The First Amendment Coalition’s legal team is available to answer questions about your rights under the First Amendment and your right to access public informationon Election Day and every day. FAC’s staff attorneys will be providing rapid responses to journalists on deadline and canmake referralstoexperts and qualified legal counselas the need arises.
FAC’sLegalHotlineisfor anyone with questions about:
- Protesters’rights to assemble andrecord the police
- Journalists’ newsgathering rights
- Access to public records and meetings
Reporters on deadline or withurgent legal needs canreach out directlytoFAC@firstamendmentcoalition.orgor (415)460-5060, which isstaffed by the coalition’s lawyers.
MORE RESOURCES
Bookmark these helpful guides and resources from other organizations dedicated to protecting civil liberties, press freedom and the public’s right to know.
- 2020 Election Legal Guideby theReporters Committee for Freedom of the Press(available in English and Spanish)
- You Have a First Amendment Right to Record the Policeby theElectronic Frontier Foundation
- Know Your Rights: An Activist’s Guidefrom theACLU(available in English and Spanish)
- The Disinfo Defense Toolkitfor organizers and advocates byPEN America
- United States Journalism Emergency Fundby theInternational Women’s Media Foundationin partnership with Craig Newmark Philanthropies
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FAC’s open-government guides, Legal Hotline and other resources are free and available to all thankstosupporters like you. Considermaking a tax-deductible donationto FACtoday.