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Kansas Supreme Court allows live streaming, tweeting from state courtrooms
An amendment to Kansas court rules now lets journalists use laptops and cell phones to report from the courtroom. Reporters…Categorized in Court access -
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Federal court decides to grant witnesses full access to executions
A federal judge in Harrisburg, Pa., ruled Tuesday that a protocol limiting the ability of witnesses to see and hear…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Judge orders unsealing of Watergate documents
A history professor hopes that a federal court's recent order to release long-sealed Watergate documents will shed light on the…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Reporters Committee urges court to quash blogger’s subpoena in Duke lacrosse cases
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief with several Maine news organizations in U.S. District…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Reporters Committee urges court to quash blogger's subpoena in Duke lacrosse cases
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief with several Maine news organizations in U.S. District…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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McFadyen v. Duke University
Book author and blogger Robert David Johnson is appealing a U.S. Magistrate Judge's opinion denying his request to quash a…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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N.D. law banning campaigning on Election Day ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge Wednesday banned the enforcement of a century-old statute that prevents North Dakota citizens from campaigning on Election…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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Reporters Committee asks court to uphold judicial scrutiny of federal FOIA denials
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by 32 media organizations, has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Fla. judge denies gag order in Zimmerman case
A Florida judge on Monday denied a proposed gag order that would muzzle all attorneys and law enforcement officers involved…Categorized in Court access