The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University litigates First Amendment issues to bring education and accountability to the American public. The Institute litigates cases against the US government’s suppression of speech, including hiding Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions from the public and from lawyers who may question or challenge the veracity and application of the opinions. In order to comply with the law – one must first be aware what the law is, as Democracy dies in darkness. The Knight Institute is trying to shine the much needed light of transparency and accountability on government accountability . Guest: Atty. Stephanie Krent of the Knight First Amendment Institute on litigation to make ‘unclassified’ opinions – held in secret – available to the public.
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November 29, 2020 – These questions surrounding the presidential pardon power are being tossed around by pundits across America. But what is the scope and breadth of this presidential pardon power – can he pardon himself, can he pardon for specific crimes such as tax evasion, what is the scope…
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September 7, 2020 – Recently the DC Appeals Court ruled that Don McGahn, the former White House legal counsel could continue to defy the House Subpoena issued over a year ago, to avoid testifying or producing documents as requested by the House Judiciary Committee. The documents and testimony at the…
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July 3, 2020 – If you are tired of hearing the same old news day in and day out, if you are tired of hearing the well-worn axiom “fake news,” if you are tired of listening to incoherent tirades and personal self-aggrandizement – you are not alone. Since January of…
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July 17, 2019 – To all those who have wondered–What does the Mueller Report “really” say? Here it is! After countless hours of reading and analyzing the full “redacted” form of the “Mueller Report” as released by Attorney General Barr to the public–it is clear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller…
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April 29, 2019 – Now that `Special Counsel Robert Mueller produced the long-awaited 22-month report detailing his investigation into whether there was Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election—the answer is a resounding YES. The Russians did hack the Democratic National Convention (DNC) servers to “help” their favored candidate win…
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July 20, 2018 – For those who have only read about treason in the story-books, we have a real-life event going on that may scholars believe is unprecedented in our nation’s history. That is where a sitting president’s closest advisors have close affiliations with high-ranking members of a foreign adversary–here…
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March 2, 2017 – They marched in to the Congressional hearings, democrats played the warning–the bugle cry, but no one heeded the warning. The litany of Trumpeteers marched their way into Congress to sing their song of Ode to Joy, and then were made members of the marching band–with orders…
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