“At worst [Douglas Mackey’s tweets containing false information about how to vote] were calculated to cause voters to send futile text messages and then stay home on election day.”

chicanery, First Amendment theory
Pretty remarkable statement in Douglas Mackey’s reply brief in his criminal appeal before the Second Circuit. To me, the “at worst” it seems pretty bad! As a reminder, Protect Democracy and the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed … Continue reading