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New Technologies And Constitutional Law, Thomas Fetzer, Christopher S. Yoo
New Technologies And Constitutional Law, Thomas Fetzer, Christopher S. Yoo
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The Independent Significance Of The Press Clause Under Existing Law, C. Edwin Baker
The Independent Significance Of The Press Clause Under Existing Law, C. Edwin Baker
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The paper argues that only the assumption that the Press Clause has a meaning independent of the Speech Clause could explain either different First Amendment treatment of individuals and the press or different First Amendment treatment of the press and other businesses. Suggesting an interpretation of the Press Clause as protecting the institutional integrity of the Fourth Estate, it then examines fifteen areas of law and finds that in each area the press receives different treatment – precisely the different treatment that the Fourth Estate theory predicts. Moreover, no area of law is found to be inconsistent with this independent …