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Why is it so hard to access court filings?
A new Supreme Court feature allows anyone to subscribe for email docket alerts.
January 16, 2024
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Emily Hockett
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Court Access
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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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Courthouse News Service v. Smith
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Date Filed: Feb. 10, 2023 Background: In Virginia, members of the…
February 14, 2023
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Chris Young
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Court Access
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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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United States v. Chatrie
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Date Filed: Jan. 27, 2023 Background: While investigating a 2019 bank…
January 27, 2023
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Chris Young
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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
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Emily Hockett
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First Amendment
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Another shot at challenging secret surveillance?
We take a look at a long-running challenge to the National Security Agency’s so-called “Upstream” surveillance.
September 6, 2022
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Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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Four years after US Supreme Court’s decision in Carpenter, a Fourth Amendment in disarray?
RCFP examines how lower courts have implemented the Supreme Court's 2018 decision in a case concerning location surveillance.
June 21, 2022
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Grayson Clary
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The government’s employee-censorship regime has a new challenger: A former defense secretary
A brewing storm over pre-publication review?
December 6, 2021
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Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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Charlie Hogle joins Reporters Committee as Media Litigation Fellow
In his new role, Charlie will participate in state and federal litigation at both the trial and appellate level.
September 29, 2021
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Kacie Yamamoto
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