Nora Benavidez

@AttorneyNora

law, tech, democracy, innovation. senior counsel @freepress. past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU.

norabenavidez.com Joined January 2017

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In the last yr, Trump’s hostile treatment of the First Amendment has been turbo-charged. The gov't has scaled surveillance, investigation & prosecution of political speech thru NSPM-7 -- a clunky acronym for a dangerous blueprint. Enemies of the State: freepress.net/news/free-pres…

www.freepress.net Free Press Releases 'Enemies of the State,' Exposing the Trump Administration Blueprint to Chill... This groundbreaking report examines how the administration is using NSPM-7 to crack down on all forms of political opposition during the midterms and beyond.

Nora Benavidez @AttorneyNora Oct 4

I am so honored @ajc has republished my @freepress oped on the president's longstanding targeting of the media. These official attacks have reached a constitutional breaking point -- with the White House press pool ban on CNN, MS NOW & Politico reporters. ajc.com/opinion/2026/0…

www.ajc.com Opinion: Trump ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW is an unconstitutional fiat The First Amendment protects the press precisely because U.S. presidents cannot make that decision to cherry-pick media access as a loyalty test.

Nora Benavidez @AttorneyNora Sep 15

I just learned reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & believed to have pending asylum case in the US. I’ll report more ASAP

Nora Benavidez @AttorneyNora Dec 31, 2025

The Trump censorship agenda is chilling & relentless. I count 200+ attempts in 2025 to muzzle press, protesters, public servants, judges, law firms, universities, corporations. But resistance has blunted this & we must fiercely defend free speech: nytimes.com/2025/12/31/opi…

www.nytimes.com Opinion | I Counted Trump’s Censorship Attempts. Here’s What I Found. The next three years will require a vigilant defense of free speech and open debate.

Nora Benavidez @AttorneyNora Dec 31, 2025

Mirroring Project 2025 "conservative promise," the Trump admin pushed Congress to gut public media, dismantled Voice of America & Radio Free Asia, used FCC to go after & sued outlets for editorial choice, more. This weakens public sense of reality & facts. poynter.org/reporting-edit…

www.poynter.org Here’s how many of Project 2025’s media proposals were implemented in 2025 - Poynter Outlets that received federal funding have been hit hardest, but even fully independent organizations have been affected