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Judge Hopkins’ shocking decision
Superior Court Judge Merita Hopkins issued a shocking decision yesterday. By stopping WHDH-TV (Channel 7) from reporting on autopsy reports that allegedly show two Boston firefighters killed in an...
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Hopkins’ ruling overturned
Superior Court Judge Merita Hopkins’ chilling order prohibiting WHDH-TV (Channel 7) from airing its exclusive on the autopsy reports of two Boston firefighters has been overturned. John Ellement of the...
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Herald admonishes Hopkins
The Boston Herald has a splendid editorial today on Judge Merita Hopkins’ unconstitutional order preventing WHDH-TV (Channel 7) from reporting on the Boston firefighters’ autopsy documents. After...
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Putting Hopkins in her place
As I had hoped, Massachusetts Appeals Court Judge Andrew Grainger used some pretty strong language in explaining why he overturned Superior Court Judge Merita Hopkins’ prior-restraint order against...
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The trouble with prior restraint
In my latest for the Guardian, I argue that Superior Court Judge Merita Hopkins’ prior-restraint decision against WHDH-TV (Channel 7) last week is part of the broader culture war against journalism.
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What happened at The Guardian could happen here
Charles Evans Hughes This commentary was first published at The Huffington Post. As you have no doubt already heard, Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, wrote on Monday that British security...
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