James C. Goodale

ARTICLES

213. "Will the Press Fight Like Tigers Agaianst Trump?" by James C. Goodale, 01/17/2025, Columbia Journalism Press

212. "Congressman Jamaal Bowman is Right to Defend TikTok," by James C. Goodale, 4/2/2023, The Hill.

211. ‘Indict me too’: Will Cryptome’s call to be charged kill the case against WikiLeaks’ Assange? by James C. Goodale 12/7/2022, The Hill.

210. UK court should slap down the US Justice Department in the Assange case," by James C. Goodale, 1/28/2022, The Hill

209. "Pentagon Papers case, 50 years on: still a victory for a free press" by James C. Goodale, 6/13/2021, The Hill

208. "Will A British Court's Decision Take Assange Off The Hook Permanently?" by James C. Goodale, 01/06/20. The Hill.

207. "As Assange's Extradition Hearing Resumes on Labor Day, the U.S. Seeks a PR Advantage with Untimely Facts and New Threats to Press Freedoms" by James C. Goodale and Timothy Cuffman, 09/03/2020. Media Law Resource Center (MLRC),

206. 'The Dumbwaiter Defense," by James C. Goodale, 02/18.2020, Columbia Journalism Review

205. "Will alleged CIA misbehavior set Julian Assange free?" by James C. Goodale, 01/13/2020, The Hill

204. " Is Assange Entitled to Full First Amendment Protection," by James C. Goodale, 11/6/19, MLRC

203. "Pentagon Papers Lawyer: The Indictment of Assange is a Snare and a Delusion," by James C. Goodale, 4/12/19, The Hill

202. "More Than Just A Data Dump," by James C. Goodale, April, 2019, Harper's

201. "Spielberg's 'The Post': Good Movie, Bad History," by James Goodale, 12/22/17, The Daily Beast

200. "Quest Recommends The Mother Court by James D. Zirin" - 6/16/14 - QUEST Magazine

199. "To reform the NSA, fire officials who lie" - 9/25/13 - The Guardian

198. "Pentagon Papers' James C. Goodale: The Outrageous NSA Opinion" - 9/19/13 - The Daily Beast

197. "A Bad Precedent Already" - 7/31/2013 - Room for Debate, The New York Times

196. Pentagon Paper's Lawyer: It's Time for Eric Holder to Resign - 5/30/13 - The Daily Beast

195. Is Obama Worse For Press Freedom Than Nixon? - 5/14/13 - The Daily Beast

194.    We Should Support Julian Assange  - 12/20/11 - The Wall Street Journal, Letters to the Editor, in response to Floyd Abrams' op-ed in the WSJ 12/8/11 (attached). Also Floyd Abrams response to James Goodale' letter, Dec 24, 2011 (attached)

193. WikiLeaks: Pentagon Papers Injustice Deja Vu - 6/12/11 - The Daily Beast (dailybeast.com)

192. Crovitz and Schoenfeld Are Wrong on The Espionage Act - Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal, 5/6/11 and Goodale's response to Gordon Crovitz & Gabriel Schoenfeld

191. What Code-Breaking Scoop? - 4/17/11 - NYT Magazine (Letter to Editor)
         Did The Chicago Tribune and WikiLeaks Break the Same Law? - 4/19/11 The Letter with Extension of the Letter

