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Professor Balkin Edits Book on Obergefell v. Hodges

In a new book edited by Professor Jack Balkin, legal scholars rewrite the Supreme Court’s landmark gay rights decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Professor Balkin Edits Book on Obergefell v. Hodges
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ISP Launches Digital Future White Paper Series

The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School announced the launch of its Digital Future White Paper Series, which will highlight novel challenges for regulation, inviting participation by academics, researchers, technologists and legal practitioners.
ISP Launches Digital Future White Paper Series
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The Boston Globe

Trump keeps focus elsewhere as COVID-19 cases continue steep climb

YLS clinical lecturer and executive director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in the Boston Globe about President Trump’s messaging around the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump keeps focus elsewhere as COVID-19 cases continue steep climb
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MFIA Clinic Receives $200,000 Contribution from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

A grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies will help advance the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic’s core mission of defending the rights of journalists and promoting transparency.
MFIA Clinic Receives $200,000 Contribution from Craig Newmark Philanthropies
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ISP and Abrams Institute Call for Protections for Protestors and the Press

A statement from the Information Society Project and the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression.
ISP and Abrams Institute Call for Protections for Protestors and the Press
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The Boston Globe

Twitter helped make Trump president. Now they’re at war

YLS clinical lecturer and Executive Director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in a Boston Globe article about President Trump’s relationship with Twitter.

Twitter helped make Trump president. Now they’re at war
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Reuters

Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies

Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack M. Balkin is quoted in a Reuters article about President Trump’s attempt to regulate social media.

Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies
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The Los Angeles Times

Twitter becomes Trump’s latest enemy after it tags his claims as false

Executive Director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in the Los Angeles Times about President Trump’s threat to regulate social media.

Twitter becomes Trump’s latest enemy after it tags his claims as false
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Associated Press

Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?

Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin is quoted in an Associated Press story about President Trump’s threat to regulate social media.

Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?
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Judge Permits MFIA Clinic First Amendment Case to Proceed

A federal judge in New York has ordered a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Yale’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) against President Donald Trump to proceed into discovery.
Judge Permits MFIA Clinic First Amendment Case to Proceed