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Government
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12/04/04
The Baltimore Sun Co. yesterday sued Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., saying the governor violated the newspaper's First Amendment rights when he ordered press officers to stop talking and giving information to two of its writers. Find Us On Facebook
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Baltimore, seeks not money but public access, said Timothy Franklin, editor of The Sun. It's an effort to force Mr. Ehrlich to lift the ban. "We're simply asking the judge to consider the constitutional implications of the governor's office's directive to blacklist two journalists who are clearly being retaliated against because of what they've written," Mr. Franklin...
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