The War On News

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Glossary

Public forum doctrine

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 2 sources.

A body of First Amendment law classifying government property by how much the government may restrict speech there, ranging from traditional public forums with the strongest protection to nonpublic forums such as the Oval Office, where the government has broad discretion over access.

Sources

  1. Associated Press v. Budowich archived copyWikipedia. Source record
  2. Public forum doctrine archived copyCornell Law School, Legal Information Institute. Source record