Updates | The Week of October 23, 2017
Eve Levin // 10/31/17 //
A free and independent judiciary is necessary to support a free press, writes Nancy Leong at Take Care.
In addition to taking a knee, NFL players should advocate specific policing reforms like mandatory de-escalation training and independent criminal investigations of police shootings, argues Chiraag Bains at the Guardian.
- President Trump’s pressure on the NFL to censor players’ speech raises First Amendment concerns, contends Garrett Epps at the Atlantic.
The White House has adopted an increasingly authoritarian response to media criticism, observes Aaron Blake at the Washington Post.
The federal government moved toward releasing 2,800 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (NYT).
- These documents may shed light on some of the mysteries surrounding the assassination.
- Some documents will remain secret due to national security concerns (LA Times, WaPo).
- Philip Bump writes that such bipartisan conspiracy theories are rare these days.
- Politico offers guidance on how to read the documents.