Overview
- The Student Press Law Center filed an amicus brief joined by dozens of college papers, including The Harvard Crimson, supporting the Stanford Daily’s case in federal court in San Jose.
- The Stanford Daily has moved for summary judgment, citing widespread self-censorship, takedown requests, and reluctance by international students to speak on the record.
- Federal government filings contest the Daily’s standing and assert that the president’s broad immigration authority should prevail over First Amendment claims.
- The ACLU of Northern California and allied free-speech and academic-freedom groups separately filed an amicus brief backing the challenge to the policy.
- A Boston federal judge ruled on Oct. 1 that the policy violated international students’ free-speech rights, while related immigration cases, including Rümeysa Öztürk’s, remain active.