Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
Congressional Research Service, Updated August 27, 2003. This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment – of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.
Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute
Includes a page outlining US laws on freedom of the press--as part of the First Amendment page.
First Amendment Law
Teaching Legal Professionals How To Do Research. Legal research requires the use of special tools and publications. The “Virtual Chase” informs about Web sites and research strategies for finding the law. An excellent starting point for resources on the first amendment including Key Resources, Case Law, Other Law, Organizations, and a wide variety of selected web sites relating to press freedoms.
American Library Association-ALA
The American Library Association is an advocate for free speech and a free press. ALA has an excellent First Amendment page with resources and court cases.
The First Amendment Handbook
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. A handbook "designed to provide a basic primer on the laws affecting reporters' rights to gather and disseminate news." Covers libel, invasion of privacy, confidentiality, gag orders, copyright, and more.
First Amendment Center: Freedom of the Press
The First Amendment Center’s Web site, featuring comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists. The First Amendment Center, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and in Arlington, Va. (see About the First Amendment Center), operates this Web site.
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