190. Blame The Defense Department For WikiLeaks - 3/18/11 - Thedailybeast.com

189.  Is Assange On His Way To The U.S.? - 3/8/11 - NY Law Journal

188. How Can The State Department Stop The Next WikiLeaks? - 12/1/10 - Thedailybeast.com

187. Judge Posner, Patrick Fitzgerald Lose Twice In A Row? - 4/2/10 - NY Law Journal

186. Can We Blame The Net? - 2/5/10 - NY Law Journal

185. Is The Shield Law Compromise Worth It? - 12/4/09 - NY Law Journal

184. Can You Say Anything You Want On The Net? - 10/2/09 - NY Law Journal

183. Obama Uses Law As A Fig Leaf? - 6/5/09 - NY Law Journal

182. What's Fair is Fair. But What Is Fair? - 4/3/09 - NY Law Journal

181. Cyber-Bullying: First Amendment Community Holds Its Breadth - 2/6/09 - NY Law Journal

180. Say It Ain't So Senator - 12/5/08 - NY Law Journal

179. Could Have And Should Have Murdoch Bought Newsday? - 6/6/08 - NY Law Journal

178. Is It Possible To Drive Someone To Suicide On The Net? - 4/4/08 - NY Law Journal

177. Why Didn't The Iranians Encrypt? - 2/1/08 - NY Law Journal

176. Yale Law School Students May Be Out of Luck - 12/7/07 - NY Law Journal

175. But Only Judy Miller Went To Jail . . . . - 10/5/07 - NY Law Journal

174.  Can Judges Judge Judges - 6/1/07 - NY Law Journal

173. Was Judith Miller's Trip To Jail Necessary? - 4/6/07 - NY Law Journal

172. Who Is Going To Be Left To Stand Up And Fight? - 2/2/07 - NY Law Journal

171. Big Media Gets Help From An Unexpected Source - 12/1/06 - NY Law Journal

170. Will A Victory For Bush Hold Up? - 10/6/06 - NY Law Journal

169. Bush's War Against The Press - 5/30/06 - NY Law Journal

168. Did Cheney Let Libby Off The Hook? - 4/7/06 - NY Law Journal

167. Will Bush Pursue The Press For The NSA And The CIA Leaks? - 2/3/06 - NY Law Journal

166. There's Not Much There There - 12/2/05 - NY Law Journal

165. Are All Reporters Going To Jail? - 10/7/05 - NY Law Journal

164. Destroying That Delicate Balance - 7/29/05 - NY Law Journal

163. N ewsweek And CBS Go t It Ba sically Right - 6/3/04 - NY Law Journal

162. The Flawed Report On Dan Rather (with letters to the Editor) - 4/7/05 - The New York Review of Books

161. Will Judith Miller Go To Jail? - 4/1/05 - NY Law Journal

160. Is The Report On Dan Rather Flawed? - 2/4/05 - NY Law Journal

159. Why Reporters Go To Jail - 12/03/04 - NY Law Journal

158. Kobe Bryant's First Amendment Legacy - 10/1/04 - NY Law Journal

157. The Strange Case of Justice Breyer - 8/6/04 - NY Law Journal

156. More Bad Legal Advice For Donald Rumsfeld? - 6/4/04 - NY Law Journal

155. Did Janet Jackson Have A Right To Do It? - 4/2/04 - NY Law Journal

154. A Case From Nowhere - 2/6/04 - NY Law Journal

153. Can 50 Million Americans Be Wrong? - 12/5/03 - NY Law Journal

152. Who Got It Right - The BBC Or Tony Blair? - 10/3/03 - NY Law Journal

151. The Internet Loses At The Supreme Court - 8/1/03 - NY Law Journal

150. Don't Blame Michael Powell - 6/6/03 - NY Law Journal

149. The Right Forum For Richard Perle - 4/4/03 - NY Law Journal

148. Washinton Post Reporter Wins Big At The Hague - 2/7/03 - NY Law Journal

147. It Can't Happen Here - But It Did - 12/6/02 - NY Law Journal

146. Does Freedom Die Behind Closed Doors? - 10/4/02 - NY Law Journal

145. Can You Be Jailed For Posting Private Information On The Internet? - 8/2/02 - NY Law Journal

144. Why Vanessa Legget Went To Jail - 6/7/02 - NY Law Journal

143. Should The Press Assist The War Against Terrorism? - 4/5/02 - NY Law Journal

142. Is It O.K. To Publish Codes That Terrorists And Hackers Can Use? - 2/1/02 - NY Law Journal

141. When Condoleezza Rice Barks, Should The Press Jump? - 12/07/01 - NY Law Journal

140. Could The WTC Attack Have Happened Without The Internet? - 10/5/01 - NY Law Journal

139. ‘Bartnicki’: Publish News That’s Private But True? - 8/3/01 - NY Law Journal

