2018 AAJA National Convention

Will Trump succeed in "opening up the libel laws"? Is Trump's threat to put leakers, and publishers and broadcasters, in jail for distributing national security information real? Can Trump bar “unfavorable" reporters from press conferences, and, by tweeting, can he circumvent press conferences altogether? Is FOIA still useful? Do Trump's daily diatribes against the media and calling us "the enemy of the people" have a legal effect and an effect on public opinion?