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    Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. This free resource culls from all Reporters Committee resources and includes exclusive content on digital media law issues.

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    Attorney asks U.S. Supreme Court to consider constitutionality of years-old blanket sealing order

    Kristen Rasmussen | Secret Courts | News | August 6, 2012
    Kristen Rasmussen
    News
    August 6, 2012

    The U.S. Supreme Court recently released dozens of documents about a businessman turned government witness as part of a request that the high court find that a 12-year-old blanket sealing order in the case amounts to an unconstitutional prior restraint.