Courts Have Not Settled on a Single,clear Rationale or Test

question 12

Essay

Courts have not settled on a single,clear rationale or test to determine journalists' (and the public's)right of access to quasi-public spaces-government land,military sites,polling places,and the like.In recent years,however,several Circuit Courts of Appeal have relied on a two-prong test the Supreme Court developed to decide cases involving access to courtrooms.Explain the test and the outcomes it has produced to discuss whether the courts appear to be increasing or decreasing the right of public access to these quasi-public spaces.

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