138. Planned Parenthood And ACLU Lose Bid To Silence Media - 4/6/01 - NY Law Journal

137. FTC Wins, First Amendment Loses - 2//2/01 - NY Law Journal

136. Can You Go To Jail For Telling The Truth - 12/1/2000 - NY Law Journal

135. Knocking Web Sites – In Part – Off The Air - 10/6/00 - NY Law Journal

134. The Hottest Potato Of The Digital Age - 8/4/00 - NY Law Journal

133. Playboy Escapes From Breyer's Patch - 6/2/00 - NY Law Journal

132. Will The First Amendment Save Silicon Alley? - 4/07/00 - NY Law Journal

131. AOL And TimeWarner - The World Has Forever Changed - 02/04/00 - NY Law Journal

130. Shooting The Messenger Isn’t So Easy - 12/03/99 - NY Law Journal

129. A Sigh Of Relief - 10/1/99 - NY Law Journal

128. I Want My AOL - 8/6/99 - NY Law Journal

127. Blame The Web? - 6/4/99 - NY Law Journal

126. Can Planned Parenthood Silence A Pro Life Web Site? - 4/2/99 - NY Law Journal

125. China’s Great Internet Trial - 2/5/99 - NY Law Journal

124. Ride Along Into The Sunset - 12/15/98 - NY Law Journal

123. SLAPP And Black Hole Of Internet - Fall 1998 - Nieman Report pp. 16-17

122. Wrong Turn - 10/2/98 - NY Law Journal

121. Why Did The `Enquirer’ Pay $10 Million? - 8/7/98 - NY Law Journal

120. Is The Law An Ass? - 6/5/98 - NY Law Journal

119. On-Line But Off-The-Wall?- 4/3/98 - NY Law Journal

118. Is Cyberspace Burning? - 2/6/98 - NY Law Journal

117. Special Prosecutor Scalps The Media - 12/5/97 - NY Law Journal

116. Why Jail This Reporter? - 10/3/97- NY Law Journal

115. Greater Legal Restrictions On The Paparazzi? - By James C. Goodale and Jeremy Feigelson - 9/22/97 - NY Law Journal

114. How Far Does Reno Go? - 8/1/97 - NY Law Journal

113. Has The Press Lost Its Nerve? - Summer 1997 - Nieman Report pp.18-19

112. Big Surprises In The Internet Ruling - 7/2/97 - Outside Counsel column NY Law Journal

111. Rupert Murdoch And Cable TV’s First Amendment Rights - 4/4/97 - NY Law Journal

110. Killing The Messenger - 2/7/97 - NY Law Journal

109A The First Amendment And Freedom of the Press - 2/97- USIS – Issues of Democracy

109. No Surprise In The City’s Cable Loss - 12/6/96 - NY Law Journal

108. The First Amendment War In Cyberspace - 10/10/96 - NY Law Journal

107. Cameras, The Courts And The Missing ‘Simpson’ Backlash - 8/2/96 - NY Law Journal

106. Caught In Breyer’s Patch - 7/23/96 - Outside Counsel column NY Law Journal

105. Pivotal Internet Decision Voids Statute Restricting “Indecent” Speech - 6/24/96 - Written with Albert L. Wells Outside Counsel column NY Law Journal

