Search of Reporter’s Home Tests Law With Roots in a Campus Paper’s Suit
The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: United States Politics and Government
Topics: journalists, protecting, federal, prompted, backlash, bipartisan, newsroom, search, Court, Supreme, Daily, Stanford, Paper’s, Campus, Roots, Tests, Reporter’s, Search
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/washington-post-search-press-freedom.html