Santa Clara Law Review Volume 16 | Number 3 Article 1 1-1-1976 A Constitutional Right of Access to Newspapers: Is There Life after Tornillo Michael Gary Chatzky William Eric Robinson Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Michael Gary Chatzky and William Eric Robinson, A Constitutional Right of Access to Newspapers: Is There Life after Tornillo, 16 Santa Clara L. Rev. 453 (1976). Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol16/iss3/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Santa Clara Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Santa Clara Law Review by an authorized administrator of Santa Clara Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF ACCESS TO NEWSPAPERS: IS THERE LIFE AFTER TORNILLO? Michael Gary Chatzky* and William Eric Robinson** INTRODUCTION A right of access to "public forums" for the holders of diverse viewpoints has been judicially granted with reference to privately-owned streets and sidewalks' and shopping cen- ters.2 In addition, the courts have acknowledged the import- ance of both the print and broadcast media as forums for speech.3 Those who favor a first amendment-based right of access frequently emphasize the necessity of having these for- ums available to the representatives of partisan ideas. For years, the Miami Herald has been the largest newspa- per published in Florida.4 In the fall of 1972, the Herald pub- lished two editorials critical of Pat L.