104. A Shield For The Press: The Exorcism Of Bruce Cutler - 6/7/96 - NY Law Journal

103. To V Or Not To V - 4/5/96 - NY Law Journal

102. The Supreme Court Tunes In On Indecent Speech - 2/2/96 - NY Law Journal

101. CBS Must Clear The Air - 12/6/95 - New York Times OP-ED

100. ‘60 Minutes’ v. CBS And Vice Versa - 12/1/95 - NY Law Journal

99. Robin Byrd, Al Goldstein: First Amendment Champions? - 10/6/95 - NY Law Journal

98. The V-Chip, The V.P. And The President - 8/4/95 - NY Law Journal

97. The Efforts To Curb Foreign Ownership Of Broadcast Interests - 6/5/95 - NY Law Journal

96. Do Telephone Companies Really Have The Right to Speak? - 2/3/95 - NY Law Journal

95. Newt Gingrich - 12/2/94 - NY Law Journal

94. Is Robert Redford’s ‘Quiz Show’ a Hoax Upon a Hoax? - 10/7/94 - NY Law Journal

93. A Supreme Court Loss For Cable Operators and Programmers - 8/5/94 - NY Law Journal

92. The Defamation Suit and the President - 6/3/94 - NY Law Journal

91A Does the Press Belong in Courtrooms? - 4/7/94 - The Litchfield County Times

91. Tonya Harding, Press Disruption and the Plea Bargain - 4/1/94 - NY Law Journal

90. Cutler’s Case - 2/4/94 - NY Law Journal

89. Bruce Cutler’s Surprising Victory Over the Press - 12/3/93 - NY Law Journal

88. The FCC as Player in the Media Game - 10/1/93 - NY Law Journal

87. The Goat Cheese War - 06/02/93 - NY Law Journal

86. D.C. Circuit Court Sticks It to Cable - 05/10/93 - Ntl. Law Journal

85. The Inside Edition of 'GM v. NBC - 04/02/93 - NY Law Journal

84. New Graham Bio: A Tall Tale Told by Terminated Execs - 03/15/93 - New York Observer

83. The Libel Suit That Never Was (GM v. NBC) - 03/08/93 - Ntl Law Journal

82. Hell Hath No Fury - 02/05/93 - NY Law Journal

81. Harassing the Press - 02/24/92 - NY Law Journal

80. A Sigh of Relief? - 06/28/91 - NY Law Journal

79. How About the Tribune Co.’s First Amendment Rights? - 12/17/90 - NY Observer

78. ‘Milkovich:’ A Modest Loss for the Press - 06/27/90 - NY Law Journal

77. On the Politics of the Flag Case - 05/14/90 - NY Law Journal

76. Court of Appeals Seen Carving Out Own Jurisprudence on Free Press - 04/06/88 - NY Law Journal

75. Must Carry Rules Struck Down Again - 01/ 88 - Cable TV & News

74. Press Wins Big Victory - 09/28/87 - NY Law Journal

73. Bid to Codify Fairness Doctrine is Stalled - July 87 - Cable TV & News

72. Back To The Drawing Board For New York's Shield Law - 07/27/87 - Ntl Law Journal

71. Is the Fairness Doctrine a Hot Potato for the FCC? - 10/ 86 - Cable TV & News

70. Will Chief Justice Burger be Dubbed a Creative 1st Amendment Jurist? - 08/25/86 - Ntl Law Journal

69. Cable — ‘Construction’ or ‘Speech’? Only the Court Knows - 05/12/86 - NY Law Journal

68. Spaced Out - 02/21/86 - NY Law Journal

67. Media Marketplace - Cashing in on Policies of the FCC? - 01/13/86 - NY Law Journal

66. 5 Damages in Tort Actions - 1985 - Ch. 45

65. Private Defamation and the Supreme Court - 12/13/85 - NY Law Journal

64. Big Media and the Courts - 08/12/85 - 9/12/85 - NY Law Journal

63. D.C. Circuit Voids ‘Must-Carry’ Rules - 08/ 85 - Cable TV & News

62. Is The New Cable Law A Disappearing Act? - 05/10/85 - NY Law Journal

61. 9th Circuit Case May Have Impact on Constitutionality of Cable Act - 03/25/85 - Ntl Law Journal

