Constitutional Law
May 31, 2019
Attacks on the freedom of the press
Julian Assange. Bryan Carmody. Each incident is a troubling incursion on First Amendment freedoms. One is a flat-out violation of California law.
We've recently seen two high-profile examples of criminal accusations being levied based on fundamental journalistic acts of encouraging governmental whistleblowers to leak documents. In one, the U.S. government filed a superseding indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange adding Espionage Act counts based seemingly on Assange's acts of encouraging Chelsea Manning to provide leaked documents. In the other, the San Francisco Police Department, at least initia...
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