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Fourth Circuit
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Fourth Circuit: Provisions of North Carolina ‘ag-gag’ statute violate First Amendment
The ruling cited arguments the Reporters Committee made in a brief filed in support of PETA.
March 8, 2023
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Reporters Committee
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First Amendment
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The right to record keeps inching its way through the courts
Most recently, the Fourth Circuit found that “livestreaming a police traffic stop is speech protected by the First Amendment."
February 13, 2023
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Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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The right to livestream during a traffic stop
The Fourth Circuit hears arguments in a case about the right to livestream during a traffic stop.
November 7, 2022
By
Emily Hockett
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First Amendment
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Courts in a deepening muddle over location surveillance
RCFP has weighed in on these debates because location tracking can burden important First Amendment interests.
August 9, 2021
By
Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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RCFP, Fix the Court urge Fourth Circuit to provide live audio of arguments in Trump ‘Emoluments’ cases
RCFP and Fix The Court are urging an appeals court to provide live audio of two cases involving President Trump.
November 22, 2019
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Melissa Wasser
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Court Access
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Media coalition: Gag order in 26 related NC lawsuits violates the press and public’s First Amendment rights
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 11 media organizations are asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals…
August 10, 2018
By
Shawna Chen
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Prior Restraint
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Reporters Committee asks U.S. Supreme Court to strike residency restriction on Va. FOIA
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by 53 leading media organizations, has filed a friend-of-the court brief…
January 3, 2013
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Freedom of Information
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