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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.
Prosecutor puts DOGE ahead of First Amendment
Plus: Judges must stop facilitating Trump’s extortionate settlements
Let all journalists cover Utah statehouse
The Utah legislature is retaliating against one journalist and kicking all independent reporters out of the statehouse in the process, a new lawsuit claims
Trump is using settlements to extract bribes. Judges can step in to stop it
The judiciary shouldn’t bury its head in the sand while democracy crumbles in its courtrooms
