Timothy Zick’s New Online Resource on Trump 2.0 Goes Live on First Amendment Watch
Professor Timothy Zick’s new online resource, "Trump 2.0: Executive Power and the First Amendment," went live on Wednesday, April 30 at First Amendment Watch (NYU).
The resource collects the First Amendment-related Executive Orders, lawsuits, and commentary since the beginning of President Donald J. Trump’s second term.
Zick is the Robert & Elizabeth Scott Research Professor and John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship at William & Mary Law School. He is the author of several books, including “The First Amendment in the Trump Era,” which analyzed and explored the dozens of First Amendment controversies that arose during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the first half of his first presidential term.
Among other things, the Trump 2.0 web page, which will be updated weekly, contains links to complaints, principal pleadings, and judicial orders in pending First Amendment cases. This will be an invaluable resource for journalists, academics, and anyone else who is interested in how the Trump Administration’s exercise of executive power is affecting First Amendment rights.
With the help of Ronald K. L. Collins, editor of the weekly online blog First Amendment News, Zick has been cataloguing First Amendment-related Executive Orders, lawsuits, and commentary since Trump started his second term. The resource is more than 50 pages long and growing.
“My hope is that this resource will assist reporters, academics, and anyone else who has a specific interest in First Amendment issues relating to the current Administration,” Zick said. “It is meant to be a comprehensive, up-to-date repository relating to a unique era—one in which executive power has been used in ways that significantly impact the First Amendment rights of law firms, universities, international students, scientists, foundations, and many others.”