July 20, 2024
- “Times Reporter Was Leaked List of Problem Deputies. The Sheriff’s Department Investigated Her,” by By Keri Blakinger and Alene Tchekmedyian, the Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2024.
Questions: Did the Sheriff’s Office have a legitimate reason for investigating Los Angeles Times reporter Maya Lau? If she were charged, what defenses could she have raised? Were there any valid legal or public policy reasons for keeping the Brady list secret in the first place?
April 24, 2024
- “Everything TikTok Users Need to Know About a Possible Ban in the U.S.,” by Shira Ovide, Tatum Hunter and Heather Kelly, the Washington Post, April 24, 2024.
- “Biden Just Signed a Potential TikTok Ban Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next,” by Brian Fung, CNN, April 24, 2024.
- “US TikTok Bill Sets Up Fight Over Free Speech Protections,” by Mike Scarcella, Reuters (via Yahoo News), April 24, 2024.
Congress tucked a provision into a foreign aid package that would require a Chinese company to divest itself of TikTok within a year. Are there First Amendment implications here? What are some arguments for and against TikTok’s position?
April 20, 2024
- “An Ohio Fracking Well Leaked Waste for Years Before the State Finally Stopped It,” by Jake Zuckerman, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 20, 2024.
Here’s a good investigative piece on an environmental issue that hits close to home in Athens County. Could this story have been done without access to public records?