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The Reporter’s Privilege: Shielding Sources in Court

Meta Description: Understand the complex legal landscape of Journalist Privilege (Reporter’s Privilege) in the U.S., exploring the First Amendment’s role, the limitations of the Branzburg decision, and the critical protection provided by state Shield Laws for confidential sources. The pursuit of truth often requires journalists to rely on confidential sources. These individuals, whether whistleblowers or […]

academic researchers, and often strongest, authors, case law, Civil Cases, Confidential Sources, constitutional law, consultation, Criminal, Criminal Cases, drafts, federal courts, First Amendment, for example, Grand Jury, in some cases, Legal Procedures, News Gathering, not the source, or bloggers, or outtakes, qualified privilege, radio, Reporters' Privilege, Shield Laws, State, State Courts, state statutes, subpoena, such as notes, Supreme Court, the primary, unpublished