Transparency & Democracy
Ensuring access to information necessary for self-government
The First Amendment embraces the public’s right to access the information needed to hold the powerful accountable and participate fully in the process of self-government.
Our aim in defending and promoting transparency is not simply to compel the disclosure of information that the public is entitled to know, but to broaden public access to information through changes in government policy and the law.
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Press Statement
Trump Administration Concedes That U.S. Researchers May Engage With Sanctioned U.N. Official
Response is a victory for the right of Americans to speak with and hear from international experts about issues of global importance, Knight Institute says
LATEST NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Press Statement
Judge Blocks Release of Special Counsel’s Report in Trump Classified Documents Case
Knight Institute says there is no legitimate reason for suppressing the report and will appeal
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Press Statement
Supreme Court Rejects Government’s Request to Stay Challenge to Policy Silencing Immigration Judges
Court should quickly reject the government’s soon-to-be filed cert petition as well, says Knight Institute
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LITIGATION & ADVOCACY
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Lawsuit
American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
A case challenging the Trump administration’s policy of ideological deportation.
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Lawsuit
Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges
A lawsuit challenging a government policy silencing immigration judges
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Amicus Brief
Trump v. Illinois
A lawsuit challenging the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago.
RESEARCH
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Essays and Scholarship
Participatory Journalism and Its Potential in AI-Assisted Local News
The adoption of AI in local journalism should go hand in hand with implementing more equitable, civically focused, participatory forms of journalism
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Press Statement
New Knight Institute Initiative Will Explore the Role of the Legal Profession in an Age of Authoritarianism
A collaboration with comparative constitutionalist Madhav Khosla, initiative will explore lawyers’ role in the defense of democratic freedoms and institutions
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Litigating Chilling Effects
