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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, opinions offer insight into views on First Amendment, FOIA
By far the biggest portion of Judge Jackson’s relevant case record on press freedom issues concerns FOIA litigation.
April 4, 2022
By
Gillian Vernick
Categorized in
First Amendment
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Amid ‘Sunshine Week,’ darkness persists in state public records law
As advocates celebrated "Sunshine Week," news organizations continued to fight for access court records and government documents.
March 21, 2022
By
Gillian Vernick
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Court Access
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Reporters Committee Q&A highlights important First Amendment case before US Supreme Court
A case involving a federal border agent could have serious implications for journalists’ First Amendment rights, says RCFP's Grayson Clary.
March 10, 2022
By
Doris Zhang
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First Amendment
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Well-meaning or not, proposed New York social media regulation bill likely unconstitutional
New York's proposed regulation is a different side of the same unconstitutional coin as bills recently passed in Florida, Texas.
January 10, 2022
By
Gillian Vernick
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Gabe Rottman
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Content Restrictions
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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
By
Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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Supreme Court to consider whether federal officers can be sued personally for retaliating against exercise of free speech rights
Bivens remedies are a powerful deterrent against law enforcement interfering in newsgathering.
November 22, 2021
By
Gillian Vernick
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First Amendment
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Supreme Court asked to consider whether long-term pole camera surveillance constitutes search under Fourth Amendment
As the Reporters Committee has argued in the past, targeted, long-term surveillance threatens the First Amendment.
October 18, 2021
By
Gillian Vernick
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First Amendment
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For Facebook, a week in the limelight
The social media network is facing intense scrutiny in the wake of an outage, whistleblower disclosures and antitrust litigation.
October 13, 2021
By
Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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Media coalition urges US Supreme Court to recognize the right to record
RCFP filed a brief arguing that a meaningful right to document policing is of exceptional importance to the public.
August 23, 2021
By
Grayson Clary
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First Amendment
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Cruise ships, COVID, TikTok and the First Amendment
A federal judge's recent decision is a pretty by-the-book application of First Amendment doctrine.
August 16, 2021
By
Gabe Rottman
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