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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
- Analysis: What Disney is thinking as it faces a First Amendment fight with Trump - CNN - April 29th, 2026 [April 29th, 2026]
- First Amendment advocates blast the FCC's early review of ABC broadcast licenses - NBC News - April 29th, 2026 [April 29th, 2026]
- Kimmel, the First Amendment and a brewing battle with the FCC - USA Today - April 29th, 2026 [April 29th, 2026]
- Former Spokane mayor Woodward wants $10 million from the city, alleges First Amendment violations - KXLY.com - April 29th, 2026 [April 29th, 2026]
- The Taricani Visiting Journalist Series on First Amendment Rights Harrington School of Communication and Media - The University of Rhode Island - April 29th, 2026 [April 29th, 2026]
- In rare interviews, Bush hails the First Amendment and Obama says America doesn't have 'kings' - NBC News - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- CBS Hosting Dinner Praising Trump And His Love Of The First Amendment - Techdirt. - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- BREAKING: Street preacher threatens to sue SIUE on grounds of First Amendment rights violation - alestlelive.com - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- First Amendment to Arkansas: You Cannot Sentence Speech on the Internet to Death by a Thousand Cuts in NetChoice Court Victory - NetChoice - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- The GUARD Act dis-GUARDs the First Amendment and competition - Competitive Enterprise Institute - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- Supreme Court Denies Hearing in First Amendment Cases Related to Occupational Speech - The Institute for Justice - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- Code is functional free speech under the First Amendment: Coin Center - TradingView - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- Texas public schools can now have Ten Commandments displays, Appeals Court ruled, but Supreme Court can still save this First Amendment disaster -... - April 23rd, 2026 [April 23rd, 2026]
- Trump admin violated First Amendment by forcing Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-trackers - Law and Crime News - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights - Engadget - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- How Originalism Broke the First Amendment - Balls and Strikes - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- Trump says CNN may have committed a crime. The First Amendment says otherwise - Poynter - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- Jon Prosser's last-ditch effort against Apple's lawsuit is the First Amendment - AppleInsider - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- California Attorney Who Tried To Help Overturn 2020 Election Loses Law License - First Amendment Watch - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: First amendment lynchpin of American experiment - The Facts - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- White House Correspondents Dilemma: Toasting the First Amendment as Trump Tramples Over It | Analysis - TheWrap - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- Mitali Bags speech on The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026 and The Delimitation Bill, 2026 - All India Trinamool... - April 19th, 2026 [April 19th, 2026]
- Occupational licensing has a First Amendment problem - The Hill - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- Paterno: Dangerous Times for the First Right of the First Amendment - StateCollege.com - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- When ICE enforcement and the First Amendment collide - News From The States - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- Briefing Room: Advice on dealing with First Amendment auditors - Seal Beach News - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- On Books, Book Reviews, and Bezos - First Amendment Watch - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- Escambia County sheriff responds after heated argument between First Amendment auditor and deputy: did not reflect our core values - Yahoo - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- Diddy Appeal: Lawyers Seek Release, Argue Freak-Offs Are Protected By First Amendment - HOT 97 - April 10th, 2026 [April 10th, 2026]
- Future of First Amendment: FIU to host 'Free Speech: A Florida Dialogue' with Georgetown University - WLRN - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Hollywood Stars Join Together to Defend the First Amendment - The Progressive - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Federal judge rules Trump violated First Amendment by ordering defunding of NPR and PBS - KUOW - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Lemon Pound Cake and the First Amendment - jdsupra.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS - nbcmiami.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Getting to Know You: Imprisoned for Exercising her First Amendment Rights She Now Speaks Truth to Power - morningsentinel.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Federal judge rules Trump's public media order violated First Amendment. Here's what that means for KOSU - KOSU - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Aspen Public Radio and co-plaintiffs win federal case against Trump Administration, proclaiming a win for the First Amendment - KHOL 89.1 FM - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Federal judge cites First Amendment in blocking Trump order to end funding to NPR and PBS - Colorado Public Radio - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Opinion | The Supreme Court repels an egregious assault on the First Amendment - washingtonpost.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- In Counseling Case, the Supreme Court Sides with the First Amendment - nationalreview.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- REACTION: Supreme Court Affirms Therapy as SpeechA Major First Amendment Victory - Minding The Campus - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- BIZARRE: The First Amendment should be banned - northernstar.info - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- EDITORIAL: A victory for the First Amendment at the high court - Las Vegas Review-Journal - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- TV station megamerger is a threat to First Amendment freedoms (Editorial) - Daily Camera - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Monroe County woman sues sheriff, claiming arrest over Facebook post violated First Amendment rights - WBIR - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Supreme Court overturns ban on so-called 'conversion therapy' on First Amendment grounds - Fox News - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Donald Trump Violated First Amendment With This Action, Says US Judge - Yahoo - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- No First Amendment for some immigrant journalists or sources, govt says - Freedom of the Press Foundation - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Protesting in Tennessee, what are your First Amendment rights? - The Tennessean - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- First Amendment lawsuit seeks to end Nashuas policy of requiring name and address during public comment - New Hampshire Public Radio - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- First Amendment Balancing, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Become a Breyerian - | Knight First Amendment Institute - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Does a Public Actor Have the Right to Anonymity? Animal Research and Wider First Amendment Implications - Harvard Law School - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Halo zone around police, ICE nears final passage as Dems voice First Amendment concerns - News From The States - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Bravo to students who use the First Amendment - The Campanile - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Supreme Court revives First Amendment lawsuit from street preacher who called concertgoers whores, Jezebels and sissies - CNN - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- The next AI fight: Do the chatbots have First Amendment rights? - qz.com - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Judge strikes down restrictive Pentagon press policy, finding it violates First Amendment - CBS News - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Gianforte Administration Reverses Permit Guidelines, Allows Weekend Events at the State Capitol - First Amendment Watch - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- A call for US companies to follow the First Amendment: Ross Kerber - TradingView - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- Students sue University of Alabama over suspension of campus magazines, claim First Amendment breach - rocketcitynow.com - March 26th, 2026 [March 26th, 2026]
- 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]