First Amendment

Ban on identifying sex crime victims is unconstitutional12/13/94 FLORIDA -- A Florida statute making it a criminal misdemeanor to identify…

Homeless file complaint on comments by radio personality11/29/94 CALIFORNIA -- Advocates for the homeless filed complaints in mid- November with…

HUD drops investigation of residents who protested against low-income housing 09/20/1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In late August, federal housing officials…

Supreme Court sends cable dispute back to trial court 07/12/1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Saying it needs more evidence that local…

New York legislator proposes correction law with $100,000 fine for violators 05/03/1994 NEW YORK -- A New York assemblyman sponsored…

Hillary Clinton criticizes news reporting on violence 03/22/1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said that "exhaustive and…

Supreme Court allows RICO suit against protesters, raises free speech concerns 02/08/1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court cleared…

In 1979, the Reporters Committee filed an amicus brief in a case involving the government’s contractually required pre-publication review of…