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Associate professor Anthony Fargo is the second author, with first author Daxton Stewart of Texas Christian University, of an article to be published later this year in the refereed journal Communication Law and Policy.

“Challenging Civil Contempt: The limits of judicial power in cases involving journalists,” examines cases in the last decade in which journalists have been jailed or heavily fined for refusing to name confidential sources. The article suggests that reining in judges’ contempt power in such cases is appropriate and could be a component of a revised federal shield law proposal or a stand-alone statute.

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