■ Denied access to Air Force One and to the pool reporters accompanying the president, CNN is considering new legal action against the Trump administration.
■ Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate arrested by ICE agents during a campus protest last year, has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent his deportation.
No open house. A split District of Columbia Circuit panel sided with a multifaith coalition that challenged the Trump administration’s policy allowing ICE agents to freely enter houses of worship.
On or off? A Maryland congressman was wrong when he challenged a student reporter’s right to record his press conference. Now, here is what every journalist needs to know about the all-party consent law, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
■ First Amendment audits, or filming the actions of individuals in public places, are not new but technology has made them more common, says political science professor John R. Vile.
■ The University of Maryland has agreed to First Amendment training for its athletics department following an incident where campus police were called to investigate “suspicious activity” outside the football facility. Two student reporters were there waiting to interview players.
■ CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, one of the most visible international news correspondents for more than 40 years, has announced she is leaving the network.
■ A Tennessee state representative has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the city of Memphis after he was banned from council meetings, alleging the city council’s public-comment policies unconstitutionally restrict free speech.
Misleading fine. A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion penalty for having misled users about their data privacy. It is one of the largest fines levied against a tech giant.
■ A shrinking local press across the country is making it easier for public officials to deny credentials to journalists and to shut them out of government spaces, according to a Poynter report.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court has its best chance at protecting freedom of the press with investigative reporter Catherine Herridge’s source-confidentiality appeal, argued law professor and author Jonathan Turley in The Hill.
Misleading fine. A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion penalty for having misled users about their data privacy. It is one of the largest fines levied against a tech giant.
■ A shrinking local press across the country is making it easier for public officials to deny credentials to journalists and to shut them out of government spaces, according to a Poynter report.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court has its best chance at protecting freedom of the press with investigative reporter Catherine Herridge’s source-confidentiality appeal, argued law professor and author Jonathan Turley in The Hill.
■ Names of the confidential sources who gave major scoops to legendary reporter Bob Woodward are exposed in his new memoir.
No open house. A split District of Columbia Circuit panel sided with a multifaith coalition that challenged the Trump administration’s policy allowing ICE agents to freely enter houses of worship.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on the constitutionality of a Colorado preschool program that offered free access to both public and private schools provided they adhere to antidiscrimination rules. Catholic preschools have objected to requirements that they serve children regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity of freedom of religion grounds.
■ A school district that told students to hide religious material in backpacks has settled its case against religious-education nonprofit LifeWise Academy.
On or off? A Maryland congressman was wrong when he challenged a student reporter’s right to record his press conference. Now, here is what every journalist needs to know about the all-party consent law, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
■ First Amendment audits, or filming the actions of individuals in public places, are not new but technology has made them more common, says political science professor John R. Vile.
■ The University of Maryland has agreed to First Amendment training for its athletics department following an incident where campus police were called to investigate “suspicious activity” outside the football facility. Two student reporters were there waiting to interview players.
■ CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, one of the most visible international news correspondents for more than 40 years, has announced she is leaving the network.
■ Jim Knipfel, the fedora-wearing Slackjaw columnist who documented his chaotic life for readers of alternative publications, has passed away at 61.