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Monday, June 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold the second in its series of hearings discussing former President Trumps election fraud claims and how they are related to the Capitol attack. The select committee will hear testimony from two panels. The first panel will include former Fox news political director Chris Stirewalt. Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien was also scheduled to speak on the first panel, but will not testify due to a family emergency. The second panel will feature election lawyer Ben Ginsberg, former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak, and former Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt.
Monday, June 13, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. ET: Lawfare and the Brookings Institution will host an event to discuss the Special Immigrant Visa program, ongoing resettlement issues for Afghan evacuees, and Allies, Lawfares new narrative podcast series on the matter. The event will feature opening remarks from Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare, followed by a panel discussion. Panelists include: Bryce Klehm, associate editor of Lawfare; Shala Gafary, managing attorney of Project-Afghan Legal Assistance at Humans Rights First; Matt Zeller, senior adviser at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; and Steven M. Miska, executive director of First Amendment Voice.
Monday, June 13, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. ET: The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host a panel discussion concerning the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, war in eastern Europe, and increase in energy prices on the European economy. Panelists include: Nathan Sheets, global chief economist at Citibank; Desmond Lachman, senior fellow at AEI; Carlo Cottarelli, director of the Osservatorio sui Conti Pubblici Italiani at LUniversit Cattolica; and Paolo Mauro, deputy director of the Fiscal Affairs Department within the International Monetary Fund.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. ET: The Atlantic Council will host its seventh annual central and eastern European energy security conference. The event will focus on promoting transatlantic cooperation and energy diversification in central and eastern Europe to weaken the influence of Russian oil and gas in the region. The event will feature remarks from a range of experts and leaders in government and the private sector.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. ET: AEI will host a panel discussion on efforts by American and European politicians to limit Chinese economic influence on western economies. Panelists include: Derek Scissors, senior fellow at AEI; Rep. Darin LaHood of Illinois; Adolfo Urso, chairman of the Italian Parliament Intelligence Committee; and James Palmer, deputy editor at Foreign Policy.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. ET: The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University will host a talk about Indian military strategy in the Kargil War. . The event will feature the remarks fromArzan Tarapore, South Asia research scholar at Stanford University's Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. ET: The Atlantic Council will host an event to launch a new report on cybersecurity and central bank digital currencies from its GeoEconomics Center. The event will include a panel discussion with Giulia Fanti, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council; Neha Narula, director of theDigital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab; and Michael Mosier, former acting director of the U.S. Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. ET: The Atlantic Council will host an event to examine the partnership between European Union and African Union leaders following the EU-AU Summit and how it connects to EU-U.S. cooperation in Africa. The event will feature remarks from a range of experts and leaders in government.
Employment Announcements (More details on the Job Board)
Director, Federal Government Affairs, R Street Institute
Program Associate and Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Reiss Center on Law and Security and NYU Center for Cybersecurity
Postdoc Research Position in Cybersecurity Policy, Tufts University
Program Assistant, National Security Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
Program Associate, National Security Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
Summer Research Assistant, National Security Institute
Call for Papers, American Journal of International Law
Deputy Director, Security & Surveillance Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
Senior Associate, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
Program Coordinator, Asia Program, The German Marshall Fund
External Affairs Officer, Digital Innovation Democracy Initiative, The German Marshall Fund
Request for Resumes, Department of Defense Office of the General Counsel
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The Week That Will Be - Lawfare - Lawfare
