by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 5, 2023 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
This July Fourth there was special reason to celebrate. Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction in Missouri v. Biden, which stands to become one of the most important free-speech cases in the nation’s history. At stake is the federal government’s use of...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 9, 2023 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
The organization I lead, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, represents plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden, a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s campaign to censor speech on social media. For years, officials at the White House, the Federal Bureau of...
by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Jul 28, 2023 | Jenin Younes, Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Among the revelations in the so-called Twitter files was that government officials pressured social-media companies to censor posts unfavorable to the Biden administration. The White House has denied this, insisting that companies like Meta and Twitter adopted...
by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Aug 10, 2023 | Greg Dolin, Opinion, Philip Hamburger
A disturbing constitutional drama is unfolding in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Chief Judge Kimberly Moore has effectively deprived one of her colleagues, Judge Pauline Newman, of her judicial office. Although not as noisy as recent attacks on the...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Feb 16, 2023 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
In 2015, Nohemi Gonzalez—a 23-year-old American studying in Paris—was gunned down by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists while dining at La Belle Equipe bistro. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider these wrenching facts of Gonzales v. Google on Feb. 21. Bound up with...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Dec 13, 2022 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Amid growing revelations about government involvement in social-media censorship, it’s no longer enough to talk simply about tech censorship. The problem should be understood as gov-tech censorship. The Biden White House has threatened tech companies and federal...