• Legal

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    Published On: 03/07/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

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    JANINE JACKSON

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    Published On: 02/28/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

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    ARI PAUL

    FAIR

    Brendan Carr, newly appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, is waging a war on the news media, perhaps the most dangerous front in de jure President Donald Trump and de facto President Elon Musk’s quest to destroy freedom of the press and the First Amendment.

    Published On: 02/26/2025

  • Legal • Technology

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    Paresh Dave, Dell Cameron, Alexa O'Brien

    Wired

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    Published On: 02/21/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”

    David Remnick

    The New Yorker

    Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.

    Published On: 02/16/2025

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