The News Media and The Law, Summer 2009
Summer 2009
Vol. 33, No. 3
Juvenile Justice and Openness
Two decades of greater openness in juvenile courts make
Editorial
Protecting kids from shadowy justice
Secret Courts
Juvenile Justice and Openness
The standard for access
Federal sex offender registry rules would create a curious exception to the juvenile justice secrecy model
Prior Restraints
Recognizing media protections in Indian country
Court allows discovery material to stay secret
Court OKs fines for fleeting expletives
High court to consider categorical ban on cruelty images
Court calls for rehearing in Citizens United case
Freedom of Information
A scramble in Washington to hide abuse photos
Opening up state government one coalition at a time
Walter Cronkite, CBS anchor, steering committee member, dies at 92
Freedom of Information
States rally in defense of open meeting laws
Cemetery logs are 'death records' and public, court finds
Government sources in the shadows
Reporter's Privilege
In Washington, seeking a Senate opening - and a vote for the reporter's shield law
Focus of source fight shifts to newspaper
Libel
Stateside defenses against foreign 'libel tourism' judgments making progress
Newsgathering
Trespassing to get the story
A summary of media-related decisions by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
Open & Shut
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