the nation’s highest-ranking official, and should be made public without further delay,” says @scottbwilkens.bsky.social. More about today's order: knightcolumbia.org/content/appe...
Appeals Court Finds Undue Delay, Orders Prompt Ruling in Trump Classified Documents Case
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November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“This report is of singular importance to the public because it addresses allegations of grave criminal conduct by the nation’s highest-ranking official, and should be made public without further delay,” says @scottbwilkens.bsky.social. More about today's order: knightcolumbia.org/content/appe...
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Just in: Eleventh Circuit gives Judge Aileen Cannon 60 days to rule on @knightcolumbia.org petition for access to Jack Smith's report about Trump's absconding to Mar-a-Lago with classified docs.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just in: Eleventh Circuit gives Judge Aileen Cannon 60 days to rule on @knightcolumbia.org petition for access to Jack Smith's report about Trump's absconding to Mar-a-Lago with classified docs.
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We @knightcolumbia.org are doing two online events on chilling effects: First on 11/17 on the state of 1A doctrine and current cases involving chilling effects claims, and 2nd on 12/10 on using social science to study the chill caused by particular laws and policies. RSVP links below & in next post:
Want to learn more about chilling effects and why they matter to the First Amendment? Join our webinar with litigators and experts on Monday, Nov. 17, including @carriedecell.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @stacylivingston.bsky.social:
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Litigating Chilling Effects
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November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We @knightcolumbia.org are doing two online events on chilling effects: First on 11/17 on the state of 1A doctrine and current cases involving chilling effects claims, and 2nd on 12/10 on using social science to study the chill caused by particular laws and policies. RSVP links below & in next post:
🚨 NEW INTERNSHIP POSTING: We're looking for a diverse group of creative, motivated, and committed law students to join us as legal interns for the summer of 2026 to support our litigation and all aspects of our docket. Apply here: knightcolumbia.org/page/summer-...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨 NEW INTERNSHIP POSTING: We're looking for a diverse group of creative, motivated, and committed law students to join us as legal interns for the summer of 2026 to support our litigation and all aspects of our docket. Apply here: knightcolumbia.org/page/summer-...
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Come have lunch and listen to a terrific group of experts discuss the future of press freedom on Wednesday Nov. 5 at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, RSVP details below:
📌 11/5 EVENT: A panel of legal experts and journalists discuss how to protect #pressfreedom and support journalists under Trump. Feat. @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, & @sonjawest.bsky.social. RSVP.
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come have lunch and listen to a terrific group of experts discuss the future of press freedom on Wednesday Nov. 5 at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, RSVP details below:
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Register for our 40th annual Fordham Debate, held Nov. 20 from 12-1:30 p.m. Earn CLE and hear @jameeljaffer.bsky.social and Professor Nadine Strossen debate merits, drawbacks + dimensions of institutional neutrality and related academic freedom issues.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Register for our 40th annual Fordham Debate, held Nov. 20 from 12-1:30 p.m. Earn CLE and hear @jameeljaffer.bsky.social and Professor Nadine Strossen debate merits, drawbacks + dimensions of institutional neutrality and related academic freedom issues.
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INTERNSHIP ALERT: @knightcolumbia.org is accepting applications for our spring 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @barnardcollege.bsky.social students. Apply by 11/26. Details: knightcolumbia.org/page/spring-...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
INTERNSHIP ALERT: @knightcolumbia.org is accepting applications for our spring 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @barnardcollege.bsky.social students. Apply by 11/26. Details: knightcolumbia.org/page/spring-...
🚨DEADLINE TOMORROW: 🗳️ VOTE for our podcast "Views on First: Speech & the Border." The series examines the frontiers of censorship & #surveillance at the border and is an Anthem Awards finalist. We appreciate your support! celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting...
YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change
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October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨DEADLINE TOMORROW: 🗳️ VOTE for our podcast "Views on First: Speech & the Border." The series examines the frontiers of censorship & #surveillance at the border and is an Anthem Awards finalist. We appreciate your support! celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting...
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This piece by Fabio Bertoni about the law firms that surrendered to Trump is really excellent--and it makes me even more glad that we (that is, @knightcolumbia.org) sued last week for the settlement agreements. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What if the Big Law Firms Hadn’t Caved to Trump?
It’s not inconceivable that, had the firms resisted the President’s executive orders, his momentum for lawlessness might have been curbed.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This piece by Fabio Bertoni about the law firms that surrendered to Trump is really excellent--and it makes me even more glad that we (that is, @knightcolumbia.org) sued last week for the settlement agreements. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Want to learn more about chilling effects and why they matter to the First Amendment? Join our webinar with litigators and experts on Monday, Nov. 17, including @carriedecell.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @stacylivingston.bsky.social:
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
Litigating Chilling Effects
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October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Want to learn more about chilling effects and why they matter to the First Amendment? Join our webinar with litigators and experts on Monday, Nov. 17, including @carriedecell.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @stacylivingston.bsky.social:
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
📍EVENT: This Thursday, @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social & @georgewang.bsky.social join a lunchtime panel about our recent victory in a challenge to the Trump admin’s policy of arresting & attempting to deport foreign citizens for pro-Palestinian advocacy. Register here:
events.columbia.edu/go/freespeech
events.columbia.edu/go/freespeech
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📍EVENT: This Thursday, @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social & @georgewang.bsky.social join a lunchtime panel about our recent victory in a challenge to the Trump admin’s policy of arresting & attempting to deport foreign citizens for pro-Palestinian advocacy. Register here:
events.columbia.edu/go/freespeech
events.columbia.edu/go/freespeech
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“A quarter-century after the Sept. 11 attacks, then, we find ourselves in a familiar place: Our government is once again committing grave human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret,” Jameel Jaffer writes.
Opinion | The Secretive Office Approving Trump’s Boat Strikes
Our government is once again committing human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret from the public.
nyti.ms
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“A quarter-century after the Sept. 11 attacks, then, we find ourselves in a familiar place: Our government is once again committing grave human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret,” Jameel Jaffer writes.
"When one university or law firm or news organization capitulates, it’s incrementally harder for the next institution to resist," @jameeljaffer.bsky.social tells @usatoday.com's @brieannafrank.bsky.social. Read more here:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Inside the 'harsh terrain' of Columbia University's First Amendment predicament
Though they're navigating uncharted waters, one dean said "we haven't fundamentally changed anything about how we go about our responsibility."
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October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"When one university or law firm or news organization capitulates, it’s incrementally harder for the next institution to resist," @jameeljaffer.bsky.social tells @usatoday.com's @brieannafrank.bsky.social. Read more here:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Join us next Wednesday at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social to talk about the future of press freedom as we slide towards authoritarianism. RSVP link below.
📌 11/5 EVENT: A panel of legal experts and journalists discuss how to protect #pressfreedom and support journalists under Trump. Feat. @randersenjones.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @joelsimonsays.bsky.social, @sulliview.bsky.social, & @sonjawest.bsky.social. RSVP.
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Join us next Wednesday at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social to talk about the future of press freedom as we slide towards authoritarianism. RSVP link below.