First Amendment

· Story link The Federal Emergency Management Agency will have to reimburse several Florida newspapers $105,000 in legal fees for…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston (1st Cir.) to…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press urged Utah Judge James L. Shumate to reconsider an order that would…

· Story link A federal judge in Atlanta said the news media have a First Amendment right to attend hearings…

· Story link “Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark” is a new book by Geoffrey Stone,…

· Story link The former head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee that…

· Story link A judge in Grand Forks has sealed all documents related to the skirmish over the “Fighting Sioux”…

Blogger Josh Wolf now holds the troubling record as the longest-jailed journalist for contempt of court in recent American history.…

· Story link A federal judge directed the Toledo mayor’s office to allow a radio reporter, who had been barred,…

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