Judge orders LA Times to rewrite story

[HanSenSE]

We'll see how long this lasts.
Judge orders L.A. Times to alter story about Glendale cop, sparking protest from newspaper

 

[Spartan Squad]

We'll see how long this lasts.
Judge orders L.A. Times to alter story about Glendale cop, sparking protest from newspaper

Well this is simple: fork that.

 

[WriteThinking]

A couple questions I have about this:

In response to the order from U.S. District Judge John F. Walter, The Times revised the article to eliminate information about the sealed document. The newspaper intends to contest the order.

To whom would the order be contested? And, what if it wins the contest? This story says that the newspaper did revise its article, doing what the judge ordered by eliminating the disputed information. If it wins the case, would The Times then re-print the article in its papers, or just re-post it its original form on the Web?

 

[lcjjdnh]

They should prevail on appeal:

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/07/15/judge-orders-la-times-to-alter-story-abo

 

[SnarkShark]

This judge shouldn't have a job if he knowingly violates the First Amendment.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Aside from all of the, "The first amendment guarantees. ... " stuff. A judge ordering an entity to do things, when it was never a party to an action in his courtroom and never had a chance to represent their interests? To me, that is at least as frightening, if not more frightening, than the free press issues. I mean, do we really want some broad judicial power where any judge can just order anyone to do things that aren't a matter of law, when the people he's targeting aren't even involved in a case before the judge? That seems as scary to freedom, individual rights and our broad civil liberties as anything I have heard in a while, because it's not even narrow like a free press issue. It's giving a broad, dictatorial power, to any judge who just wants to wave a scepter.

 

[lcjjdnh]

He already reversed course

Judge lifts controversial order requiring the L.A. Times to alter article about an ex-Glendale cop

 

[dirtybird]

To boot, it was also deeply and terribly pointless and only happened because of a court error.

 

[hondo]

To boot, it was also deeply and terribly pointless and only happened because of a court error.

Tough ship. Not the paper's fault.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Constitutional scholars who have followed the case said it was rare for a judge to issue the kind of order that Walter handed down.

And they say nobody monitors SJ.com.

 

[dirtybird]

Tough ship. Not the paper's fault.

Yes. That is a point I was making.