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"KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTIONS BUTTRESSING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY"



OUTREACH TO SCHOLARS

"The first principle
in the American Association of University Professors’s (AAUP)
Statement of Professional Ethics
provides that professors’ 'primary responsibility . . . is to seek and
to state the truth as they see it . . . [and] practice intellectual honesty
,'"
quoted in
"Journalism and Academia: Knowledge Institutions Buttressing Constitutional Democracy"
by Harvard Law Professor Vicki Jackson (2024)

"Knowledge Institutions and Resisting Truth Decay"" (2025)

"Knowledge Institutions in Constitutional Democracies: Preliminary Reflections" (2021)

"Knowledge Institutions in Constitutional Democracy: Reflections on ‘the Press’"  (2022)

"Knowledge Institutions in Constitutional Democracies: of Objectivity and Decentralization" (2019)

* * *

CJA's December 5, 2025 e-mail to Professor Jackson --
"EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE for your scholarship, plus amicus curiae & counsel requests --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause, in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail to Professor Jackson -- "AGAIN..."

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"


* * *

1.
LAW PROFESSOR EUGENE VOLOKH

CJA's November 16, 2025 e-mail --
"Your First Amendment Scholarship -- & Participation, as Amicus Curiae or Counsel, in Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants, in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional,
Lawful Governance"

Professor Volokh's November 16, 2025 e-mail

cc: CJA's November 17, 2025 e-mail to Hoover Institution/Stanford University --
"Primary-Source, Documentary Evidence Germane to four 'Key Focus Areas'and to four 'Topics'
of Hoover Institution 'Research'"

CJA's November 19, 2025 e-mail --
"Follow-Up: Your First Amendment Scholarship -- ..."

Professor Volokh's November 19, 2025 e-mail

CJA's November 19, 2025 e-mail --
"To the contrary -- & for your First Amendment & Other Hoover Institution Scholarship"

cc: CJA's November 21, 2025 e-mail to Victor Davis Hanson --
"Your Commentary on Zohran Mamdani's Electoral Win as NYC Mayor --
& Primary-Source, Documentary Evidence Germane to four 'Key Focus Areas'
and to four 'Topics' of Hoover Institution 'Research'"

cc: CJA's January 2, 2026 e-mail to Professor Jane Bambauer --
"Your Scholarship, Teaching, & Podcasting --
Federal Lawsuit, in Vindication of the First Amendment, for Judicial Recognition
of Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

 

2.
LAW PROFESSOR JONATHAN TURLEY

CJA's November 16, 2025 e-mail --
"Your First Amendment Scholarship -- & Participation, as Amicus Curiae or Counsel,
in Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants, in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's November 21, 2025 e-mail --
"UPDATE -- Paid or Pro Bono Counsel Needed to Represent CJA in Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants, in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance

CJA's December 3, 2025 e-mail --
"Your today's article about review of 'the media 'rules of engagement'' -- & CJA's federal lawsuit
to establish judicial recognition of causes of action for 'journalistic fraud' &
'institutional reckless disregard for truth'"



3.
LAW PROFESSOR JANE BAMBAUER

CJA's November 17, 2025 e-mail --
"Your First Amendment Scholarship -- & Participation, as Amicus Curiae or Counsel,
in Federal Lawsuit vs the NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants, in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's November 21, 2025 e-mail --
"UPDATE -- Paid or Pro Bono Counsel Needed to Represent CJA in Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants,
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance

CJA's January 2, 2026 e-mail --
"Your Scholarship, Teaching, & Podcasting --
Federal Lawsuit, in Vindication of the First Amendment, for Judicial Recognition
of Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"



4.
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE

CJA's November 17, 2025 e-mail --
"Your Scholarship -- & Participation, as Amicus Curiae or Counsel,
in Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & Other Press for Enabling &
Abetting the Destruction of Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"

CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail -- "STATUS?..."


5.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY: HOOVER INSTITUTION

CJA's November 17, 2025 e-mail --
"Primary-Source, Documentary Evidence Germane to four 'Key Focus Areas'
and to four 'Topics' of Hoover Institution 'Research'"

cc: CJA's November 21, 2025 e-mail to Victor Davis Hanson --
"Your Commentary on Zohran Mamdani's Electoral Win as NYC Mayor --
& Primary-Source, Documentary Evidence Germane to four 'Key Focus Areas'
and to four 'Topics' of Hoover Institution 'Research'"

 

6.
MARGARET SULLIVAN/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -
Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics
& Security at Columbia University


cc CJA's November 19, 2025 e-mail to Dean Baker/Beat the Press Blog --
"Federal Lawsuit vs the Media -- & your Nov 16th blog 'Contrary to What Paul Krugman Tells You,
We Can Do Something About the Media' & your Nov 6th Podcast 'Fighting the Media Oligarchy'"

cc: CJA's November 19, 2025 e-mail to The Contrarian --
Federal Lawsuit vs the NYT & 33 Other Media for their Knowingly False, "Fake News",
Corruption-Abetting Journalism, Rigging Zohran Mamdani's NYC Mayoral Win, etc.

