Commentary
Inside the First Amendment
By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center vice president/executive director
The debate continues over whether or not a federal “shield law” for journalists is proper or is even needed — in the Congress, in the courts and even among news professionals themselves.
A recent federal magistrate’s ruling in Chicago, however, does raise issues that seem avoidable only if such a law, more accurately termed “reporter privilege,” was in place to cause…