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- "Title VI Must Be Applied Consistent with First Amendment Principles" - Reason - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Coming soon: Executive Watch Tracking the Trump Administrations free speech record First Amendment News 456 - Foundation for Individual Rights and... - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Q&A: Professor emphasizes the impact the TikTok ban could have on the First Amendment - Elon News Network - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- First Amendment Audit of ELPD Draws Widespread Attention Online - East Lansing Info - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Groups demand U.S. attorney for D.C. respect First Amendment - Freedom of the Press Foundation - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Maryland age assurance lawsuit shows NetChoice digging in on First Amendment - Biometric Update - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- What does the first amendment protect during public comment? - Spectrum News 1 - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- FOX News Trey Yingst to be honored at First Amendment Awards - Editor And Publisher Magazine - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- NetChoice sues to block Marylands Kids Code, saying it violates the First Amendment - The Verge - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- Stevens: Oklahoma tests First Amendment in move to fund Catholic charter school - The Post and Courier - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- OPINION: Keeping the First Amendment on Facebook - Lebanon Reporter - February 7th, 2025 [February 7th, 2025]
- RFK Jr. wants to ban pharma ads on TV. The First Amendment may have something to say. - MSNBC - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Standing Up for the First Amendment: The Roundtable Submits Comment Letter Opposing Amicus Brief Disclosure Requirements - Philanthropy Roundtable - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Trial begins in First Amendment suit against St. John the Baptist Parish - The Lens NOLA - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- RCFP reviews Pam Bondis record on newsgathering, First Amendment issues - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Texas county challenges First Amendment ruling on library book bans in 5th Circuit hearing - Yahoo! Voices - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Trump "Global Gag Rule" as to Abortion Likely Doesn't Violate the First Amendment - Reason - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- It was a violation of our First Amendment rights: FIU students react to the TikTok ban - PantherNOW - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- CWRU First Amendment clinic receives crucial grant from the Stanton Foundation - Crain's Cleveland Business - February 1st, 2025 [February 1st, 2025]
- Matt Gaetz says the First Amendment was "harmed gravely" by January 6 prosecutions - Media Matters for America - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- New FCC Chair Revives Complaints About ABC, CBS And NBC Content That His Predecessor Rejected As "At Odds With The First Amendment" -... - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- Trumps stated promise: Stop all government censorship and his free speech Executive Order First Amendment News 454 - Foundation for Individual Rights... - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- We Must Protect The First Amendment At All Costs vs. No Thanks, Ill Just Take My Freedoms For Granted Until They Disappear - The Onion - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- TikTok and the First Amendment Robert G. Natelson - Law & Liberty - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- De Pere man sued city of Green Bay for violating his First Amendment rights. The city settled. - Green Bay Press Gazette - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- UChicago Student Sues University, Alleging First Amendment and Tenant Rights Violations - The Chicago Maroon - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- Dr. Rand Paul Introduces Free Speech Protection Act to Safeguard Americans First Amendment Rights Against Government Censorship - Senator Rand Paul - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- Capistrano School District Accused of Trampling First Amendment Rights of Student - California Globe - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- Jerry Zahorchak | Keeping the First Amendment on Facebook | Columns | tribdem.com - TribDem.com - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- 2 blockbuster cases about the First Amendment and online speech - The Hill - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- The First Amendment is First for a Reason - The Wilson Quarterly - January 26th, 2025 [January 26th, 2025]
- Takeaways from the Supreme Courts TikTok decision and what it may mean for the First Amendment - CNN - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- Oral Argument in TikTok v. Garland: Does the First Amendment Apply, and How? - The Federalist Society - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- TikTok, HamHom, and the First Amendment - Reason - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- Supreme Court weighs First Amendment rights and porn in Texas case - NPR - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- "Strong stand for the First Amendment": TikTok announces U.S. return after Trump promise to stay ban - Salon - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- FCCs Rosenworcel Takes Parting Swipe at Incoming Trump Administration Over First Amendment - TV Technology - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- Upholding TikTok ban, Supreme Court attacks First Amendment ahead of Trump inauguration - WSWS - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- Rand Paul Reacts to TikTok Ruling: 'Violation of the First Amendment' - Newsweek - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- Supreme Court Denies TikTok First Amendment Pass, Effectively Shuttering the Social Media Platform in the U.S. on Jan. 19 Unless Sold to Third Party -... - January 19th, 2025 [January 19th, 2025]
- "Satan loves the First Amendment" banner lawsuit allowed to proceed against Broward schools - CBS News - January 6th, 2025 [January 6th, 2025]
