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Carrie DeCell

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Senior Staff Attorney & Legislative Advisor, Knight First Amendment Institute (she/her)

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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 10/08/2026
How is 9/11 still shaping our lives and freedoms, 25 years later? On Sept. 9–10, the Institute and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social’s Li Center for Global Journalism will host a symposium exploring how the post-9/11 era reshaped speech and the press. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/the-f...
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 05/08/2026
“Students and faculty should not have to censor themselves out of fear that simply speaking their minds will lead to arrest or deportation,” said @georgewang.bsky.social, staff attorney at the Knight Institute. Read today’s brief: knightcolumbia.org/documents/ex...
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Plaintiffs’ Principal and Response Brief
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Trump administration tried to use visa denials and deportation to silence researchers who study social media. A court just said no. Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder, former legal externs at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, break down the CITR v. Rubio ruling.
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Trump Cannot Use Immigration Law to Silence Technology Researchers
Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder detail an initial court victory for the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in CITR v. Rubio.
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Emile Ayoub @emileayoub.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Trump admin is continuing its invasive data collection efforts. Last week, it approved a USCIS plan to collect social media handles from the more than 3 million people applying each year to change their immigration status, as well as (in some cases) the handles of their U.S. citizen relatives.
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Trump Administration Will Collect Social Media Handles from Legal Immigrants and U.S. Citizens
The new requirement poses serious threats to free speech and privacy rights.
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Emile Ayoub @emileayoub.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
CBP wants to collect social media handles from the roughly 14.5 million travelers visiting annually from countries deemed our “close allies.” This proposal comes after the administration has openly declared its intent to use social media to screen people for speech it doesn’t like. 1/
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Next Wednesday 12/10, 12:30 ET: Join our @knightcolumbia.org webinar to hear @natematias.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @sarahbrayne.bsky.social talk about using social science to study chilling effects, and how courts use this kind of evidence: knightcolumbia.org/events/the-s...
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The Science of Chilling Effects
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 30/09/2025
⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views." knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
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In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Judge Young: "The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence." An extraordinary, historic victory for democratic freedom. knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
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In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
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Xiangnong (George) Wang @georgewang.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A huge win in @knightcolumbia.org's challenge to the Trump admin's policy of targeting noncitizen students and faculty for deportation based on their pro-Palestinian speech. Thank you @aaup.org and @mesa1966.bsky.social for trusting in us to represent you. knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...
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In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/09/2025
BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:
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Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/05/2025
The Trump administration is set to expand social media vetting of visa applicants. The policy has done little for national security, says @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, but "it is very effective at chilling free speech."
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 29/04/2025
A federal judge just ruled that our case seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian protests can go forward. Read our statement: knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
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Xiangnong (George) Wang @georgewang.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My @knightcolumbia.org colleague Ramya Krishnan will be in court in Boston this Wednesday arguing on behalf of @aaup.bsky.social & @mesa1966.bsky.social in their challenge to the Trump admin's ideological-deportation policy. This is the case: knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-v...
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American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 03/04/2025
Yesterday, we filed an amicus brief w/ @aclu.org & 9 other legal organizations asking the court to strike down Trump's executive order placing sanctions on the law firm Perkins Coie for its work on voting rights & for representing Trump's prior political opponents. knightcolumbia.org/content/lega...
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It’s sad that it requires courage right now for a university president to file something as straightforward as this, but it does. Thanks to Tufts University President Sunil Kumar for filing this. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Knight Institute (@knightcolumbia.org) joined a cross-ideological amicus brief led by the @aclu.org, in arguing that President Trump's executive order targeting Perkins Coie LLP is unconstitutional. knightcolumbia.org/cases/perkin...
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Xiangnong (George) Wang @georgewang.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Powerful op-ed from Profs. Maya Jasanoff and @kirstenweld.bsky.social. They are members of AAUP-Harvard, one of the groups challenging the Trump admin's policy of targeting noncitizen students and faculty for deportation based on their pro-Palestinian advocacy. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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We’re Harvard Professors Suing the Trump Administration. Here’s Why. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Universities are currently on the front lines of a battle for basic civil liberties. We must fight for the values — and the people — that define us. This lawsuit is a start.
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Carrie DeCell @carriedecell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
As a Jenner alum, I could not be prouder of this firm today.
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 25/03/2025
This morning, the Knight Institute filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian activism. knightcolumbia.org/content/aaup...
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AAUP, Middle East Studies Association, Knight Institute Sue Over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This morning, FACULTY UNIONS led by @aaup.bsky.social sued the Trump administration over the unlawful funding cuts at Columbia. We will not let the federal government use coercion to rob us of academic freedom and critical research! So proud of my union! protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
There's a lot of work to do. We're hiring another Legal Fellow to start ASAP. Please send the best people our way. @knightcolumbia.org knightcolumbia.org/page/legal-f...
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Arresting and threatening to deport students because of their participation in political protest is the kind of action one ordinarily associates with the world’s most repressive regimes. It’s genuinely shocking that this appears to be what’s going on right here. 1/
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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
As reported here by @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/rights... grantees of the US govt are being told they must comply with the govt's anti-DEI purge for all of their programs, even those not funded by the USG. If you are such an NGO, I'd love to talk to you. For Contact my info: eff.org
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 06/03/2025
Today, we sent a letter to Johnson reminding him that the First Amendment does not tolerate discrimination on the basis of viewpoint by government officials and that they cannot block critics at public forums, in-person or online. Read the letter: knightcolumbia.org/documents/t1...
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Letter to House Speaker Johnson (3/6/2025)
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Carrie DeCell @carriedecell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
USCIS is proposing to extend social media disclosure requirements adopted by the State Dep’t in 2019 to millions more applicants for immigration benefits each year: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03492.pdf
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Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Re: the FTC and the platforms We *should* be concerned about platform power over speech, but it isn’t censorship. As the Supreme Court said last year, the companies’ editorial decisions to moderate content are protected by the First Amendment. 1/
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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New @knightcolumbia.org essay: Americans’ broad rights to access media of their choosing are due in part to a Cold War case, Lamont v Postmaster General. @georgewang.bsky.social shows why a fight about communist snail mail is so relevant in the age of social media. knightcolumbia.org/content/list...
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Listeners’ Rights in the Time of Propaganda: The Story of Lamont v. Postmaster General
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Carrie DeCell @carriedecell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Trump’s poised to order deportation of pro-Palestinian student protestors. Here’s the thing—the First Amendment protects everyone in the United States, including foreign citizens studying at American universities. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump administration to cancel student visas of all 'Hamas sympathizers', White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledge to deport non-citizen college students and other resident aliens who took part in pro-Palestinian protests, a White House official said.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
TikTok’s future will turn on politics, not on today’s ruling, but by upholding the ban, the Court has markedly expanded the government’s power to censor in the name of national security. Its implications for TikTok may be limited, but the ruling creates a lot of space for other repressive policies.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Federal court rules that the First Amendment protects the right of the press and public to attend bail hearings. Super victory for the Texas Tribune, Mano Amiga, Texas Fair Defense Project, and of course my colleagues at @knightcolumbia.org. knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
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Carrie DeCell @carriedecell.bsky.social · 25/08/2023
Yes: "Ultimately, the global community sees the extraordinary abuses facilitated by the spyware industry & perpetrated by its clients. A global regime of control & accountability, driven by human rights standards & with which gov'ts find it in their best interests to comply, must be the endgame."
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