Legal News for Weds 2/25 - SEC Enforcement Manual Revamp, Paramount Bid for WMD, Judge Blocks Search of WaPo Reporter Device, Updates on Social Media Suit in CA
This Day in Legal History: Hiram Rhodes Revels
On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels was sworn in as the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. His election came during the turbulent Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War, a period defined by constitutional change …
Judge tears apart Trump admin for misleading him in new ruling
Transcript:The Trump administration was dealt another blow in court this week, according to NBC News, with a judge blocking the Justice Department from further action in the "outrageous" case of a journalist's seized phone, and further accusing the administration of misleading him about the law to …
How Sotomayor nailed a 'blatant First Amendment violation' by Texas police
Transcript:On Monday, March 23 in the case Villarreal v. Alaniz, the U. S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Laredo, Texas-based journalist Priscilla Villarreal . who believes she was wrongly arrested while doing her work. Villarreal argued that the arrest was a First Amendment violation, but m…
Deck Chairs on the Titanic (feat. Kel McClanahan)
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says that only Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was fired from the Justice Department.
Stanley Woodward could be leaving the Department of Justice to be replaced by current Civil Rights Division Chief Harmeet Dhillon.
The Department of Justice presses for its …
Just Human #370
In this episode, I go over updates in the criminal case against the SPLC, including their motions for disclosure of grand jury transcripts and restrictions on statements by the DOJ; provide insight into Cole Tomas Allen’s status and hearing before Magistrate Judge Faruqui (and review a couple J6 ca…
If we lose this fight, we lose America forever
On January 14th, FBI agents raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, taking her devices despite her not being a target or accused of any crime. This chilling act of intimidation against a journalist who had documented the Trump administration's dismantling of the federal workfor…
Polygraphs
The FBI is investigating the Atlantic reporter who wrote a detailed story of Director Kash Patel’s alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior.
Patel even ordered polygraphs for nearly two dozen staff members looking for leaks.
A second federal judge has blocked the Department of Justice from acc…
Ep 198 — Kristi Noem's Lawyers Are Making Sh*t Up
An ICE whistleblower reveals a secret memo where DHS lawyers say agents can arrest people in their homes without a warrant. The Fourth Amendment says otherwise! And the Supreme Court's conservatives were extremely unimpressed with Trump's plan to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Truth S…
World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald Trump
Interview with Ben Grazda, advocacy manager with Reporters Without Borders, conducted by Scott Harris.
Ben Grazda examines some of the long-term challenges facing American journalists including economic pressure leading to the disappearance of many local news outlets; concentration of ownership; po…
The Threat to the First Amendment -- What Government Control of the Press Does to Journalism and Democracy
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Episode Summary
Before dawn on January 14, 2026, FBI agents arrived at the Alexandria, Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. They seized two laptops, her phone, an audio recorder, and an external hard drive containing her reporting materials. Her devices remain…
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