The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University litigates First Amendment issues to bring education and accountability to the American public. The Institute litigates cases against the US government’s suppression of speech, including hiding Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions from the public and from lawyers who may question or challenge the veracity and application of the opinions. In order to comply with the law – one must first be aware what the law is, as Democracy dies in darkness. The Knight Institute is trying to shine the much needed light of transparency and accountability on government accountability . Guest: Atty. Stephanie Krent of the Knight First Amendment Institute on litigation to make ‘unclassified’ opinions – held in secret – available to the public.
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January 15, 2021 – Many people know the Fourteenth Amendment bestows Equal Protection on those within the borders of the United States, and apportions representatives to the federal government. But many have not heard about the protections afforded by the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, to…
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July 25, 2020 – In the thick of the night, crowds of protestors chant and sing for social justice, most are peaceful, albeit some infiltrate the crowds and vandalize the city. But peaceful protestors should not be punished for the acts of those who break the law. But, the First…
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July 3, 2020 – If you are tired of hearing the same old news day in and day out, if you are tired of hearing the well-worn axiom “fake news,” if you are tired of listening to incoherent tirades and personal self-aggrandizement – you are not alone. Since January of…
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March 7, 2017 – Just as Donald Trump is bristling over what he contends is a warrantless intrusion into the caverns of Trump Tower and he’s beloved privacy-here are the real issues. First, the likelihood that there really is a wiretap is quite suspect–after reading the dossier by the former…
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March 1, 2017 – It is not a surprise that Donald Trump has not divested himself of any of his holdings, any of which is positioned to give the appearance of impropriety or conflict. It should also come as no surprise that the same individual elected by less than half…
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February 17, 2017 – Everyday we hear the brash talk from our newest elected official who made the historic trek from the corner office to the oval office–to take office as the most powerful executive office in the world. Yet, each time he begins his oratory, we cringe, as the…
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Guest: Attorney David O’Brien, Sr. Researcher at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Discussion with Attorney, Policy Consultant & Host of The Legal Edition, Mary Kay Elloian on cyber-security, warrantless intrusions, and how our Constitutional rights are being strained and what we all need to know to keep our private conversations private. Learn how the bounds of privacy have never before been stretched to the limits– as in our present digital age. Expert analysis and discussion.
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May 13, 2015 – Jacobson v Massachusetts is a landmark 1905, US Supreme Court case that laid the groundwork for mandatory vaccination in time of catastrophic epidemic of “smallpox.” The ruling referenced a wide-scale and deadly epidemic that was killing and debilitating a broad swath of the population. At the…
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