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The Science of Chilling Effects

Next Wednesday 12/10, 12:30 ET: Join our @knightcolumbia.org webinar to hear @natematias.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @sarahbrayne.bsky.social talk about using social science to study chilling effects, and how courts use this kind of evidence: knightcolumbia.org/events/the-s...

Wow.

"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”

- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano

Right if the initial strike is predicated on a war-sustaining object theory rather than a military object theory, I think the second strike is much harder to justify

Am a TA some of my 1Ls have interviews a day or two before finals

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Monday 12:30 ET: The chilling effects of the Trump administration's policies (and jawboning) are widespread - how are they being challenged in court, and what is the state of 1A doctrine on chilling effects? An expert panel will discuss, including current cases AAUP v. Rubio and UAW v. State Dept:

iirc the strikes on isis oil tankers driven by civilians were preceded by warning shots and the like so the drivers would have the time to escape

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...

A new Bellingcat investigation geolocates the site of a mass killing near Al Fashir, Darfur. More than eighty bodies were found beside destroyed vehicles along an earthen berm built around the city.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Acknowledging "undue delay," Eleventh Circuit effectively orders Judge Cannon to rule on motions to release Jack Smith's Vol 2 report (on the classified documents case) within 60 days.

Satellite images show most el-Fasher civilians likely still trapped Latest images suggest that majority of 260,000 civilians still in captured city, as mass RSF killings continue

Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue

Satellite imagery of geolocated site of killings with marked screengrabs from footage depicted the killing and the surrounding area. The trench and berm constructed in August by the RSF is labelled. As is a large group of burned vehicles and where the corpses are visible in satellite imagery. Location of killing: 13.71387, 25.27922. Image credit: Vantor

Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech

Amid Trump’s Assault on Free Speech, Advocates Stay Busy Three nonprofit legal organizations say their caseload has ramped up significantly since Trump took office. But so has public support for their work.

“The truth is, the Knight Institute is doing just fine. It’s our democracy that I’m more worried about,” @jameeljaffer.bsky.social tells @insidehighered.com's @jessicablake.bsky.social. He shares more about our work taking on the Trump administration below ⬇️. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

@knightcolumbia.org's policy director @nadinefj.bsky.social will join @aspendigital.bsky.social's Cyber Summit on 11/18 in DC for a main stage discussion on the misuse of commercial #spyware, including recent legal developments and policy challenges. Don't miss it. Register: www.aspendigital.org

Outcry after US strips visas from six foreigners over Charlie Kirk remarks Cancellations represent escalating government-wide campaign to suppress criticism of rightwing influencer

“While the government can revoke visas for many reasons, the First Amendment forbids it from doing so based on viewpoint,” says @carriedecell.bsky.social. Read the full story by @jgedeon.bsky.social & @tomphillips.bsky.social in @theguardian.com below.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Knight Institute's Petition for Writ of Mandamus

We're asking the 11th Circuit to compel Judge Aileen Cannon to rule on a motion @knightcolumbia.org filed over 6 months ago seeking the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report about Trump’s mishandling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago. knightcolumbia.org/documents/uj...

In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Judge Young: "The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence." An extraordinary, historic victory for democratic freedom. knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...

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and big props to @knightcolumbia.org and @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @georgewang.bsky.social and everyone else at KFIA who worked on this vitally important case

An enormous congrats to @knightcolumbia.org, @aaup.org, Sher Tremonte LLP, and Zimmer, Citron, & Clarke for their incredible work on this case.

ah fantastic the little eyes were the hardest part for me to get

in fairness aside from the 1925 cert reforms his tenure as chief is best remembered for holmes and brandeis regularly overshadowing him