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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Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Abbott
A case challenging the application of Texas’s TikTok ban to public university faculty
LATEST NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Deep Dive
The Biden Administration Should Continue Rebuffing NSO Group’s Latest Lobbying Efforts.
Israeli spyware firm NSO Group has ratcheted up its lobbying efforts to U.S. officials in recent weeks, seeking to capitalize on the current crisis in the Middle East. On Nov. 7, NSO sent a letter to the U.S. State Department...
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Deep Dive
ICE Acknowledges First Amendment Limits on Its Power to Remove Foreign Nationals
Newly obtained legal memos suggest that proposals to remove non-U.S. persons from the country based on their political expression likely violate the Constitution.
By Alexia Ramirez
Our Docket
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Amicus Brief
Moody v. NetChoice
Supreme Court case challenging Florida law regulating social media platforms
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FOIA Lawsuit
Knight Institute v. ODNI
A FOIA lawsuit for the immediate release of the U.S. intelligence report on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
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Amicus Brief
United States v. Xiang
An Eighth Circuit appeal addressing the constitutionality of warrantless electronic device searches at the border
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FOIA Lawsuit
Knight Institute v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
A FOIA lawsuit seeking records concerning the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ digitization and surveillance of mail
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FOIA 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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Amicus Brief
Egbert v. Boule
A Supreme Court case addressing the scope of Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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Amicus Brief
NetChoice v. Paxton
Supreme Court case challenging Florida law regulating social media platforms