Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I bet it was my double appearance, @katiefallow.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Scott WilkensKaty Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Next 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...knightcolumbia.orgThe Science of Chilling Effects 0129
Reposted by Scott WilkensVeena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 14/11/2025BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org 292459642
Reposted by Scott WilkensDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 13/11/2025This is real news. Reporters, please report on it. ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech. It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing. 1218104
Reposted by Scott WilkensKnight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 03/11/2025“This report is of singular importance to the public because it addresses allegations of grave criminal conduct by the nation’s highest-ranking official, and should be made public without further delay,” says @scottbwilkens.bsky.social. More about today's order: knightcolumbia.org/content/appe...knightcolumbia.orgAppeals Court Finds Undue Delay, Orders Prompt Ruling in Trump Classified Documents Case 296
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Read more about the case here: knightcolumbia.org/cases/united...knightcolumbia.orgUnited States v. Trump 000
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The First Amendment right of access guarantees a right of timely access. And timely access requires the timely adjudication of access requests. The district court’s failure to act on our access motion, we argue, is “manifestly unreasonable,” and has the same effect as denying the motion outright. 100
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 01/10/2025We also argued that the justification for keeping the report secret—protecting the fair trial rights of the two remaining defendants, two Trump associates—disappeared once the criminal case against them was dismissed. 100
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 01/10/2025In the motion @knightcolumbia.org filed in February, we argued that the public has a First Amendment and common law right of access to the report because it was submitted to and reviewed by the court in connection with the criminal case against President Trump. knightcolumbia.org/documents/qc....knightcolumbia.orgKnight Institute's Motion to Intervene 100
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The public has an extraordinary interest in the report, which concerns allegations of grave criminal conduct by the nation’s highest-ranking official. The report's release would shed light on the scope/integrity of the Special Counsel’s investigation and the character and actions of President Trump. 100
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 01/10/2025We're asking the 11th Circuit to compel Judge Aileen Cannon to rule on a motion @knightcolumbia.org filed over 6 months ago seeking the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report about Trump’s mishandling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago. knightcolumbia.org/documents/uj...knightcolumbia.orgKnight Institute's Petition for Writ of Mandamus 12110
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Columbia University today, Paul Weiss yesterday. They are very different institutions with very different missions, but their capitulations to President Trump are both signs that our democracy is unraveling. 021
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Be thankful you’re not living in his jurisdiction! 010
Reposted by Scott WilkensJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025"You can purge a website of the words climate change, but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away." (Good NYT story about one of two legal actions we filed this morning.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...nytimes.comFarmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government WebsitesThe data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said. 141081283
Reposted by Scott WilkensJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Just filed: @knightcolumbia.org asserts a First Amendment right of access to Special Counsel Jack Smith's report about Trump's mishandling of classified docs at Mar-a-Lago. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...knightcolumbia.orgKnight Institute Seeks Immediate Release of Special Counsel’s Report on Trump’s Mishandling of Classified Documents 213041
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Sadly, I fear he’s just getting started assaulting free speech. And in my home town! 020
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 24/02/2025We filed this important motion today seeking public release of Volume II of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...nytimes.comInstitute Asks Judge in Trump Documents Case to Disclose Special Counsel ReportThe report is the second volume of a report Jack Smith wrote after dropping the federal criminal cases he brought against Donald J. Trump because of his 2024 election victory. 010
Scott Wilkens @scottbwilkens.bsky.social · 24/02/2025My recent op-ed in The Hill about Elon Musk and his attacks on free speech thehill.com/opinion/judi...thehill.comThe courts must decide between Elon Musk and the First AmendmentMusk’s efforts to silence those whose speech he dislikes are not limited to posting to his 200 million followers on the social media platform he owns. 020