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Annotated Index of 1974 unclassified OLC legal opinions

The OLC disclosed a preliminary index of all unclassified OLC legal opinions issued in 1974 to the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. This version of the index (annotated by Institute staff) shows which opinions were released in response to the Knight Institute's FOIA request (green), which opinions are currently being processed (yellow), which opinions were already publicly available (blue), and which opinions were not selected by the Knight Institute for processing (white).

August 7, 2020

The OLC's Opinions

Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for OLC legal opinions issued prior to 1994

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Free Speech & Social Media

Free Speech & Social Media

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A Third Federal Appeals Court Addresses Social Media Blocking

Agrees that public officials who use social media accounts to further their official duties must comply with the First Amendment

Privacy & Surveillance

Privacy & Surveillance

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Clearview AI’s First Amendment Theory Threatens Privacy—and Free Speech, Too

Drawing the line around what is protected by the First Amendment is more challenging than you might think

Transparency & Democracy

Transparency & Democracy

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Knight Institute, ACLU, and More than 40 Organizations Call on Biden Administration to Embrace a More Open Government

Letter proposes steps the administration could take immediately

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The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

Screening of The Mauritanian and panel discussion with Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Tahar Rahim, Nancy Hollander, and Larry Siems

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