A Texas Reporter Busted for Asking Questions Asks SCOTUS To Reject the Criminalization of Journalism
In 1973, the Texas Legislature made “misuse of official information” a misdemeanor. The law, part of a chapter dealing with “abuse of office,” applied to “a public servant” who “acquires or aids another to acquire a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise that may be affected by” information that “has not been made […]