Press pool takeover drowns First Amendment
Plus: Why Senate must not confirm Ed Martin
How Trump’s press pool takeover harms public — including red states
A press pool that is handpicked by the government is by definition not a free press.
Senate must reject Ed Martin’s bid to be top DC prosecutor
Martin has already shown he’ll abuse the office to target free speech
Judge issues inexcuseable censorship order
Plus: Trump hides migrant detention away at Gitmo
Mississippi judge ignores constitution to order takedown of editorial
Lawyers and judge involved in illegal prior restraint should face consequences
Trump hides migrant detention away at Gitmo
Detaining migrants at Guantánamo Bay helps the government shut out journalists and control the public narrative.
Journalists: Post public records without paywalls
News outlets can help preserve the public domain, and maybe even gain some subscribers
First Amendment law legend: ‘Fight back’
Plus: Hypocrisy as deep as the Gulf of Mexico
Secret U.K. spy order imperils press freedom
By demanding a back door into end-to-end encrypted iCloud data, the U.K. undermines journalist-source confidentiality
Legendary First Amendment lawyer urges press to fight Trump’s attacks
Potential CBS settlement would only embolden further attacks on press freedom.
