NEFAC files and joins amicus briefs, letters and statements addressing important First Amendment issues. This is a listing of those documents, as well as others that may be of interest to you. While our main focus is on freedom of information concerns, we will consider supporting any effort that addresses the First Amendment.
If you would like to have NEFAC sign onto your brief, or to have us file one on behalf of your cause, please email our executive director for more information. Briefs, letters and statements from previous years can be viewed here:
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The New York Times v. U.S. Dept. of Defense (D.D.C. 2026)
The events of the past few weeks occurred with the Pentagon virtually empty of the press corps that has walked its halls since it opened during World War II. That is because, on October 15, 2025, nearly every journalist with a press badge was forced to hand it in and leave the building following the implementation of the Pentagon’s new policy challenged in this litigation. Many of these journalists had covered the policies and activities of the world’s largest armed force for decades, across numerous administrations; reported as embeds with U.S. troops in conflict zones; and spent years stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other regions with a U.S. military presence. But they all lost their credentials because the Department of Defense now takes the view that posing questions to its personnel outside the confines of official briefings presents a potential security threat.