The Fifth-Amendment Privilege of Newsman George Burdick.

Blanchard, Margaret A.

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Fifth-Amendment Privilege of Newsman George Burdick

Blanchard, Margaret A.

Journalism Quarterly, 55, 1, 39-46,67, Spr 78

Describes the case of George Burdick, a newsman who invoked the Fifth Amendment in refusing to identify persons who had provided information about a member of President Wilson's administration. His right to maintain his Fifth Amendment stand was upheld in a 1915 Supreme Court decision. (GW)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Constitutional Law, Federal Government, Freedom of Speech, Information Sources, Journalism, News Reporting, Supreme Court Litigation, United States History

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