"In a San Jose courtroom on the morning of November 19, attorneys for The Stanford Daily and two anonymous international students argued that President Donald Trump's administration has used federal law as a weapon against political dissent. The lawsuit, filed against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, asserts that the plaintiffs' First and Fifth Amendment rights have been fundamentally violated-but that it's the statutes themselves, not just the administration enforcing them, to blame."
"Unlike many First Amendment cases, which focus on harm to a handful of individuals, this suit challenges the underlying laws that allow the government to deport people for political speech. The suit argues that noncitizens lawfully present in the US enjoy the same free‑speech protections as citizens, even when their views are politically unpopular. The Stanford Daily and coplaintiffs contended that the Trump administration's use of two statutes to attack free speech and student protesters-particularly pro-Palestinian activists-has chilled the paper's ability to not"
In San Jose on November 19, attorneys for The Stanford Daily and two anonymous international students sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, challenging federal statutes that permit deportation and visa revocation based on political speech. The complaint alleges violations of First and Fifth Amendment rights and contends that the statutes themselves, not only enforcement, chill dissent. The suit asserts that noncitizens lawfully present in the United States retain free‑speech protections equal to citizens. The Stanford Daily and coplaintiffs say two statutes were used to target pro‑Palestinian student protesters, impeding newsgathering, opinion printing, and archival preservation. Fifty‑five college papers joined an amicus brief.
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