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Cleveland State Law Review

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Freedom of the press

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The Classified Information Protection Act: Killing The Messenger Or Killing The Message, Mitchell J. Michalec Jan 2003

The Classified Information Protection Act: Killing The Messenger Or Killing The Message, Mitchell J. Michalec

Cleveland State Law Review

The purpose of this Note is to discuss the adequacy of existing statutory and administrative protections for classified information, examine how the agencies responsible for protecting this information implemented controls, and how the courts interpreted these existing protections. This Note argues that the failure of the government to prevent "leaks" is not necessarily a failure of the existing scheme, but rather a failure of the government to apply current controls. Furthermore, it demonstrates that the Classified Information Protection Act is an unnecessary, overbroad, and in some cases, ineffective alternative to the existing protections, with a great potential for abuse. If …


Newspaper Interference In Judicial Proceedings, John Vamis Jan 1961

Newspaper Interference In Judicial Proceedings, John Vamis

Cleveland State Law Review

Emphasis has been put on situations which appear to indicate that the press has been, at the very least, over-aggressive in its operations. As has been shown, considerable leeway is accorded the press in its activity, even where it conflicts with the fair administration of justice. Although the courts will enforce penalties for clear violation of the fair administration of justice, the facts must spell out a clear and imminent danger. As to the individual, there does not presently appear to beany clear provision of legal remedy for newspaper interference with individual rights, except in the civil or criminal libel …


Newspapers And The Courts, Marcus D. Gleisser Jan 1954

Newspapers And The Courts, Marcus D. Gleisser

Cleveland State Law Review

A problem of legal ethics that has been hovering over American courts, lawyers and newspapermen for more than half a century has finally landed in open debate in recent months. It is a problem that thus far has done little more than rouse recriminations and countercharges between two forced each of which, surprisingly enough, claims it avidly seeks what is in essence the same goal - justice. The problem is that of newspaper handling of court trials and their pre-trial developments.