Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] Who'd be a PJ in these Troubled Times
From: "W Larsen" <wlarsen@almondmedia.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:46:53 -0800
References: <B8489EA3.17C3D%jbcollier@powersurfr.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20011221170754.0260b730@mail.earthlink.net>

Bryan Caldwell writes:

>   This is not quite correct. Prior restraints are not per
se
> unconstitutional - just very strictly scrutinized by the
courts (I think
> we've been through this before). Although relatively rare,
there have been
> prior restraints which have survived constitutional
scrutiny. Also, there
> are some constitutionally guaranteed rights of access to
information that
> trump the desire of the participants or holders of the
information to keep
> it withheld (the right of the press to gain access to a
criminal trial in
> most circumstances, for instance), but this is an area of
constitutional
> law with many uncertainties.

Well, the real question is what constitutes the "press."  At
the time the Constitution was drawn, the press consisted of
publication...in the form of a newspaper, a broadsheet, or
pamphlet.  So have we somehow drawn a definition of the
press that gives certain pressform legitimacy and others
not?  It would seem that publication would constitute the
"press."  Wouldn't intent enter into the equation?  If you
had intent to publish the picture or article, wouldn't you
be a legitimate member of he press? (e.g.. an internet
publication or whatever)

Of course the practical aspect is who can afford to fight a
lawsuit brought by the State?    The practical answer is no
one not employed by the "established" press.

Regards, Will Larsen, Terra Bella, CA

- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html

In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> (Re: [Leica] Who'd be a PJ in these Troubled Times)
Message from Bryan Caldwell <bcaldwell51@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Who'd be a PJ in these Troubled Times)