The News Media and The Law, Winter 2006

Winter 2006
Vol. 30, No. 1

Secret Courts:

Federal courts keep some cases completely off the docket, depriving the public of basic information about the justice system.

Editorial

 

In search of the secret docket

Cover Story

 

Disappearing dockets

 

 

A summary of the docket listings in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

 

Finding hidden dockets

 

A rare glimpse

 

Journalist David Rosenbaum dies

Reporter's Privilege

 

Under oath

 

Thirty-six years later, the song remains the same

 

Shield surge

 

 

Thank you . . .

Libel

 

Leveraging libel

Freedom of Information

 

Reforming FOIA

 

Exemptions rule

 

Vitally important

 

A shot in Congress' arm

 

Storm of secrecy

 

 

From the Hotline

Newsgathering

 

The First Amendment behind bars

Content Regulation

 

Shuttered justice

 

 

Alito's record on free press issues

 

Open & Shut