Reagan-Appointed Judge Calls Out Trump’s ‘Full-Throated Assault on the First Amendment’
By Jacob Knutson September 30, 2025
A judge Tuesday issued an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump while finding that the U.S. government impermissibly violated the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian student activists for deportation.
U.S. District Judge Bill Young’s ruling was the long-anticipated result of a lawsuit brought by university professors who alleged that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and other Trump officials intentionally violated First Amendment speech protections to chill pro-Palestine campus speech...