Examines how the Commerce Clause (article one, section eight) of the Constitution has been used in Supreme Court litigation on the freedom of the press. (RB)

Looks at the current status of scholastic journalism one year after the release of the Kennedy Commission's report on the problems that confront high school journalism staffs. (RB)

Discusses the plight of high school journalism advisers who are involved in court litigation concerning censorship problems. (RB)

Stresses the point that scholastic journalism needs the support of professional journalists if freedom of the press is to be meaningful at the high school level. (RB)

Presents an analysis of the erosion of professional autonomy in the engineering schools. Outlines the dilemma of appropriate independence from academic tradition while at the same time keeping the educational and cultural nourishment of a university. (GS)

Reviews recent Federal and Supreme Court decisions and pending cases on freedom of the press and influences of the First Amendment on high school journalism. (RB)

This statement supports and endorses the Intellectual Freedom policies of the American Library Association (ALA) as exemplified by the ALA Bill of Rights. The case of Pico v. Island Trees Free School District provides a legal precedent in support of the idea that decisions to remove materials from the school library cannot be based on personal…

In 1964 the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision, in the case of the New York Times v. Sullivan, that was hailed as a tremendous victory for the news media. This decision changed the law of libel by introducing a fourth requirement of "actual malice" in addition to three previously accepted requirements--publication,…

A study examined the quantity and quality of libel decisions of the Warren and Burger Supreme Courts to determine how changes in libel law came about, how individual justices voted on libel compared to other issues of freedom of expression, and how permanent constitutional libel rules will be as the more conservative Rehnquist Supreme Court takes…

Staggered by some recent libel verdicts, many journalists are neglecting lessons about press freedom learned at great cost during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Journalists then learned that state power over the press, residing in the hands of either censors or judges, leads to a decrease in press freedom. In 1986, though, many media…

This paper considers how the Supreme Court used an idealized history of the infamous Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 to help justify its decision in "New York Times v. Sullivan" in 1963. The first section of the paper discusses the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, the second section discusses the Court's use of history in the "New…

Two recent judicial and governmental developments appear to tip the scales in favor of the confidentiality of intelligence sources and methods at the expense of any "right of access" to government information. The implementation of the Reagan Administration's Executive Order governing the classification of national security information…

Presents excerpts from the report of the Kennedy Commission of Inquiry into High School Journalism, concentrating on censorship, minority participation, journalism education, established media, and censorship issues.

Discusses the application of the First Amendment to the high school press in recent court decisions, stressing the importance of freedom of expression for high school journalists. (RB)