Third Circuit rules media has no right to report from polling places

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Wednesday that members of the media do not have the right to report from, or take photos or video within, Pennsylvania polling places. While PG Publishing Company (PG) [corporate website], the appellant in the case, argued that a portion of the Pennsylvania Election Code [text] that limits access to polling places "infringes on the media's First Amendment [text; Cornell LII backgrounder] right to gather news,"...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/01/third-circuit-rules-media-has-no-right-to-report-from-polling-places.php

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