A growing consensus of courts have recognized a constitutional right to record government officials engaged in their duties in a public place. This First Amendment right to record generally ...
RCFP attorneys co-represented The Intercept and The Center for Investigative Reporting in a successful effort to make the records public.
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RCFP statement on FBI’s newly unsealed justification for seizing reporter’s electronic devices
On Friday night, a federal court in Virginia unsealed a redacted version of the search warrant affidavit that provides the FBI’s sworn statement justifying its request to search the home of Washington ...
To our knowledge, it's unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws it has previously cited in this case against journalistic activity.” ...
Represented by an RCFP attorney, Oklahoma Watch sued the state last year for records related to the resignation of a senior education official.
The legislation would allow courts to quickly weed out meritless lawsuits intended to chill speech about matters of public interest.
While immigration has been a contested public policy issue at various points in U.S. history, recent changes to immigration policy have heightened public attention on the subject. As a result, many ...
Represented by an RCFP attorney, Oklahoma Watch and reporter Jennifer Palmer accuse the police of violating the Open Records ...
Background: In July 2025, Oklahoma Voice reporter Barbara Hoberock filed an open records request seeking the Oklahoma ...
In a hunt for the source of a grand jury leak, lawyers for a Pennsylvania casino owner have demanded that 15 reporters, including several from The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Associated Press, turn ...
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered state police to release body-worn camera footage capturing a car chase that ended in a fatal ...
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