On 18 July 2019, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Rochelle East ruled that a search warrant used to forcibly enter journalist Brian Carmody's home and seize his equipment while he sat handcuffed was invalid. The evidence taken during this event can not be used in court as there is a CA law protecting journalistic sources and the rights of journalists. Bottom line, the warrant should have never been issues as it violated this CA law. As we will see, this ruling not only involves the First Amendment but also the Fourth Amendment (right to search, seize, and arrest). - LATER DEVELOPMENT: The judges who issued the warrant stated that they had been given false information and would have denied the warrant had the truth been known. Still bad, but not so bad.

Answer the following: What is your response to the police action and the legal response described in the following stories? Should journalists enjoy total protection from revealing sources? Did Carmody have the right to leak the effort by police to smear the late Public Defender Jeff Adachi's reputation?Drawing on the past examples on free speech and the free press here in this section would be AWESOME!

Links to help form an opinion:

https://abc7news.com/journalist-has-victory-in-court-over-sf-police-in-adachi-death-investigation/5404833/

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-Public-Defender-Jeff-Adachi-died-accidental-13710124.php

https://www.rcfp.org/bryan-carmody-raid-analysis/