Trump’s free speech faces court-ordered limits, like any other defendant’s — 2 law professors explain why, and how Trump’s lawyers need to watch themselves too
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., where an Aug. 11, 2023, hearing was held on the Trump case. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) A 90-minute court hearing on Aug. 11, 2023, that would have been routine in almost any other case was, in fact, historic. It was the first time lawyers prosecuting and defending former President Donald Trump on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election appeared before the federal judge in the case. At issue in the hearing before Judge Tanya Chutkan were public statements about what in legal terms is called “discovery” – defined