Ruth Herbel

And I followed it closely and was particularly happy with the initial district court decision, which agreed with us on our First and Fourth Amendment claims, and the Court of Appeals decision, which that essentially said, this should not be done, freedom of the press is too important.

And I followed it closely and was particularly happy with the initial district court decision, which agreed with us on our First and Fourth Amendment claims, and the Court of Appeals decision, which that essentially said, this should not be done, freedom of the press is too important.

If you want information from a newspaper, you send a subpoena, and the subpoena can be challenged in court. Newspapers can be searched by law enforcement. Trust is completely undermined. Trust between the newspaper and its sources. Trust between the newspaper and its readers. The newspaper becomes, in some ways, even if involuntarily, an agent of government.

If you want information from a newspaper, you send a subpoena, and the subpoena can be challenged in court. Newspapers can be searched by law enforcement. Trust is completely undermined. Trust between the newspaper and its sources. Trust between the newspaper and its readers. The newspaper becomes, in some ways, even if involuntarily, an agent of government.

And that is something that can never happen if a newspaper is going to have the integrity and the ability to provide information that the citizenry needs.

And that is something that can never happen if a newspaper is going to have the integrity and the ability to provide information that the citizenry needs.