The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. On Wednesday, in a brutal day for the First Amendment, a federal judge in Phoenix sentenced journalist Michael Lacey to 5 years in prison and imposed…
This post repurposes recent Twitter/X reports from the #BackpageTrial, now near its close in Phoenix’s Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse. For regular updates, please follow the writer @stephenlemons. Friday, Oct. 27, 2023: Cambria at Bat This a.m. in the #BackpageTrial,…
Over the objections of federal prosecutors, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Brnovich on Monday ordered a delay to the start of the Lacey/Larkin trial in Phoenix over concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With cases of COVID-19 surging daily…
