Inside a packed John Jay Dining Hall in early September, 30 faculty members and senior administrators mingled with students, filling the space with chatter and vibrant conversation. When the event—part of the University’s Fac’ to Table initiative—came to a close, Andrew Jungclaus, GSAS ’21, assistant dean for community and culture and head of the Undergraduate Community Initiative, cleaned up the tables and prepared to leave.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia and the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of six individuals challenging President Donald Trump for his administration’s pattern of restricting or revoking White House press access for journalists whose reporting the president deems “false” or “fake.”