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The Press As An Interest Group: Mainstream Media In The United States Supreme Court, Eric Easton
The Press As An Interest Group: Mainstream Media In The United States Supreme Court, Eric Easton
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There can be little doubt that the institutional press is an interest group to be reckoned with in the Supreme Court, its aversion to such a designation notwithstanding. Over the past century, and especially since 1964, the press has secured for itself the greatest legal protection available anywhere in the world. While some of that protection has come from Congress, by far the greatest share has come from the Supreme Court's expansive interpretation of the First Amendment's Press Clause. Although the role of the press in American politics has been studied extensively for nearly two centuries, the role of the …