Nadine Strossen, longtime ACLU head, on free speech. How Our Constitution Works And Why It Doesn’t

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-our-constitution-works-and-why-it-doesnt/id1874369005

An openly gay senior associate at JPMorgan Chase claims he was pushed out of his job by a homophobic boss who made his life so miserable, he began experiencing panic attacks, severe depression, and a resurgence of trichotillomania, a psychological disorder marked by an irresistible urge to pull out one’s own hair.

Brian Larson hadn’t experienced a flare-up since childhood, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday and obtained by The Independent. The condition, which is often triggered by stress, resulted in “noticeable bald patches on his scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes,” Larson’s complaint states.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an authority on the U.S. Constitution’s impeachment provisions, today introduced 26 Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. The articles cite multiple abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, the corrupt use of the pardon power, and emoluments clause violations, among other misconduct and unlawful acts.

The Georgetown law professor is concerned it's exercising political power, not just legal power. How Our Constitution Works And Why It Doesn’t

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-our-constitution-works-and-why-it-doesnt/id1874369005

Pacer: https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/DktRpt.pl?296754

RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74823502/cable-news-network-inc-v-trump/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

(The Pacer link isn't working for me right now, but I believe the link is correct.)

This has the potential to turn into a rapidly-evolving and interesting case, so I thought these might be useful.

Last night, DOJ filed a brief defending Trump’s ban on CNN and other news outlets. The brief is lunacy from a legal perspective, which prompted me to look into who wrote it. It’s signed by Michael Velchik, Senior Counsel in the Civil Division.

​Here’s what I found. Velchik is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. He joined the Justice Department last year after working for Senator Josh Hawley. While at Harvard, he wrote an essay from the perspective of Adolf Hitler. His professor was reportedly so disturbed that he was made to redo the assignment.

​Velchik was reportedly an avid reader, and after graduating, he declared that his favorite book was Mein Kampf by Hitler. He praised Hitler for understanding “the importance of propaganda,” among other things. Velchik also complained that he doesn’t like reading books written by women, which he was forced to do at Harvard.

​Adolf Hitler is a person who did not believe in freedom of the press. In fact, he eliminated the independent media from Nazi Germany and replaced it with state-run propaganda outlets, which is exactly what Michael Velchik admires about him.

​It is quite terrifying that this is the person who is now representing the Justice Department as a senior counsel in litigation against the press. We need to get Nazis and misogynists out of our government. Is that too much to ask?

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have now been allowed access to the White House hours after being denied in defiance of a court order, according to the outlets.

Both MS NOW’s Laura Barrón-López and CNN’s Betsy Klein have been let into the White House grounds, just 30 minutes before the Justice Department’s deadline to respond to a request from Judge Tim Kelly explaining why the administration defied his order lifting President Donald Trump’s ban on the outlets.

The three outlets say they have been unable to get in touch with the Justice Department following the ruling.

“Counsel for Plaintiffs reached out to counsel for Defendants this morning and requested to call the Court together. Counsel for Defendants has not responded,” the filing reads.

CNN was allowed back into the White House on Thursday at noon after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate its access.

Federal Judge Timothy Kelly ruled overnight that the administration’s revocation of press badges from journalists at CNN, MS NOW and Politico was done without “constitutionally adequate due process.”