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Take tests, and then he'll decide finally whether the case can proceed to trial or should be dismissed. >> and if the former president loses the appeal, if the case is not dismissed, are there options for the former president to avoid testimony in a trial? >> not really. where we are right now, say there was no appeal, the parties, the plaintiffs, this case, the police officers and the members of congress, would notice the deposition of the president and whomever else they wanted to take testimony from, and they would be obliged to give that testimony. there's no real easy way around that. the...

Statements to his supporters before the riot, quoting now, is the essence of civil conspiracy, end quote. michael zeldin is a former federal prosecutor and host of a podcast. good to see you. what's your reaction to this ruling that former president donald trump can be sued for his role in that capitol riot? >> well, it's an important decision. it will be appealed because the questions of whether or not this is 1st amendment protected speech and whether the president has absolute immunity as a former president are important legal issues. but at this stage, what the judge has said is that there...

Law, to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the free speech cause of the first amendment. so this case does present some sort of unique features because it involved this question of whether she could not put the statement up that she wanted to put up. that does present a sort of free-speech question. i think one of the things that's going to have to be resolved in this, chris, when it comes to argument, is what about businesses like bakers or florists? is that creative too? does that have 1st amendment complications or not? there will be lots of strands in this issue to be worked...

* Texan student who was threatened with being given a failing grade for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance earns a lot of lunch money. Gotta love the 1st Amendment. [Chron] * Facebook and Apple were so deferential to cops that they gave sensitive information to kids pretending to be them. What happened to two-factor authentication? [Dudes Code] * Loan company hit with a million-dollar fine for misleading its clients about loan forgiveness. Stop playing with people’s money! [Business Insider] * Pentagon drops a 700+ list of places named after members of the Confederacy they're conside...

Joyce McIntosh on Twitter: @jmclibrarian Freedom to Read Foundation: FTRF.org The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom: ALA.org/OIF Information on reporting censorship of books, etc. to the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom is HERE. Hannah Natanson at The Washington Post: Schools nationwide are quietly removing books from their libraries Alison R. Donahue