The First Amendment Does Not Belong Only to the Beloved

Some constitutional victories arrive with trumpets. Others arrive quietly in a case the press has decided not to love, for a journalist many would rather not defend. Democracy Partners v. O'Keefe is one of the latter.James O'Keefe is controversial. That's no secret. In 2022, a Washington jury found against O'Keefe and Allison Maass, and the district court entered $130,000 in fraud and wiretapping damages arising from a 2016 investigation of Democratic political consultants. The Washington Post s...