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State Laws May Shield Journalists From Testifying in
Legal Proceedings. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Oct 2008, Pages: 224
Whether journalists have the right to refuse to
testify in legal proceedings has been a contentious
issue in the United States. Over the past several
years, it became a hot topic as reporters were called
to testify before a federal grand jury and at trial
over who in the Bush Administration outed Valerie
Plame as a Central Intelligence Agency spy. While
reporters were forced to testify in I. Lewis
'Scooter' Libby trial, whether a federal law will be
enacted to protect journalists is still before
Congress. This monograph thoroughly discusses the
state of testimonial privilege for journalists in
both the state and federal court systems and before
Congress. It specifically compares and contrasts
Illinois' Reporter's Privilege Act with similar laws
in 31 states and the District of Columbia that grant
journalists some form of testimonial privilege. It
then analyzes how the Illinois courts have applied
the law and assesses what protection journalists have
in the state.
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