CJA's January 15, 2026 e-mail to Sullivan, etc. --
"The Battle for Fact-Based, Truthful Journalism is Being Fought by a Major Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants.  Will you report it?
"

bounceback from Sullivan

CJA's January 15, 2026 e-mail to Sullivan --
"The Battle for Fact-Based, Truthful Journalism is Being Fought by a Major Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants.  Will you report it?
"


7.
PROFESSOR VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

CJA's November 21, 2025 e-mail --
"Your Commentary on Zohran Mamdani's Electoral Win as NYC Mayor --
& Primary-Source, Documentary Evidence Germane to four 'Key Focus Areas'
and to four 'Topics' of Hoover Institution 'Research'"

 

8.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR RYAN WILLIAMS/BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL  


CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail --
"Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT
& 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance
"

"
'The Guarantee' Clause" (2018)

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

cc: CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail to Georgetown Center for the Constitution --
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"



9.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR FRED O. SMITH, Jr./STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 

CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail --
"Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants
Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

"Awakening the People's Giant: Sovereign Immunity
and the Constitution's Republican Commitment
" (2012)

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

cc:  CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail --
"Your Jan 23rd E-Mail, Your Jan 22nd Podcast 'How Democracies Collapse from Within',
the American Law Institute's Restatement of Constitutional Torts, Etc."

cc: CJA's February 18, 2026 e-mail --
"American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit
to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

cc: CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail to Georgetown Center for the Constitution --
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"



10.
JONATHAN TOREN, ESQ.

CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail
--
"Amici & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT
& 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional,
Lawful Governance"


"
Protecting Republican Government From Itself:
The Guarantee Clause of Article 4, Section 4
" (2007)

cc: CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail to Georgetown Center for the Constitution --
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"




11.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AKHIL REED AMAR/YALE LAW SCHOOL

CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail --
"Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants
Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

"The Central Meaning of Republican Government:
Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule, and the Problem of the Denominator" (1994)

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

cc: CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail Center for the Constitution --
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

 



12.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR DEBORAH J. MERRITT   

CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail --
"Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants
Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

"The Guarantee Clause and State Autonomy: Federalism for the Third Century" (1988)

cc: CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail to Georgetown Center for the Constitution --
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"



 

13.
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
& for Professor Robert G Natelson

CJA's November 26, 2025 e-mail --
"Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants
Pursuant Thereto, involving the NYS Budget & their Rigging of Mamdani's NYC Mayoral Win"

"A Republic, Not a Democracy? Initiative, Referendum
and the Constitution's Guarantee Clause
" (2002)

Professor Robert G. Natelson

cc: CJA's December 23, 2025 e-mail  --
"The People Fight Back vs Media Lies: Federal lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 other press defendants
to establish judicial recognition of causes of action for 'journalistic fraud'
and 'institutional reckless disregard for truth'"

cc: CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail to Georgetown Center for the Constitution --
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

 

 

14.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR ETHAN LEIB

CJA's November 28, 2025 e-mail --
"Amici & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

"Redeeming the Welshed Guarantee: A Scheme for Achieving Justiciability" (2002)

cc:  CJA's December 3, 2025 e-mail to NYU Law Professor Waldron --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship, Plus Request for Amicus Curiae
& Counsel Assistance -- Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause,
Arising from the Corruption of NYS' Legislature"

CJA's January 21, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

Professor Leib's January 21, 2026 e-mail

CJA's January 21, 2026 e-mail --
"Have you read the Oct 29th verified amended complaint, germane to your law review articles
on the Guarantee Clause & the NY Court of Appeals?"

cc:  CJA's January 21, 2026 e-mail to Professor Waldron -- "AGAIN..."

 

15.
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR/CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR PAM KARLAN

Karlan VIDEO:  2015?   HOST: Stanford Legal

CJA's December 1, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amici, & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution/Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance
"

Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Guarantee Clause Regulation of State Constitutions” (2010)

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

Karlin's January 23, 2026 e-mail

CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail --
"Your Jan 23rd E-Mail, Your Jan 22nd Podcast 'How Democracies Collapse from Within',
the American Law Institute's Restatement of Constitutional Torts, Etc."

cc: CJA's February 18, 2026 e-mail --
"American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit
to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"


16.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SAN FRANCISCO LAW SCHOOL DEAN
& CHANCELLOR DAVID FAIGMAN

‘And to the Republic for Which It Stands’: Guaranteeing a Republican Form of Government” (1999)

CJA's December 1, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amici, & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution/
Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication
of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance
"

 

17.
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL FIRST AMENDMENT CLINIC
Law Professors Michael Dorf; Nelson Tebbe; James Grimmelmann; Etc.

