Katie Fallow is deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. She litigates free-speech and press-freedom cases and previously worked at Jenner & Block and the Federal Trade Commission.
DI has documented statements by Katie Fallow on Media, Press Freedom, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Knight Institute deputy litigation director and counsel in the case
Condemned
Statement summary
Fallow argues that expelling reporters harms the public's access to independent information as well as the press itself.
“The White House cannot decide what information Americans receive by punishing critical reporting”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)White House press restrictions violate citizens' First Amendment rights, new lawsuit arguesFiling announcement and statements by Katie Fallow and Jameel Jaffer
Why we used this label
The conduct at issue is excluding White House journalists because of their coverage. This statement expressly criticizes those restrictions.
Trump announced a White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico over their coverage. Read his original post, the outlets' responses and their accounts of reporters being refused entry.