The campus Paper publishes a three-part series, written by Ron Reporter, about the sale on campus of illegal CDs imported from factories in Southeast Asia. The stories report that illegal sales are part of a national market in illicit sale of cheap but high-quality CDs. Ron Reporter (RR) promised confidentiality to his unnamed sources. He wrote a number of notes, drafts and opinions in the course of preparing his series. Paula Prosecutor (PP), a federal district attorney, is contemplating running for governor. She has always portrayed herself as "Tough on Crime." She concludes that fighting illegal CD sales on campus will serve the public interest as well as serve her political ambitions. She decides to get RR's unpublished notes, story drafts, and opinions to help her prosecute the illegal sellers and buyers. At first she considers getting a subpoena, demanding RR to turn over the notes and drafts. Then PP realizes she might get more favorable publicity in her fight against crime and her run for the governor's mansion if she "raids" the newsroom. Besides, she rationalizes, if she tries to get the notes and drafts through a subpoena, those "kids" at the Paper "will probably destroy the notes because they are probably friends of the sellers and buyers." She concludes that her efforts to stop illegal CD sales will even help reduce the U.S. trade deficit by reducing illegal imports. PP gets a search warrant from her friend Judge Pliable. When PP shows up at the Paper to conduct the search, Edward Editor (EE) protests that PP is about to conduct an illegal search. EE proclaims, first, that the First Amendment prohibits newsroom searches and, second, that a law enforcement official violates the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 by searching for journalists' "work product materials" in a newsroom without adequate justification. The search proceeds.
A) Did PP violate the First Amendment when she conducted the search of a newsroom where journalists were not themselves criminal suspects?
B) Did PP violate the Privacy Protection Act?

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The Answer of The campus Paper publishes a three-part series, written by Ron Reporter, about the sale on campus of illegal CDs imported from factories in Southeast Asia. The stories report that illegal sales are part of a national market in illicit sale of cheap but high-quality CDs. Ron Reporter (RR) promised confidentiality to his unnamed sources. He wrote a number of notes, drafts and opinions in the course of preparing his series. Paula Prosecutor (PP), a federal district attorney, is contemplating running for governor. She has always portrayed herself as "Tough on Crime." She concludes that fighting illegal CD sales on campus will serve the public interest as well as serve her political ambitions. She decides to get RR's unpublished notes, story drafts, and opinions to help her prosecute the illegal sellers and buyers. At first she considers getting a subpoena, demanding RR to turn over the notes and drafts. Then PP realizes she might get more favorable publicity in her fight against crime and her run for the governor's mansion if she "raids" the newsroom. Besides, she rationalizes, if she tries to get the notes and drafts through a subpoena, those "kids" at the Paper "will probably destroy the notes because they are probably friends of the sellers and buyers." She concludes that her efforts to stop illegal CD sales will even help reduce the U.S. trade deficit by reducing illegal imports. PP gets a search warrant from her friend Judge Pliable. When PP shows up at the Paper to conduct the search, Edward Editor (EE) protests that PP is about to conduct an illegal search. EE proclaims, first, that the First Amendment prohibits newsroom searches and, second, that a law enforcement official violates the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 by searching for journalists' "work product materials" in a newsroom without adequate justification. The search proceeds.

The Campus Paper Publishes a Three-Part Series, Written by Ron