Litigation
The Institute defends the freedoms of speech and of the press through strategic litigation designed to have a meaningful impact on the law, on public policy, and on public opinion. We litigate cases that have the potential to establish important new legal principles concerning the system of free expression, to influence the practices of powerful actors in that system, and to raise public awareness about contemporary structural threats to that system. We focus especially on complex and challenging cases that relate to new technology, including new communications platforms, and we favor cases that afford us the opportunity to draw on insights generated by our research program.
Our litigation prioritizes cases in our three focus areas, Free Speech & Social Media, Transparency & Democracy, and Privacy & Surveillance.
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LATEST NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Press Statement
Former Solicitor General, First Amendment Groups Challenge Secrecy of U.S. Surveillance Court
In Supreme Court Petition, ACLU, Knight Institute, and Yale Clinic Say Public Has a First Amendment Right of Access to Opinions of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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Press Statement
Critics Blocked from Paxton’s Twitter Account File Legal Challenge
Knight First Amendment Institute and ACLU of Texas say Attorney General is violating the First Amendment
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Analysis
Official Censorship Should Have No Place in the Digital Public Square
Courts are barring public officials from blocking critics from their social media accounts.
By Jameel Jaffer & Katie Fallow
Our Docket
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Lawsuit
Knight Institute and Committee to Protect Journalists v. CIA
A FOIA lawsuit for records concerning the U.S. government's "duty to warn" journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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Amicus Brief
Campbell v. Reisch
A lawsuit challenging a state representative’s blocking of a critic on Twitter
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Amicus Brief
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra
Two Supreme Court cases challenging a California law that compels the disclosure of charitable organizations’ donor information
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Amicus Brief
Alasaad v. Mayorkas
A lawsuit challenging warrantless searches of electronic devices at the border
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Lawsuit
ACLU v. CIA & Knight Institute v. DOD
Three FOIA lawsuits seeking records related to the government censorship system of "prepublication review"
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Lawsuit
National Association of Immigration Judges v. McHenry
A lawsuit challenging a government policy silencing immigration judges
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Lawsuit
Freedom of the Press Foundation v. DOJ
A FOIA lawsuit for records concerning the surveillance of journalists
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Amicus Brief
Ragbir v. Homan
A lawsuit challenging the retaliatory deportation of immigrant rights activitist Ravi Ragbir
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Amicus Brief
National Veterans Legal Services Program v. United States
A lawsuit challenging fees the federal judiciary charges for access to court records