CJA's December 1, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amicus Curiae, & Counsel Needed:
Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

cc:  CJA's December 24, 2025 e-mail --
"Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants in Vindication
of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"  

Dec 24th auto reply

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

 

18.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY LAW SCHOOL
--
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky; Former Dean Jesse Choper
Edley Center for Law & Democracy; Public Law & Policy Program;
Institute for Legal Research (Constitutional Law & History Program)

CJA's December 1, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amicus Curiae, & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"

"Cases Under the Guarantee Clause Should Be Justiciable" (1994)

"Observations on the Guarantee Clause..." (1994)

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

January 23, 2026 e-mail from Institute for Legal Research

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"



19.
LAW SCHOOL DEAN EMERITA & BLOGGER ANN ALTHOUSE

CJA's December 2, 2025 e-mail --
"Amicus Curiae & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- & Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance
"

"Time for the Federal Court to Enforce the Guarantee Clause?:
A Response to Professor Chemerinsky
" (1994)

ALTHOUSE blog

 


20.
SUNY-BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL'S JAECKLE CENTER FOR LAW,
DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

CJA's December 2, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amicus Curiae, & Counsel Needed: The Guarantee Clause
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"

bounceback

CJA's January 21, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

Professor Wejnert's January 22, 2026 e-mail --

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail to Professor Wejnert, Etc. --
"Thank you, Professor Wejnert!..."

bounceback

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail to Professor Wejnert, Etc. --
"Thank you, Professor Wejnert!..."



21.
SUNY-BUFFALO LAW PROFESSOR MANOJ MATE

CJA's December 2, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amicus Curiae, & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance
"

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

 

22.
SUNY-BUFFALO LAW PROFESSOR MATTHEW STEILEN

CJA's December 2, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amicus Curiae, & Counsel Needed: Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution & Federal Lawsuit
vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance
"

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

 

23.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Ctr on Civil Justice; Rule of Law Lab; Center for Law & Public Trust;
Institute of Judicial Administration --
Professors Samuel Issacharoff; Arthur Miller; Geoffrey Miller;
Amrit Singh; Samuel Estreicher; Vanita Gupta 

CJA's December 3, 2025 e-mail --
"Scholarship, Amicus Curiae, & Counsel Needed: The Guarantee Clause & Federal Lawsuit
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance
"

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

24.
NEW YORK LAW PROFESSOR JEREMY WALDRON

CJA's December 3, 2025 e-mail --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship, Plus Request for Amicus Curiae
& Counsel Assistance -- Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause,
Arising from the Corruption of NYS' Legislature"

CJA's January 21, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

25.
CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL
Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy;
Jacob Burns Center for Advanced Legal Studies;
Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law
Professors Wilfred Codrington, III, Michael Pollack; Eric Herz;
David Rudenstine; Alexander Reinert; Michael Rosenfeld; Richard Weisberg;
Arthur J. Jacobson; Jessica Roth; Anthony Sebok; Martin Stone; Monroe Price

CJA's December 3, 2025 e-mail --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship
& Request for Amicus Curiae & Representation --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause & in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"   rejected-Price

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

 

26.
ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER/UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson; Research Director Dan Romer;
Institutions of Democracy Director Matthew Levendusky;
Institute for Civics Director R. Lance Holbert; Professors Kermit Roosevelt, ESQ;
P. John Lapinski; Yotam Ophir; Kate Kenski; Josh Pasket; Lynne Edwards; Robin Nabi

CJA's December 4, 2025 e-mail --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship, plus Amicus & Counsel Request --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause, Suing NYT & 33 Other Media Defendants
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

 

27.
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE/NYU LAW SCHOOL
Pres/CEO Michael Waldman, Esq; Democracy Program VP Wendy Weiser, Esq.;
Elections & Gov't Program VP Lawrence Norden, Esq.;
Program Initiatives VP John F. Kowel, Esq.;
Judiciary Program Director Alicia Bannon, Esq.

