The Spirit of Liberty—Horace E. Read Memorial Lecture Knight Institute Director Jameel Jaffer on the role of ordinary citizens in defending democracy when powerful institutions fail.

#jameeljaffer #liberty #constitution #whathappened #libertysfragility #takenote #recommendedreads

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FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move — Guardian US Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case

FBI raids home of #WashingtonPost reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
#HannahNatanson #MartyBaron #theGuardian #PamBondi #AurelioPerez-Lugones #BruceDBrown #JameelJaffer #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute #SethStern #FreedomofthePressFoundation #TimRichardson #PenAmerica #FirstAmendment

Defeat the Press: How Donald Trump’s Attacks on News Outlets Undermine the First Amendment Trump's $16 million lawsuit settlement with Paramount and CBS is the latest example of the president's war to discredit media outlets he disfavors.

Oh FFS

It is a fucking #coup & this headline is a decade overdue #variety

“‘Attacking the #press’ is too weak a phrase,” says #JameelJaffer, executive director of the #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute at #ColumbiaUniversity.”

welcome to the fray, bro