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Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a lower court decision that shielded from liability Texas law enforcement officers who arrested a local citizen journalist after she sought information from a police source.
The case of journalist Priscilla Villarreal, who is known to her readers in Laredo, Texas, as "Lagordiloca," pits the First Amendment's guarantee of a free press against the doctrine of qualified immunity, which provides legal protections for police and other government officials.
Villarreal's challenge attracted interest...
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