Replies to post #117 on Venom and Bile

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I have not read the decision of the lower court in the reporter case and there was no Supreme Court opinion since they just denied cert.

Basically, as I understand it, and I could be wrong since I have not read it in detail, when there is evidence that the information in the possession of the reporter could have only gotten there by someone committing a crime, there is no shield to the investigation into the crime that must have been committed by the disclosure to the reporter. The same is true when the reporter is a witness to a crime.

The government interest in preventing and punishing crime is said to outweigh the interests of the reporter in a free press.

Of course, any time a court starts with balancing crap, it is usually just a gloss for reaching a particular result in conformity with the judges' views on what is reasonable under the circumstances.

All I have time for right now.