The first article addresses the problem of closed courts, a version of censorship, within the framework of a fair trial. The "Snepp" case is considered in the next article, as the U.S. Supreme Court attempted to balance supposed national security needs with the need for public truth. Freedom for secondary sources in an information bank is the theme of another article. Five articles consider restrictions on first amendment rights encompassed in obscenity laws. Two articles examine the context in which first amendment rights must be affirmed in modern American society, where access to communication media is limited by property rights and economic power. Other articles pertain to children's rights under the first amendment, the cost of prior restraint, the relation between State press law and State demographics, open meetings in higher education, a comparison of the Warren and Burger Courts, the right to know, and government lawyers and the press. Article footnotes. For individual articles, see NCJ 125024-29.