Alex Morey

First Amendment lawyer & civil liberties advocate | First Amendment Specialist @ Freedom Forum | @1stForAll | Room Rater 8/10 | Opinions: Mine.

[Alex Morey @1AMorey]

“Let me begin by saying what we shouldn’t have to say: The prizes support the First Amendment. We believe in access to government institutions and an independent press. … We stand for civil discourse and against censorship.”
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[Freedom Forum @1stForAll]

"The First Amendment wasn't just an idea floating above the festival. It was present in every set, every risk, every moment where an artist chose to say exactly what they meant without dialing it back."

@RockDNAMag reviews the first-ever @FreelyFest.

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY (BAD) NEWS:

Through its so-called "shadow docket," SCOTUS summarily reversed the 2d Cir.'s denial of qualified immunity in Zorn v. Linton and left in place the 5th Cir.'s grant of QI in (@TheFIREorg) case Villarreal v. Alaniz.

Dissent(s) in both.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.

[Conor Friedersdorf @conor64]

Tyler Cowen: highly rated and still underrated.

[Freedom Forum @1stForAll]

1A quote of the day 💬

[Jack Clark @jackclarkSF]

People leaving regular companies: Time for a change! Excited for my next chapter!

People leaving AI companies: I have gazed into the endless night and there are shapes out there. We must be kind to one another. I am moving on to study philosophy.

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

Yesterday, a U.S. immigration court rightly terminated deportation proceedings against Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was facing deportation because of an op-ed in the student newspaper. No one in the United States, citizen or visa-holder, should fear government retribution for voicing their opinion.

We've been proud to support Rümeysa's right to free speech in the courts.

[Freedom Forum @1stForAll]

The recent Minnesota church protest that resulted in multiple people being arrested — including Don Lemon, who said he was at the scene to report on the protest — has raised questions about the boundaries of several First Amendment freedoms.

Here's what to know.

[Alex Morey @1AMorey]

IJ is the best. Prettis are probably overwhelmed with offers to talk about their case — but this one is tops.

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

I'm a lawyer with the non-profit @IJ.

We have the nation's top federal accountability practice and recently won an FBI wrong-house raid case in the Supreme Court.

If you can put me in touch with the Pretti family, I would very much like to speak with them.

We work for free.

[AT @primediscussion]

Came in to see wtf was going on for himself.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

A judge has unsealed the memo ordering the detention & deportation of Rümeysa Öztürk. It confirms the sole evidence against her was that she co-wrote an op-ed the government disliked.

Here she is being arrested by men in plainclothes. Over an op-ed.

[Theo Baker @tab_delete]

Rather astonishing document. A student detained for an op-ed in which she voices no antisemitism or violent beliefs — and it’s all laid out by the government’s own internal memo.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

🚨 Update: ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
https://t.co/wdaX24HTMZ

[Peter Bonilla @pebonilla]

“The files on Öztürk … indicate further that the government relied solely on the inferences made from an op-ed she wrote for the student newspaper to carry out the revocation of her visa, her arrest, and her detention.”

They had nothing, and they knew they had nothing.

[Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh]

Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.

No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.

An op-ed in a student newspaper.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

JUST IN: A judge in Minnesota said DOJ failed to make its case to detain two of the church protesters charged with FACE Act violations. https://t.co/w49VoTd9HP

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

This video is making the rounds — and it’s one every American should see.

Law enforcement showing up on Americans’ doorsteps for lawful political speech — speech that doesn’t even remotely rise to the level of incitement — is absolutely intolerable in a free society.

[Kevin Baron @DefenseBaron]

So this is illegal. Stars & Stripes is protected from Pentagon interference by law. I know. I was a Stripes reporter for three years. I’m available for comment.

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

Are there Fourth Amendment limits—and if so, what—on taking a person's picture and uploading it to a facial recognition database during a Terry stop for immigration violations?

No cases on this. And without a Bivens remedy, I'm not sure there will ever be any cases on this.