Roberts Supreme Court lacking zeal for press freedom

Tony Mauro in Freedom Forum, June 9, 2022, cites a study by two legal scholars finding that the Roberts court has scant interest in defending the free press as a cornerstone of our democracy. RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja West analyzed Supreme Court mentions of the press from 1784 and notes a precipitous drop in mentions of the press and and a lack of respect in recent Court discussions of the media.

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