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Event Announcements
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
- Students raise concerns over Kansas Senate bill that limits First Amendment right to protest - Kansas Reflector - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- Jane Fonda's Committee For The First Amendment On Brendan Carr Threats - Deadline - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- This is the issue with doing counterterrorism in a 'First Amendment society': Paul Mauro - Fox News - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- A Media-Rating Company Says a Trump Agency Is Threatening Its Livelihood - First Amendment Watch - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- Feds Move To Dismiss Charges Against Army Veteran Who Burned American Flag Near White House - First Amendment Watch - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment issued a response to FCC Chair Brendan Carr's threats against broadcasters' coverage of Iran. Read more... - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- On MSNOW, Angelo Carusone discusses grave First Amendment consequences of the Trump administration trying to control major media organizations - Media... - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- Diddy Appeals Conviction Claiming Freak-Offs Protected by First Amendment - That Grape Juice.net - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- Raja Ramaswamy Column: We should protect the First Amendment like we do the Second - reporter.net - March 17th, 2026 [March 17th, 2026]
- The Recap: Trump squashes First Amendment, and another state could flip blue - Daily Kos - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- In Fox News Op-Ed, Mahmoud Khalil Urges Americans To Defend The First Amendment - Yahoo - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Sheriff Grady Judd says troll crossed lines of First Amendment in threats made to Kaitlin Bennett - Yahoo - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- The Fate of the First Amendment - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Attacking the First Amendment on Repeat - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Humanities Hub leads a week of celebrating First Amendment rights and history - Clemson News - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Free Expression and the Rights of Non-Citizens - | Knight First Amendment Institute - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Former ACLU president speaks with Trojans about intricacies of the First Amendment and free speech - USC Today - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- AU holds 2026 Future of the First Amendment Lecture on Tuesday - WJBF - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS5th Cir.: Principal not immune from teachers First Amendment claims over pre-attendance prayer ban - VitalLaw.com - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- First amendment quote - Pea Ridge Times - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Stanford Daily First Amendment suit against Trump admin moves toward final ruling - The Mercury News - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Diddy Reiterates Claim Freak-Offs Were Protected by First Amendment in New Appeal Brief - Complex - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Steve Bertrands acceptance speech for Lifetime Achievement Award at the RTDNA First Amendment Awards - WGN Radio 720 - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Legal Battle Between Anthropic, Trump Admin Could Have Major First Amendment Implications, Experts Say - National Review - March 15th, 2026 [March 15th, 2026]
- Kansas Senate votes to subvert students First Amendment right to join public protests - Kansas Reflector - March 7th, 2026 [March 7th, 2026]
- The Infrastructure of Free Expression - | Knight First Amendment Institute - March 7th, 2026 [March 7th, 2026]
- Editorial: Know the First Amendment rights - The Shorthorn - March 7th, 2026 [March 7th, 2026]
- After Abandoning Law Firm Executive Orders, Trump Administration Reverses Course and Pursues Fight - First Amendment Watch - March 7th, 2026 [March 7th, 2026]
- Federal Judge Blocks Florida Governors Foreign Terrorist Label of Muslim Groups - First Amendment Watch - March 7th, 2026 [March 7th, 2026]
- You cant celebrate the First Amendment with Donald Trump - Media Matters for America - March 7th, 2026 [March 7th, 2026]
- Mamdanis thin-skinned press secretary blocks social media comments a clear First Amendment violation, critics say - New York Post - February 26th, 2026 [February 26th, 2026]
- A Childrens Book Writer Clashed With Trump. Now Shes Defending The First Amendment - SheKnows - February 26th, 2026 [February 26th, 2026]
- Christian nationalism threatens First Amendment freedoms: The right to worship any way you desire - MS NOW - February 26th, 2026 [February 26th, 2026]
- Age Limits on Bodybuilding Supplements: Inside the First Amendment Battle for Teen Health - Live Media News - February 26th, 2026 [February 26th, 2026]
- Sorry FTC, the First Amendment Trumps Antitrust Law - RealClearMarkets - February 26th, 2026 [February 26th, 2026]
- Letter: Utah bill targeting protesters is a frontal assault on First Amendment rights - The Salt Lake Tribune - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- First Amendment Troops The ResistDance - Dance Magazine - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- Gov. Hochuls crackdown on AI-generated political speech wont pass the First Amendment test - New York Post - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- Utah bill cracking down on protests criticized as invasion of our First Amendment rights - Utah News Dispatch - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- The First Amendment in flux - The Minnesota Daily - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- Attorney William Brewer on New Yorks Even Year Election Law and the First Amendment - First Amendment Watch - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- Supporting and Implementing Truth as a Free Speech Value - | Knight First Amendment Institute - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- Editorial: Reading between the lines of the First Amendment - TribLIVE.com - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- Press Release: Representative Dave Min Raises First Amendment Concerns in Letter to FCC Chairman - Quiver Quantitative - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- In a Scorching Order, Federal Judge Rejects Trumps Attempt to Trample the First Amendment and Rewrite Americas Antebellum Past - Ms. Magazine - February 22nd, 2026 [February 22nd, 2026]
