News Articles for S.2035
S.2035: A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
February 01, 2008 ACLU Says NY Times Reporter Subpoena Is Assault On Free Press
... HR 2102, because it provides more meaningful protections for the free flow of information to the public than the Senate companion bill, S. 2035. ...
October 17, 2007 Society of Professional Journalism Leaders Praise House ...
The Society still awaits a full vote on S. 2035, which passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 4. This bill is also known as the Free Flow of ...
October 16, 2007 SPJ Leaders Praise House Representatives for Passing the Free Flow ...
The Society still awaits a full vote on S. 2035, which passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 4. This bill is also known as the Free Flow of ...
October 09, 2007 Protecting journalists protects public interest
The bipartisan nature of the 15-to-4 vote for the Free Flow of Information Act, S. 2035, was encouraging, but its passage is far from sure in the Senate, ...
October 09, 2007 Protecting a free press
Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson to support the version of the Free Flow of Information Act (S. 2035). We urge US Reps. Jack Kingston and John Barrow do ...
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In a release, the American Civil Liberties Union "applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee's passage of S. 2035, a bill that would give stronger legal ...
October 05, 2007 Federal 'Shield Law' for Reporters Passed Out of Senate Judiciary ...
S.2035, the “Free Flow of Information Act of 2007,” was introduced on September 10, 2007, by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) with four co-sponsors – Senators ...
October 05, 2007 Journalists' Protection Bill Passes Senate Judiciary: Are Bloggers ...
Specifically, S. 2035, the Free Flow of Information Act, doesn't even use the word "journalist." Instead it refers to a person covered by protections of the ...
October 04, 2007 Media Groups Applaud Senate Committee's Support of Shield Law Bill
With the instrumental leadership of Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and the sponsors of S. 2035, a federal shield bill is one step closer to a Senate floor ...
October 04, 2007 Senate Panel Takes Up Press Shield Bill
... supported by 50 news organizations, including The Associated Press. The House Judiciary Committee passed its own bill in August. The bill number is S. 2035.
October 04, 2007 Federal shield law clears Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) presided over a markup session Thursday that ended with a 15-2 vote that sent the bill, S. 2035, ...
October 04, 2007 Media Groups Applaud Senate Committee's Support of Shield Law Bill
With the instrumental leadership of Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and the sponsors of S. 2035, a federal shield bill is one step closer to a Senate floor ...
September 28, 2007 Senate panel moves ahead with bill to create media shield law
A final vote in committee on S. 2035 could come as early as next week. Schumer said the bill balanced the needs for safety and freedom. ...
September 27, 2007 Protect right to report
In fact, S. 2035 is weaker than laws in almost all the 49 states that have some form of media shields. Yet the Justice Department still is hinting that it ...
September 27, 2007 ACLU Urges Senate Panel to Rework Reporters’ Shield Legislation ...
Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to amend S. 2035, The Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, ...
September 26, 2007 Editorials Support Federal Shield Law -- As Hearing Looms
The shield law, S.2035, has been rewritten to comply with concerns raised about national security and complaints from the US Department of Justice. ...
