How Tiny City’s Butthurt Mayor Became Bigger Press Freedom Killer than Trump
The tiny city of Clarksdale in the Mississippi Delta has given the world the musicians Sam Cooke and John Lee Hooker and ...
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A Mississippi judge's order against a local newspaper sparks censorship claims
A judge in Mississippi has ordered a small town newspaper to take down an editorial critical of city officials. The paper's owner calls it a violation of free speech.
Opinion
The Daily Reflector1dOpinion
Editorial: Newspaper order violates 1st Amendment
A restraining order that required a Mississippi newspaper to delete an editorial critical of its city government should be immediately vacated, National Newspaper Association Chair Martha Diaz ...
Judge orders local newspaper to remove editorial; owner says this violates First Amendment rights
Emmerich, who’s been in the business for 50 years, said the judge made her decision without hearing from him, the publisher, ...
Action News 5 Memphis on MSN2d
Judge orders Clarksdale newspaper to remove editorial after libel suit
A Mississippi judge has ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial that criticized city officials.The judge issued the restraining order against the Clarksdale Press Register on Tuesday after city ...
Ojai Valley News2d
Mississippi court bars newspaper editorial critical of City Council
On Feb. 18, a Hinds County court granted the Mississippi city of Clarksdale’s request for a temporary restraining order ...
Mississippi city stuns newspaper with restraining order over editorial
The feud between a Black mayor and a conservative newspaper spilled over onto the national stage when a Mississippi court ...
Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper To Take Down Editorial Criticizing City Board for Secrecy
Free speech experts say the takedown order is a clear example of unconstitutional prior restraint under the First Amendment.
mississippitoday.org2dOpinion
Editorial: Someone needs to read the First Amendment to Judge Crystal Wise Martin
Editorial: Someone needs to remind Hinds County Chancellor Crystal Wise Martin of the First Amendment. And of a few points of ...
Mississippi judge orders local paper to remove editorial, sparking outrage
A Mississippi judge issued a Tuesday order forcing the Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial criticizing city officials, sparking First Amendment concerns and pushback from press ...
Darkhorse Press2d
Press Association strongly opposes Hinds County court order directing removal of newspaper editorial
"The press association feels this is an egregious overreach and that it clearly runs counter to First Amendment rights," said ...
Truthout2d
Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper to Delete Editorial Critical of City
A Mississippi state judge has taken the extraordinary action of ordering a newspaper to erase an editorial from its website, claiming that the editorial included undue criticisms of city government ...