60. End to Fairness at the FTC? Repeal Would Cause Tilt in Congress - 02/08/85 - NY Law Journal

59. Deregulation of Int’l Satellite Communications: Will Star Wars Erupt? - 01/11/85 - NY Law Journal

58. The New Cable-TV Act; Price Of Compromise - 11/09/84 - NY Law Journal

57. D.C. Decisions Endanger DBS - 10/12/84 - NY Law Journal

56. Summer Storm; Rain on the FCC’s Regulatory Parade - 09/14/84 - NY Law Journal

55. Ruling Stuns Cable Industry; Effect of Decision in ‘Capital Cities’ - 07/13/84 - NY Law Journal

54. Berkshire Cablevision; Blockbuster or Fizzle? - 06/15/84 - NY Law Journal

53. The SEC v. the 1^st Amendment — Is This Skirmish Necessary? - 06/11/84 - Ntl Law Journal

52. A New Look - 05/11/84 - NY Law Journal

51. Litchfield County and the Olympics - 02/24/84 - Litchfield County Times

50. Centuries of Libel Law Erased by Times - Sullivan - 01/30/84 - NY Law Journal

49. Public Resentment Reflected in Big Libel Verdicts Against Press - 11/10/83 -Kansas City Times

48. Bose Before the Supreme Court: Turning the Tables in Libel Cases? - 11/14/83 -Ntl Law Journal

47. Francis T.P. Plimpton - A Colleague’s Reflection - 08/04/83 - NY Law Journal

46. The Tavoulareas Jury Verdict Provides a Chilling Lesson for the Press - Summer 83 - Communications Lawyer

45. First Amendment and Securities Act: A Collision Course? - 04/08/83-NY Law Journal

44. First Amendment Rights - 12/10/82 - NY Law Journal

43. New York Lags on Televising Trials - 09/07/82 - NY Law Journal

42. Is the Public ‘Getting Even’ with Press in Libel Cases? - 08/11/82 - NY Law Journal

41. Supreme Court Ruling to Affect Access Cases in N.Y. Court of Appeals - 08/06/82 - NY Law Journal

40. Globe Newspapers Case Expands Media Right of Access to Trials - 07/19/82 - Ntl Law Journal

39. Press must reconsider ‘voluntary’ guidelines in wake of Swedberg - June ‘82 -Presstime

38. Congress and Revolution in Communication - 06/02/82 - NY Law Journal

37. Will They Classify Even the Alphabet? - 04/11/82-New York Times

36. Did Lawyers, Judges Play a Cruel Trick on the Press? - 02/22/82-Ntl Law Journal

35. AT&T and IBM: Do U.S. Actions Compute? Effect of AT&T on Publishers - 01/14/82 - NY Law Journal

34. The Burnett Award - 04/09/81 - New York Times

33. Big Picture Before the 2d Circuit: Whether to Deregulate Cable TV - 12/08/80-Ntl Law Journal

32. Gannett Is Burned by Richmond’s First Amendment ‘Sunshine Act’ - 09/29/80 -Ntl Law Journal

31. The Tree-Part Open Door Test in Richmond Newspapers Case - 09/22/80 - Ntl Law Journal

30. Mr. Ford and The Nation: A Test of ‘Fair Use’ & The First Amendment - 10/16/80-Ntl Law Journal

29. Stranger Than Fiction: The Novel That Gave Rise to Libel Damages - 05/05/80-Ntl Law Journal

28. The 1970s: Review Shows Reasons for ‘Over- reaction’ by the Press - 02/04/80 -Ntl Law Journal

27. Country Ready to Accept Electronic Access to Courts - 11/12/79 - Ntl Law Journal

26. Farber Reconsidered: Reporters Have Rights Too - 11/03/79 - The Nation 10/15/79 - Ntl Law Journal

25. Gannet Means What it Says: But Who Knows What it Says? - 10/15/79 - Ntl Law Journal

24. Gannett: Loopholes May Send Case way of Court’s Other Aberrations - 08/13/79 - Ntl Law Journal

23. Tit-for-Tat Court Rulings May Be Unworthy of Justices’ Attention - 07/16/79 - Ntl Law Journal

22. Massachusetts Court Grapples With Criminal Suspects’ Right of Privacy - 06/18/79 - Ntl Law Journal

21. ‘Lando’ and the Press - 04/26/79 - NY Law Journal

20. Unique Theory in H-Bomb Lawsuit: Certain Information is ‘Born Classified’- 04/02/79 - Ntl Law Journal

19. ‘Born Classified’ — The ‘Progressive’ Magazine Case - 03/23/79 - NY Law Journal

18. The Farber Case Revisited: What Exactly was the Holding? - 03/05/79 - Ntl Law Journal

17. Public or Private Figures - 01/25/79 - NY Law Journal

16. Courts Begin Limiting Scope of Various State Shield Laws - 12/11/78 - Ntl Law Journal

15. Litigation Involving Reporter’s Privilege - 10/16/78 - NY Law Journal

14. No Free Access to Jails, Prisoners - 08/24/78 - NY Law Journal

13. ‘Stanford Daily’ Case - 06/30/78 - NY Law Journal

12. Chief Justice Burger And the Press - 05/25/78 - NY Law Journal

11. Copying, Copyright And Videotaping - 04/27/78 - NY Law Journal

10. Le Mistral v. CBS - 03/23/78 - NY Law Journal

9. Forced Union Membership, The First Amendment And Buckley Evans Case - 02/23/78 - NY Law Journal

8. Fair Trial-Free Press - New Deluge of Cases - 01/26/78 - NY Law Journal

7. CBS Again Wins Editorial Protection - 12/07/77 - NY Law Journal

6. Son of S. 1 - 10/17/77 - NY Law Journal

5. The Rinaldi Case - 09/28/77 - NY Law Journal

4. Right of Privacy ‘Commercialization’ - 07/28/77 - NY Law Journal

3. Neutral Reportage - 06/ /77 - NY Law Journal

2. A Landmark Case - 05/26/77 - NY Law Journal

1. Gag Orders - 04/28/77 - NY Law Journal

0. Of News Reporters To Compel Disclosure Of Confidential Information: An Analysis Of Recent Legal Developments - February 1974 - Los Angeles Bar Bulletin

Law Review Articles

1. “Branzburg v. Hayes and the Developing Qualified Privilege for Newsmen,” 26 Hastings Law Journal 709, 1975

2. “Legal Pitfalls in the Right to Know,” 29 Washington University Law Quarterly, 1977 “Senate Bill No. 1 and the Freedom of Information Act: Do They Conflict?” 28 Administrative Law Review 347, 1976

3. “The Press Ungagged: The Practical Effect on Gag Order Litigation of Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart,” Stanford Law Review, Vol 29, Feb. 1077, No. 23

4. “Open Justice: The Threat of Gannett,” Communications and the Law, 3, 1979