Selected Media Appearances
“Conversation with University of Iowa Professor Samantha Barbas,” KCRG, Dec. 17, 2024.
“Legal Expert Explains Threats to Landmark Decision,” Iowa Public Radio, Nov. 21, 2024
“Why NYT v. Sullivan mattered in 1964 and is under attack today,” Modern Law Library Podcast, ABA Journal
“Inside Politics with John King,” CNN, Feb 20, 2023
Keen On podcast, Feb. 21, 2023
Leonard Lopate show, WBAI radio, Feb. 24, 2023:
“The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade,” Talking Legal History Podcast, November 2021
“A Major Supreme Court First Amendment Decision Could Be At Risk,” op-ed, Washington Post, July 13, 2021
“The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade,” New Books Network Podcast, August 2021
“The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade,” So to Speak Podcast, July 2021
“Privacy in Modern America,” CSPAN, May 2017
“Laws of Image,” New Books Network, August 25, 2016
Media Mentions
“Powerful Forces Want to Dismantle Libel Protections,” Poynter, March 11, 2025.
“Can the Media’s Right to Pursue the Powerful Survive Trump’s Second Term,” New York Times Magazine, March 3, 2025.
“The Right is Hell-Bent on Weaponizing Libel Law,” The New Republic, March 4, 2025.
“Trump is on a Winning Streak Against the Press,” Variety, Feb. 6, 2025.
“With Drake Lawsuit Looming, Can Kendrick Lamar Play ‘Not Like Us’ at the Super Bowl?,” Billboard, Feb. 2, 2025.
“Iowa Lawmaker Continues to Push Legislation to Limit Lawsuits Targeting Free Speech,” Iowa Public Radio, Jan. 22, 2025.
“Trump Steps Up His Attacks on a Weakened Press,” El Pais, Dec. 28, 2024.
“Trump’s Use of Consumer Fraud Law to Sue Des Moines Register Unlikely to Succeed,” Des Moines Register/ USA Today, Dec. 24, 2024
“Trump is Waging a Legal War Against Press Freedom,” The Hill, Dec. 24, 2024.
“How Might Trump’s Second Term Affect the Free Press,” The Week, Dec. 23, 2024.
“Trump’s Media Lawsuits Could Do Serious Damage to America’s Free Press,” Vox, Dec. 18, 2024.
“Donald Trump files lawsuit against pollster behind 2024 Iowa poll,” KCCI, Dec. 17, 2024.
“Trump Sues the Des Moines Register, Escalating Threats Against the Media,” New York Times, Dec. 17, 2024.
“Libel Warfare: ABC’s Payout to Donald Trump Sends a Chill Across U.S. Media,” Financial Times, Dec. 17, 2024.
“Will the Supreme Court Revisit New York Times v. Sullivan,” National Law Journal, May 22, 2023
“Legal Scholars Weigh in on the Lasting Significance of Dominion v. Fox,” First Amendment Watch, April 20, 2023
“What Happens if NYT v. Sullivan Falls,” interview on Poynter.org, March 14, 2023, reprinted in Seattle Times, March 19, 2023
“Targeting the Press,” The Week, March 26, 2023