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Is the Assange indictment a threat to the First Amendment?

  • Written by Ofer Raban, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Oregon

A British court on Wednesday sentenced Julian Assange to almost a year in prison for jumping bail.

That’s not the end of Assange’s legal problems: On May 2, Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, will appear at a London court in relation to his requested extradition to the U.S.

The American government has many reasons to dislike Assange,...

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