ALASAAD v. MAYORKAS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Paul Waldman , Appellate Staff, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Scott R. McIntosh , Appellate Staff, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice, and Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, were on briefs, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Esha Bhandari , with whom Adam Schwartz , Sophia Cope , Saira Hussain , Electronic Frontier Foundation, Hugh Handeyside , Seattle, WA, Nathan Freed Wessler , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Matthew R. Segal , Jessie J. Rossman , and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts, Inc. were on briefs, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Caroline M. DeCell , Stephanie Krent , Bruce D. Brown , Katie Townsend , Gabriel Rottman , Caitlin Vogus , and Linda Moon , Huntington Beach, CA, on brief for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and 12 Media Organizations, amici curiae.

Kurt Wimmer , Rafael Reyneri , Washington, DC, Calvin Cohen , Chicago, IL, Frank Broomell , and Covington & Burling LLP on brief for the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Brennan Center for Justice, R Street Institute, and Techfreedom, amici curiae.

Michael J. Iacopino , Manchester, NH, Michael Price , and Mukund Rathi on brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Christopher T. Bavitz and Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, on brief for Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, amicus curiae.

Meghan Koushik , New York, NY, Mark C. Fleming , Boston, MA, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Glenn Katon , Oakland, CA, and Hammad Alam on brief for Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Asian Law Caucus, et al., amici curiae.

Elizabeth B. Wydra , San Francisco, CA, Brianne J. Gorod , Brian R. Frazelle , and Dayna J. Zolle on brief for Constitutional Accountability Center, amicus curiae.

Jennifer Pinsof , David A. Schulz , New York, NY, Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic, Yale Law School Abrams Institute, Elizabeth A. Ritvo , Joshua P. Dunn , Boston, MA, and Brown Rudnick LLP on brief for Floyd Abrams, New York, NY, Jack M. Balkin , Hannah Bloch-Webah , Kiel Brennan-Marquez , Ryan Calo , Danielle Keats Citron , Julie E. Cohen , New York, NY, Catherine Crump , Mary Anne Franks , Woodrow Hartzog , Heidi Kitrosser , Gregory Magarian , Neil M. Richards , Scott Skinner-Thompson , Daniel J. Solove , Amie Stepanovich , Katherine J. Strandburg , Chicago, IL, and Ari Ezra Waldman , amici curiae.

Before Lynch and Selya, Circuit Judges, and Laplante, District Judge.