prior restraint Archives

US Prior-Restraint System Is Broken, Workers Tell Court

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ALEXANDRA JONES

censorship, CIA, First Amendment, military, national intelligence, prior restraint, Publishing

Five military and U.S. intelligence community veterans took legal aim Tuesday at the government’s system of prepublication review, calling it rife with dysfunction and inequality.

Appeals Government Law

Firm Loses Prior-Restraint Case Over Military Blueprints

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 NICK RUMMELL

Attorneys, military, prior restraint, State Department

Ruling against a law firm that issues reports on export controls, a federal judge refused to block possible restrictions on the dissemination of military blueprints, even for materials in the public domain.

Appeals Civil Rights Media

Press Freedom

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 ROBERT KAHN

Arizona, Brief, Constitution, First Amendment, Journalism, newspapers, prior restraint

The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed an order that prohibited Phoenix Newspapers and other outlets covering a murder trial from publishing a prosecutor’s name or likeness — which already had been reported.

Civil Rights Media

Iowa Newspaper Prevails in Prior-Restraint Case

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 ROX LAIRD

Attorneys, Iowa, Journalism, prior restraint

A week after he barred an Iowa newspaper from reporting on public court records, a justice of the state Supreme Court Tuesday lifted his controversial order Tuesday.

Government Media

Court Quashes Bid to Curb Report on NJ Scandal

April 25, 2017September 28, 2018 NICK RUMMELL

children, custody, drugs, Journalism, Law5, New Jersey, newspapers, press rights, prior restraint, schools

A New Jersey appeals court refused Monday to let state officials reinstate months of media interference that erupted when the mother of a kindergartner who brought drugs to school in his lunchbox handed custody records to a reporter.

Civil Rights Courts Media

Judge Overturns Prior Restraint of Trentonian

March 31, 2017September 28, 2018 BARBARA LEONARD and NICK RUMMELL

Child Abuse, children, drugs, Journalism, Law1, New Jersey, newspapers, Press Freedom, prior restraint

Wrapping up a battle on prior restraint this week, a New Jersey judge threw out an attempt to censor a reporter given custody records about a kindergartner who brought heroin to school.

Civil Rights Courts Criminal Media

Reporter Under Fire Defends Receipt of Confidential Records

February 16, 2017September 28, 2018 NICK RUMMELL

Child Abuse, confidential, drugs, Family law, Journalism, National3, New Jersey, newspapers, press rights, prior restraint

A reporter who obtained confidential child-custody documents testified before a New Jersey judge Wednesday that the child’s mother gave him the materials he is accused of stealing.