CJA's December 4, 2025 e-mail --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship, plus Amicus Curiae & Counsel Request --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"

CJA's January 22, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

P.S.  November 6-7, 2025:
"ALI -- Brennan Center for Justice Hosts The Power of State Constitutional Rights"

The Power of State Constitutional Rights: Speakers

28.
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSORS

CJA's December 5, 2025 e-mail to Law School Professor Matthew Stephenson --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship, Plus Request for Amicus Curiae & Counsel Assistance --
ederal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause & in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance"

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."


CJA's December 4, 2025 e-mail to Law School Professor Cass Sunstein --
"Empirical Evidence for Your Scholarship on 'Fake News'
Plus Request for Amicus Curiae & Counsel Assistance --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause & in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

CJA's December 5, 2025 e-mail to Law School Professor Martha Minow --
"EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE for your book
about 'the preconditions needed for a sustainable constitutional democracy' --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause, in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

 

CJA's December 5, 2025 e-mail to American History Professor Jill Lepore --
"EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE for your scholarship & journalism --
History-Making Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause,
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

CJA's December 5, 2025 e-mail to Law School Professor Vicki Jackson --
"EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE for your scholarship, plus amicus curiae & counsel requests --
Federal Lawsuit Pursuant to the Guarantee Clause, in Vindication of the First Amendment
& Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"



29.
MARTIN GURRI

CJA's December 24, 2025 message to Martin Gurri

City Journal:  "Slouching Toward Post-Journalism", Gurri (winter 2021)

The Fifth Wave: Andrey Mir Takes on World History, Gurri (Feb 20, 2024)

Opinion | A Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politics
NYT February 25, 2025 (Ezra Klein)

30.
ANDREY MIR

CJA's December 24, 2025 message to Andrey Mir

 


31.
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR WILLIAM JACOBSON

CJA's December 24, 2025 e-mail --
"Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants in Vindication
of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful NYS Governance" 

CJA's January 23, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN, FOR YOUR BLOGGING..."


32.
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR LYRISSA BARNETT LIDSKY

CJA's January 5, 2026 e-mail --
"Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants,
in Vindication of the First Amendment, with Causes of Action
for 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth', etc."

CJA's January 12, 2026 e-mail --
"Scholarship & Amicus Curiae -- Federal Lawsuit vs the NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants,
Vindicating the First Amendment by Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud'
& 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

CJA's January 16, 2026 e-mail --
"The American Law Institute & its Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- 'journalistic fraud'
and 'institutional reckless disregard for truth"

cc: Post's January 16, 2026 e-mail --

cc: CJA's January 16, 2026 e-mail to Professor Post --
"Clarification -- 'journalistic fraud', 'institutional reckless disregard for truth',
& the American Law Institute & its Restatement (3rd) of Torts..."

cc: Post's January 16, 2026 e-mail --

cc: CJA's January 16, 2026 e-mail to Post --
"What is your view of the proposed 'journalistic fraud' &
'institutional reckless disregard for truth'causes of action --
& the federal lawsuit based thereon"

Lidsky's January 16, 2026 e-mail

cc: Post's January 16, 2026 e-mail --

cc: CJA's January 19, 2026 e-mail to Post --
"Your Scholarly Duty & as an American Law Institute Reporter with Respect to the Causes of Action
for 'Journalistic Fraud', 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth', & CJA's Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT
& 33 Other Press Defendants"

Lidsky's January 19, 2026 e-mail

CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail --
"ALSO, Your Scholarly Duty, & as an American Law Institute Reporter, & Citizen: 
Causes of Action for "Journalistic Fraud", "Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth" --
& CJA's Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants"

CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail --
"The American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts --
& the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud'
& 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc: CJA's February 18, 2026 e-mail --
"American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit
to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

 


33.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Kennedy School of Gov't Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics & Public Policy;
Kennedy School of Gov't Taubman Center for State & Local Gov't;
Kennedy School of Gov't Institute of Politics;
Kennedy School of Gov't Center for Public Leadership
Nieman Foundation for Journalism

CJA's January 8, 2026 e-mail --
"For Scholarship, Teaching, Reporting, & Amicus Curiae -- Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT
& 33 Other Press Defendants, in Vindication of the First Amendment, & Constitutional,

Lawful NYS Governance"  & here

CJA's January 9, 2026 e-mail --
"For Scholarship, Teaching, Reporting, & Amicus Curiae -- Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT
& 33 Other Press Defendants, in Vindication of the First Amendment, & Constitutional,

Lawful NYS Governance"

CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail -- "AGAIN..."