- Claim Against School Board That Refused to Display "Satan Loves the First Amendment" Banner Can Go Forward - Reason - January 6th, 2025 [January 6th, 2025]
- First Amendment gives way to national security: Countdown on for TikTok - Virginia Mercury - January 6th, 2025 [January 6th, 2025]
- Settlement puts Disneys business interests above First Amendment - Freedom of the Press Foundation - January 6th, 2025 [January 6th, 2025]
- Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Protect Tennessee Minors Act Over First Amendment Concerns - SValleyNow.com | Local News for Marion County and the... - January 6th, 2025 [January 6th, 2025]
- Sullivan and the Central Meaning of the First Amendment Lee Levine & Matthew Schafer - Law & Liberty - January 1st, 2025 [January 1st, 2025]
- Tennessee age verification law blocked from taking effect due to First Amendment concerns - WZTV - January 1st, 2025 [January 1st, 2025]
- FIRE to SCOTUS: TikTok ban violates Americans' First Amendment rights - Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression - January 1st, 2025 [January 1st, 2025]
- Ald. Jim Gardiner Agrees to Pay $157K to Settle Lawsuit Claiming He Violated First Amendment by Blocking Critics From Official Facebook Page - WTTW... - January 1st, 2025 [January 1st, 2025]
- First Amendment the first casualty in Oklahoma school chiefs weird war on woke | Opinion - Wichita Eagle - January 1st, 2025 [January 1st, 2025]
- Donald Trump Asks Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban Over First Amendment Concerns - TheWrap - January 1st, 2025 [January 1st, 2025]
- How Washington State Stifles the First Amendment for the Incarcerated - Solitary Watch - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- Opinion | Theres Still Time for the Senate to Support the First Amendment - The New York Times - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- First Amendment Censorship Claims Against Stanford Internet Observatory Can Go Forward to Discovery as to Jurisdiction and Standing - Reason - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- S. Ct. Will Hear First Amendment Challenge to TikTok Divestment on Jan. 10 - Reason - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- Counterpoint: Reporters shouldnt have more First Amendment rights than the rest of us - Citrus County Chronicle - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- Deal reached in First Amendment -Facebook lawsuit against Ald. Gardiner, as city agrees to pay some costs - Nadig Newspapers - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- Iowa Republicans are afraid of the First Amendment - Bleeding Heartland - December 22nd, 2024 [December 22nd, 2024]
- TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Block Law Banning Its U.S. Operations - The New York Times - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- Supreme Court agrees to hear TikToks First Amendment challenge to U.S. ban if not sold - Spectrum News NY1 - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- Chris Hayes Says Trumps Media Lawsuits Are Meant to Open the Floodgates to Overturn Key First Amendment Rights | Video - Yahoo! Voices - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- Media on the run: A sign of things to come in Trump times? First Amendment News 451 - Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- KERC Approves First Amendment to Multi-Year Transmission, Distribution, and Retail Supply Tariff Regulations 2024 - SolarQuarter - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- Masked Protests and First Amendment Rights The Chickenman Case in Smyrna - Wgnsradio - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- First Amendment attorneys say Ohio bill aimed at curbing antisemitism may infringe on rights - 10TV - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- First Amendment warning: 100% chance of Ryan Walters tweeting - NonDoc - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- Chris Hayes Says Trump's Media Lawsuits Are Meant to 'Open the Floodgates' to Overturn Key First Amendment Rights | Video - TheWrap - December 18th, 2024 [December 18th, 2024]
- SJC expands First Amendment protection to true threats over the Internet, by text, and in person - The Boston Globe - December 14th, 2024 [December 14th, 2024]
- OPINION: The First Amendment is the Biggest Story of the 2024 Presidential Election - Nevada Globe - December 14th, 2024 [December 14th, 2024]
- First Amendment: Anathema or weapon? - Workers World - December 14th, 2024 [December 14th, 2024]
- Justices Will Hear First Amendment Challenge to Denial of Tax Exemption for Catholic Charities - Law.com - December 14th, 2024 [December 14th, 2024]
- The Press and The People Must Not Willingly Surrender First Amendment Rights to Trump - Daily Kos - December 14th, 2024 [December 14th, 2024]
- La. TikTok creator says potential app ban infringes on First Amendment right - KPLC - December 14th, 2024 [December 14th, 2024]
- Opinion | The TikTok Ruling Is a Blow for the First Amendment and Free Speech - The New York Times - December 10th, 2024 [December 10th, 2024]
- TikTok failed to save itself with the First Amendment - The Verge - December 10th, 2024 [December 10th, 2024]
- Newsoms War on Political Speech: ADF Defends Rumble in the First Amendment Case - California Family Council - December 10th, 2024 [December 10th, 2024]
- Opinion | The TikTok Sale and the First Amendment - The Wall Street Journal - December 8th, 2024 [December 8th, 2024]
- Secret court hearing threatens the First Amendment and more - The Hill - December 8th, 2024 [December 8th, 2024]
- President Trump lacks standing: CBS rubbishes lawsuit over Kamala Harris 60 Minutes interview as procedurally baseless and prohibited by the First... - December 8th, 2024 [December 8th, 2024]