Legal Filing

Opinion (denying access motion for lack of jurisdiction)

September 15, 2020

ACLU v. United States

A motion asserting a right of access to opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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Lawsuit

Issues

Free Speech & Social Media

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Social Media Companies Want to Co-opt the First Amendment. Courts Shouldn’t Let Them.

Privacy & Surveillance

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Writing to Someone in Prison? Uncle Sam May Keep a Copy.

Knight Institute lawsuit aims to bring new surveillance program to light

Transparency & Democracy

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear First Amendment Challenge to Secrecy of U.S. Surveillance Court

The Knight Institute, ACLU, Yale Clinic, and former Solicitor General say the Court’s denial curtails the public’s First Amendment right of access to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions

Events

Government Lies

Is it possible to prevent the government’s lies or limit their harms?
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