Freedom of the Press
This document discusses basic free press rights under the US Constution and answers the following questions: What is freedom of the press?
What does the right to access mean? Do reporters always have to reveal their sources to the government? What is a "gag order"? Can judges require the press to stop publicizing a case before it goes underway? How does prior restraint affect school newspapers? The document is excerpted from An Introduction to Law in Georgia, Fourth Edition, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 1998 (updated 2004).
By: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
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