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The gag order did indeed violate the First Amendment right to Freedom of the Press. Furthermore, reversing the previous two decisions in favor of the Petitioner “Nebraska Press Association, et al.” The U.S. Supreme Court went on to say that allowing the press to report on criminal trials does not usually interfere with the defendants Sixth Amendment “Right to a Fair Trial” http://ezpltccd.edu:2048 GalejCX3457000022: U.S. Supreme Court Case number two, Branzburg vs. Hayes this case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972. The case was called Branzburg vs. Hayes 1972, Judge John P. Hayes, et al. was the responding court justice. The petitioner claimed that the, First Amendment gives news reporters a privilege protecting the confidentiality of their sources of information. Paul Branzburg a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky authored an article in 1969, about two people making hashish from marijuana. In his article, Mr. Branzburg promised the two people that he would not reveal their names to the public. Mr. Branzburg also wrote another article in 1971 about drug users and promised not to reveal their identities.Mr. Branzburg on both occasions he was called to testify before a Kentucky grand jury. Both times Branzburg refused to identify his sources of
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He went on to say if sources stopped talking, he would not be able to report the news. The U.S. Supreme Court made their decision on this case on June 29, 1972. The court justices included Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E Burger, Lewis F. Powell Jr., William H. Rehnquist, and Byron R. White. Ed. A Walton Litz, et al. Vol. 1 pages 46-50 The decision in this case was very controversial; it stated that the “First Amendment” does not give news reporters a privilege to keep their sources secret from the government. The significance of this case, made all news reporters share information about criminal activity with grand jury investigations just like every other …show more content…
The lawsuit and trial instead of a gun rights issue became a freedom of speech issue instead. The U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means permanently enjoined, TCC Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley and the college from blocking empty-holster protests on campus. This also included protest in the classroom. The college looked at this protest as a “Safety Issue and the students looked at the protest as a “Freedom of Speech” issue. The court ruled in favor of the students, but I can see more issues of campus safety arising from these types of protest. I think college should be a place that students can explore the ideas from which our founding fathers based our Constitution. The college should keep an open door policy to its students, and be reasonable when reviewing student protest request. I believe with the tremendous increase of violence against students and teachers on school campuses. This issue will spike more debate on individual freedoms, rights to protect one self and the right to bear arms. I can see more bills and local laws coming to the vote on concealed guns, and challenges of individual citizen’s right to carry a weapon on school campuses. The U.S. Supreme Court will have problems with retaining citizen individual rights while ruling on these types of
He went on to say if sources stopped talking, he would not be able to report the news. The U.S. Supreme Court made their decision on this case on June 29, 1972. The court justices included Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E Burger, Lewis F. Powell Jr., William H. Rehnquist, and Byron R. White. Ed. A Walton Litz, et al. Vol. 1 pages 46-50 The decision in this case was very controversial; it stated that the “First Amendment” does not give news reporters a privilege to keep their sources secret from the government. The significance of this case, made all news reporters share information about criminal activity with grand jury investigations just like every other …show more content…
The lawsuit and trial instead of a gun rights issue became a freedom of speech issue instead. The U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means permanently enjoined, TCC Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley and the college from blocking empty-holster protests on campus. This also included protest in the classroom. The college looked at this protest as a “Safety Issue and the students looked at the protest as a “Freedom of Speech” issue. The court ruled in favor of the students, but I can see more issues of campus safety arising from these types of protest. I think college should be a place that students can explore the ideas from which our founding fathers based our Constitution. The college should keep an open door policy to its students, and be reasonable when reviewing student protest request. I believe with the tremendous increase of violence against students and teachers on school campuses. This issue will spike more debate on individual freedoms, rights to protect one self and the right to bear arms. I can see more bills and local laws coming to the vote on concealed guns, and challenges of individual citizen’s right to carry a weapon on school campuses. The U.S. Supreme Court will have problems with retaining citizen individual rights while ruling on these types of