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Branzburg v. Hayes

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Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision invalidating the use of the First Amendment as a defense for reporters summoned to testify before a grand jury. [1]

35 relations: Black Panther Party, Cannabis (drug), Central Intelligence Agency, Contempt of court, Earl Caldwell (journalist), First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Floyd Abrams, Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, Grand jury, Hashish, Ireland, Lawyers' Edition, LexisNexis, List of cases argued by Floyd Abrams, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 408, Louisville, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Matthew Cooper (American journalist), NBC, Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film), Reporter's privilege, Richard Posner, Shield laws in the United States, Subpoena, Supreme Court of the United States, The Courier-Journal, The New York Times, The Newsroom (U.S. TV series), Thomas F. Hogan, Tim Russert, Time (magazine), United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, United States district court, Valerie Plame, Viking Press.

Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party or the BPP (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966.

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Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the ''Cannabis'' plant intended for medical or recreational use.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT).

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Contempt of court

Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or discourteous toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice and dignity of the court.

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Earl Caldwell (journalist)

Earl Caldwell (born c. 1939) is an American journalist.

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Floyd Abrams

Floyd Abrams (born July 9, 1936) is an American attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

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Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee

Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee,, was a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Hashish

Hashish, or hash, is a drug made from cannabis.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Lawyers' Edition

The United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, or Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed. and L. Ed. 2d in case citations) is an unofficial reporter of Supreme Court of the United States opinions.

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LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group is a corporation providing computer-assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services.

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List of cases argued by Floyd Abrams

This page contains a list and short descriptions of Floyd Abrams's most influential and famous cases.

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 408

This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 408 of the United States Reports.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Matthew Cooper (American journalist)

Matthew Cooper (born 1963) is political journalist with a career spanning over 30 years.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film)

Nothing but the Truth is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie.

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Reporter's privilege

Reporter's privilege in the United States (also journalist's privilege, newsman's privilege, or press privilege), is a "reporter's protection under constitutional or statutory law, from being compelled to testify about confidential information or sources." It may be described in the US as the qualified (limited) First Amendment or statutory right many jurisdictions have given to journalists in protecting their confidential sources from discovery.

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Richard Posner

Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939) is an American jurist and economist who was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago from 1981 until 2017, and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

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Shield laws in the United States

A shield law is legislation designed to protect reporters' privilege.

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Subpoena

A subpoena (also subpœna) or witness summons is a writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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The Courier-Journal

Courier Journal, locally called The Courier-Journal or The C-J or The Courier, is the largest news organization in Kentucky.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)

The Newsroom is an American television political drama series created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012, and concluded on December 14, 2014, consisting of 25 episodes over three seasons, with 52 to 73 minute long episodes.

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Thomas F. Hogan

Thomas Francis Hogan (born 1938) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, who served as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts from October 17, 2011 until June 30, 2013.

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Tim Russert

Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.

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Valerie Plame

Valerie Elise Plame Wilson (née Plame; born August 13, 1963), known as Valerie Plame, Valerie E. Wilson, and Valerie Plame Wilson, is a former operations officer who worked at the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a writer, and a spy novelist.

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Viking Press

Viking Press is an American publishing company now owned by Penguin Random House.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branzburg_v._Hayes

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