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The First Amendment Clinic, directed by Clare R. Norins, was featured in The Current regarding the clinic's amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court case involving Camden County’s spaceport project. The article titled “Georgia Supreme Court to weigh validity of Spaceport Camden vote” was written by Mary Landers and published 10/4/22. The brief urges the court to uphold the Georgia Constitution’s petition-and-referendum power that Camden County voters used to block the county’s purchase of the land to build the spaceport.

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Clinical Assistant Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins authored a guest column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in which she says supporting free speech on campus is critical for protecting American democracy. The article titled "Campuses must support First Amendment rights of students" was published 10/4/22.

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Associate Professor Jonathan Peters published "Dominion's lawsuit is no slam dunk - but neither is Fox News' defense" in Vanity Fair (9/22/22).

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Interim UGA Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in The New York Times regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the Digital World/Trump Media merger. The article titled "'Defund the S.E.C.' Becomes a Rallying Cry on Trump's Social Media Site" was written by Matthew Goldstein and published 10/5/22.

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Regents' Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was featured on Voice of America regarding international law and developments in the Russia-Ukraine war. The article titled "International lawyers: Putin's annexation is legally null and void" was written by Evgeny Komarov and published 10/2/22.