- The Anti-Homelessness Plot Against the First Amendment - The New Republic - February 14th, 2026 [February 14th, 2026]
- In the News: Thomas Berg on Competing First Amendment Rights - Newsroom | University of St. Thomas - February 14th, 2026 [February 14th, 2026]
- New Knight Institute Initiative to Focus on Reconstructing Free Expression After Trump - | Knight First Amendment Institute - February 14th, 2026 [February 14th, 2026]
- Two Universities. Two Posters. One First Amendment Problem. - FIRE | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression - February 14th, 2026 [February 14th, 2026]
- Haywood school district accused of First Amendment violation after Memphis rapper speaks to students - FOX13 Memphis - February 14th, 2026 [February 14th, 2026]
- Judge Rules Against Hegseth, Finding That He Trampled on Senator Kellys First Amendment Freedoms - Talking Points Memo - February 14th, 2026 [February 14th, 2026]
- Opinion | Don Lemon and the First Amendment - The Wall Street Journal - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- The First Amendment and Lincolns Constitutional Legacy: Lectures in Law and Humanities focus on the history of Americans rights - Clemson News - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Can students be punished for protesting during the school day? First amendment expert weighs in - Fox 59 - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- In the News: Julie Jonas on Don Lemon Arrest and the First Amendment - Newsroom | University of St. Thomas - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Nevada Fake Elector Case Resumes With Debate Over Intent Behind 2020 Pro-Trump Ceremony - First Amendment Watch - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Kentuckys Second Amendment warriors cannot stay silent as the First Amendment dies - Forward Kentucky - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Banned Books, Free Speech, and the First Amendment - Law.com - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Washington Post Cuts a Third of Its Staff in a Blow to a Legendary News Brand - First Amendment Watch - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Understanding what First Amendment rights students have when protesting ICE - WTHR - February 7th, 2026 [February 7th, 2026]
- Don Lemon Says a Dozen Agents Were Sent To Arrest Him Even Though He Offered To Turn Himself In - First Amendment Watch - February 4th, 2026 [February 4th, 2026]
- VERIFY: Yes, student protests are protected under the First Amendment, but schools can still discipline students for missing class - rocketcitynow.com - February 4th, 2026 [February 4th, 2026]
- Video First amendment lawyer reacts to arrest of Don Lemon - ABC News - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Mark Levin: Interference is not a First Amendment right - Fox News - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Can You Protest Inside or Near a Church? First Amendment Analysis - Freedom Forum - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- First Amendment lawyers say Minneapolis ICE observers are protected by Constitution - Minnesota Reformer - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Opinion | After the Minneapolis shootings, a reminder of what the First Amendment protects - Star Tribune - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Trump Border Czar Suggests First Amendment Isnt All That Important - The New Republic - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- The First Amendment turned upside down: Buckley at 50 - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- The Recap: Trump takes a dump on the First Amendment, plus his asinine Fed chair nominee - Daily Kos - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Student sues UMass Amherst on First Amendment rights, after school suspends him - NEPM - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- This is a vendetta against the press: journalists warn of threat to First Amendment - Northern News Now - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- California prohibits its teachers from talking about a student's gender identity to their parents. That raises First Amendment concerns. - FIRE |... - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- First Amendment and what it means to teen-agers - hngnews.com - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Don Lemon charged with interfering with First Amendment rights at church protest - NBC News - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- First Amendment expert links religious freedom to global interfaith work in Spokane talk - FVS News - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- Protesters' rights: What they can and can't do under the First Amendment - midmichigannow.com - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- What the Law Says About the Don Lemon Arrest and the Limits of the First Amendment - EEW Magazine - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- The First Amendment Will Outlive Trump | Opinion - Out South Florida - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]
- NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL - Texas Metro News - February 1st, 2026 [February 1st, 2026]