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7th Circuit: Indiana’s police ‘buffer zone’ law is unconstitutional The ruling is the latest victory RCFP attorneys have won on behalf of news outlets challenging the constitutionality of police buffer zone laws.

NEW: A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Indiana’s police “buffer zone” law as unconstitutional, siding with arguments @rcfp.org attorneys made in a lawsuit on behalf of a news media coalition.

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President Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS | CNN Business President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for America’s two biggest public broadcasters, which have faced a ser...

President Trump's attempt to end federal funding for NPR and PBS is blatant retaliation against America's primary public broadcasters over coverage the administration simply doesn’t like. [via @cnn.com]

Legal Organizations Across Ideologies File Amicus Brief Urging Court to Enjoin Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie | American Civil Liberties Union The order targets Perkins Coie for its past voting rights litigation

RCFP joined a friend-of-the-court brief led by @aclu.org urging a court to block President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie for its work on voting rights, arguing that it violates the First Amendment and could hinder newsgathering.

Federal court blocks enforcement of Louisiana’s police ‘buffer zone’ law Media coalitions represented by RCFP attorneys have now successfully challenged police “buffer zone” laws in Louisiana and Indiana.

After a media-coalition lawsuit led by attorneys from RCFP and Sternberg Naccari & White LLC, a federal court blocked Louisiana from enforcing a state law that interferes with journalists’ right to gather news and report on law enforcement activity, finding it unconstitutional.

Meta Platforms, Inc. v. District of Columbia Meta Platforms, Inc. v. District of Columbia

Which is how, for instance, you get the D.C. Court of Appeals suggesting that you could investigate a newspaper for consumer fraud for not living up to its standards (!) in order to greenlight an investigation of Meta for not taking down enough vaccine misinformation law.justia.com/cases/distri...

Very glad to see the dynamic getting thoughtful attention — @reporterscommittee.bsky.social has filed a number of briefs flagging the danger. One wrinkle I would add: I think folks were slow to wake up to this risk because left-leaning groups wanted to be able to sue platforms on similar theories

A thing I don’t understand is why DOJ chose to take (to be reductive) such a speech-protective position in Moody only to turn around and take positions here that even the justices in the minority in Moody seem to think are too aggressive

Probably the boring answer is “sometimes but not as often”

True, though they’ve likewise been sharpening tools for non-federal/non-agency contexts, like the post-Cedar Point Takings Clause. So I think the question remains whether speech claims will still do distinctive work for that agenda as they get bolder about directly centering “economic liberty”

Elon Musk’s X reveals investors in court filing A judge ordered Elon Musk’s X to reveal its shareholders, showing who helped with his $44 billion purchase of the social media platform formerly called Twitter.

New: We finally have an official list of the major investors in Elon Musk's X, after a judge ordered it unsealed in response to a motion by @silverman.bsky.social.

They include Jack Dorsey, a16z, a Saudi prince, and of course Sean "Diddy" Combs. Story by Trisha Thadani: wapo.st/3WYQaB5

Carolene Products through a mirror, basically

I think we’ll see/are seeing that “First Amendment Lochnerism” is no longer a gambit that matters to the right because they have the votes for ordinary Lochnerism. If anything, the synthesis the Court’s right wing was pushing last term was “no regulatory power *except* over ideological enemies”

LAist’s Josie Huang reaches $700,000 settlement with LA County Attorneys from RCFP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher helped the journalist reach a settlement related to her unlawful arrest while covering a protest in 2020.

Last night, public radio journalist Josie Huang--represented by @reporterscommittee.bsky.social's @ktownsend.bsky.social & lawyers from Gibson Dunn-- reached a $700,000 settlement with LA County & Sheriff’s Department related to her violent and unlawful arrest while covering a protest in 2020