Word: subpoenaed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1950s Joe McCarthy backs down at outcry of millions dirty old men over subpoena of Sally Rand Bubble Dancer...
...future, any law enforcement official seeking materials from a publication must issue a subpoena specifying the items sought. If the request seems unreasonable to the subpoenaed party, it may go to court to challenge the move. These safeguards, however, do not exist in certain situations outlined in the new law. For example, if a reporter is actually a suspect, then police may arrive unannounced...
...These people asked me to go in because they knew I could be trusted." CBS News President Bill Leonard called the raid "unjustified." New York Attorney Floyd Abrams, who has argued several press freedom cases, said the Boise action was "particularly offensive" because the prosecutors did not seek a subpoena for the tapes...
Unlike a search warrant, which requires no advance notice, a subpoena can be challenged in court before it is carried out. Says Harvard Law Professor Arthur R. Miller: "The search warrant should be used only as a last resort, when every other avenue of investigation has been exhausted." This, Miller feels, would prevent prosecutors from "living off journalists in a parasitical manner" when the information sought may be available elsewhere. Says he: "The prosecution should not be allowed to go fishing...
...order to restrict those fishing trips, the House and Senate Judiciary committees have written bills that make the searches conducted under the Supreme Court's Stanford Daily decision illegal. The bills would make it necessary for police to subpoena material they think they need from reporters. "You know who's going to pass it for us?" asks Jack Landau, director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "The cops in Flint and Boise. It ought to be called the Police Department Memorial Bill...