34.
KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

CJA's January 12, 2026 e-mail to Knight First Amendment Institute --
"Scholarship & Amicus Curiae --
Federal Lawsuit vs the NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants, Vindicating the First Amendment
by Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

CJA's January 12, 2026 e-mail to Scholars
of the Knight First Amendment Institute Project "
THE FUTURE OF PRESS FREEDOM –
DEMOCRACY, LAW, & THE NEWS IN CHANGING TIMES"

CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail --
"The American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts --
& the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud'
& 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc: CJA's February 18, 2026 e-mail --
"American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit
to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

 

35.
CLAREMONT INSTITUTE

cc:  CJA's January 13, 2026 e-mail --
"The Battle for Fact-Based, Truthful Journalism is Being Fought by a Major Federal Lawsuit

vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants. Will you report it

& endorse scholarship & amicus curiae support by the Claremont Institute?"

 

36.
YALE LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR ROBERT POST

CJA's January 12, 2026 e-mail --
"Scholarship & Amicus Curiae -- Federal Lawsuit vs the NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants,
Vindicating the First Amendment by Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud'
& 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc: CJA's January 16, 2026 e-mail to Professor Lidsky --
"The American Law Institute & its Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- 'journalistic fraud'
and 'institutional reckless disregard for truth"

Post's January 16, 2026 e-mail --

CJA's January 16, 2026 e-mail --
"Clarification -- 'journalistic fraud', 'institutional reckless disregard for truth',
& the American Law Institute & its Restatement (3rd) of Torts..."

Post's January 16, 2026 e-mail --

CJA's January 16, 2026 e-mail --
"What is your view of the proposed 'journalistic fraud' &
'institutional reckless disregard for truth'causes of action -- & the federal lawsuit based thereon"

cc: Lidsky's January 16, 2026 e-mail

Post's January 16, 2026 e-mail --

CJA's January 19, 2026 e-mail --
"Your Scholarly Duty & as an American Law Institute Reporter with Respect to the Causes of Action
for 'Journalistic Fraud', 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth',
& CJA's Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants"

cc: Lidsky's January 19, 2026 e-mail

cc: CJA's January 20, 2026 e-mail to Lidsky --
"ALSO, Your Scholarly Duty, & as an American Law Institute Reporter, & Citizen: 
Causes of Action for 'Journalistic Fraud', 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth' --
& CJA's Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants"

CJA's February 2, 2026 e-mail --
"The American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts --
& the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud'
& 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc: CJA's February 18, 2026 e-mail --
"American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit
to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

cc:  CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

 

 

37.
ROGER WILLIAMS LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR DAVID LOGAN

CJA's February 17, 2026 e-mail --
"Evidence Substantiating Your Scholarship,
Disparaged by NYT Reporter David Enrich & his Book Murder the Truth --
& for the ALI's Restatement (3rd) of Torts"

cc:
CJA's February 17, 2026 e-mail to Plaintiff Lawyers Suing the Press --
"Assisting You in Your Litigations vs the Press --
Vindicating the 1st Amendment & Saving Our Imperiled Democracy"

CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail to Law Professors Logan & Rodney Smolla --
"ALI's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit for Judicial Recognition
of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
in Vindication of the 1st Amendment & to Save our Imperiled Democracy"

cc:  CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to American Law Institute Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

 


38.
AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE


CJA's February 18, 2026 e-mail to Tort Restatement Co-Reporters --
"American Law Institute's Restatement (3rd) of Torts -- & the Unfolding Federal Lawsuit
to Establish the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

CJA's February 27, 2026 e-mail to Co-Reporters -- "Follow-Up & Confirmation"

CJA's March 3, 2026 e-mail to ALI Officers --
"OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: Violations of Duties by ALI Reporters, Advisers, & Members
to Prevent Emergence of the Torts of 'Journalistic Fraud' & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'
& Discussion of their Caselaw"

CJA's March 18, 2026 e-mail to ALI Officers -- "AGAIN..."

Deputy Director's March 18, 2026 e-mail

 

39.
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
Professor Jeffrey Rosen, Lead Scholar Thomas Donnelly, Esq., Professor Gabriel Chin

CJA's March 6, 2026 e-mail --
"Scholarship & Journalism Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

 

40.
GEORGETOWN CENTER FOR THE CONSTITUTION
Faculty Director Law Professor Randy Barnett
Faculty Co-Director Law Professor Stephanie Barclay

CJA's March 9, 2026 e-mail
--
"Expert Opinion & Scholarship Needed -- Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution --
& Federal Lawsuit vs The NYT & 33 Other Press Defendants Pursuant Thereto
in Vindication of the First Amendment & Constitutional, Lawful Governance"

 

41.
Associate Law Professor Wes Hendricksen --
"Scholarship & Lawsuit Participation:  Federal Lawsuit to Establish Causes of Action
for "Journalistic Fraud" & 'Institutional Reckless Disregard for Truth'"

 

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