Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
Flynt v. Rumsfeld addressed the issue of whether members of the media have a First Amendment right to accompany United States troops into combat. This issue arose when the Department of Defense ("DOD") declined the request of Larry Flynt of Hustler magazine to embed one of his reporters with ground troops in Afghanistan in October 2001. Flynt claimed that the DOD's denial of his request violated an alleged First Amendment right of access to government information. The case came before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia as the result of a motion for dismissal filed by the defendant, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and the D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Flynt's claim.
Recommended Citation
Jennifer L. Mascott, Limitations on the First Amendment Right of Access to Information Controlled by the Government, 73 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 814 (2005).