L.A. police back down from plan to close airspace
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The Los Angeles police and fire departments have backed away from a request to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that they be allowed to close the airspace over Los Angeles in the event of civil unrest after the verdict in the federal Rodney King trial. While the news media complained this request was a prior restraint, law enforcement officials countered that their main interest was safety. The FAA regulation in question permits 'temporary flight restrictions' for safety reasons in the presence of a particular hazard, but gives 'properly accredited news representatives' airspace access if they have given authorities their flight plan.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1993
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Probation rule barring money for story upheld
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The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts found in Massachusetts v. Power that the condition on Katherine Ann Power's probation that she not profit from her crime by telling her story was not unconstitutional because it was rationally related to the state's legitimate interest in punishment and rehabilitation. Power argued that the condition on her probation, after serving a lessened sentence, was a prior restraint on speech. The Court drew a distinction between restricting speech and restricting the ability to profit from speech, and it noted that she in fact may speak on any subject.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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Court lifts own gag order against Wall Street Journal
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US Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, acting as Circuit Justice for the D.C. Circuit, rejected motions by the Wall Street Journal in In re Dow Jones & Co. to invalidate a gag order, but the records in question were eventually unsealed. The newspaper had requested access to independent counsel documents relating to the Whitewater investigation, and the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the request. By the time that Justice Rehnquist ruled on the appeal of the denial of the order, the issue was moot because the records had been unsealed.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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