Court Threatens First Amendment Rights of Tennessee News Website After Publication of Nashville School Shooting Documents

The editor-in-chief and publisher of the Tennessee Star was ordered to appear in court last week and threatened with charges of contempt after his news website reported on an anonymously leaked collection of documents authored by Nashville mass shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale. Michael Patrick Leahy was joined by his attorneys in court on Monday for a “show-cause hearing,” where the journalist was asked by Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles to demonstrate why his outlet’s reporting does not subject him to contempt proceedings and sanctions. On March 27, 2023, Hale (born…

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Impossible for US President to block publication of critical book – The Australian Financial Review

The Australian Financial Review Impossible for US President to block publication of critical bookThe Australian Financial ReviewHe was referring to the current movie The Post, which concerns attempts to halt the New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers, a history of the U.S. government's efforts in Vietnam. The difference there, of course, was …Donald Trump on Fire and Fury: US President unleashes Twitter tirade over 'phony' tell-all Michael Wolff bookEvening Standard Fire and Fury: US president Trump's lawyer tries to stop publication of controversial bookStuff.co.nzDonald…

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