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Point: A Federal Shield Law Is Needed to Protect the Press

(For another viewpoint, see: Counterpoint: Reporters Shouldn’t Have More First Amendment Rights Than the Rest of Us”) Like it or not, the Constitution’s First Amendment gives the media special protection in the American republic. That amendment says, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom … of the press.” With one of the recent presidential candidates […]