Government,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 19, 2020
The right to publish, with impunity, truth
President Trump’s attempt to enjoin the release of John Bolton’s book faces a number of legal and constitutional roadblocks.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
Fearing the impact of John Bolton's explosive new book "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," on Tuesday the Trump administration filed a civil lawsuit against Bolton. The next day the Department of Justice filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order and asked the court to hold a hearing today. United States of America v. John Bolton, 20-1580 (RCL) (D.D.C., filed June 17, 2020). The DOJ is even mulling over...
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