Knight First Amendment Institute

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The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education. https://knightcolumbia.org/

Cover page of the Knight First Amendment Institute’s amicus brief in CAIR-Foundation, Inc. v. DeSantis, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on July 9, 2026.
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks directly to camera outside the U.S. Capitol, with on-screen captions quoting his remarks about the First Amendment.
Jameel Jaffer speaks at a podium bearing The Sidney Hillman Foundation logo, with blue stage lighting and Hillman branding visible in the background.
Video clip from the podcast Lawyering Without Law featuring legal scholar Kim Lane Scheppele. She discusses signs that the U.S. legal order is under strain and warns that the country is already deep into autocratic capture of its legal system.
Promotional video for “Lawyering Without Law,” a new biweekly podcast from the Knight First Amendment Institute. The video features animated text and visuals introducing the series, which examines the role lawyers play in defending democracy or facilitating its decline, and how legal systems are used and contested as democratic backsliding unfolds in the United States and around the world. The podcast launches May 1.