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23 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 615 (2002-2003)
North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft, 308 F.3d 198 (3d Cir. 2002): A Case Note

handle is hein.journals/niulr23 and id is 625 raw text is: North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft, 308 F.3d 198 (3d Cir. 2002): A Case Note INTRODUCTION After the unprecedented terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the government responded with a vast effort aimed at investigation and prevention, which continues to this day. As part of that response, several hundred resident aliens were rounded up for alleged immigration violations and detained, pending removal hearings.' This case note will consider the opinion in North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft,2 which concerns the question of whether the government may issue a blanket closure order for those deportation hearings and bar the public and press from attending. Part I of this note will give a brief history of the precedents in the areas of law implicated by North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft. Part II will detail the facts of the case. Part III will discuss the analysis of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in its decision. Part IV will briefly address the decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a companion case, Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft,3 which has created a circuit split. Part V will analyze the Third Circuit's decision in North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft and Part VI will discuss the practical implications of the holding in this case. I. HISTORY This case actually raises issues in two substantive areas of law: immigration law and First Amendment constitutional law. It is necessary, therefore, to give a brief sketch of the applicable precedents and history in both areas of law that are implicated in this case. 1. See Molly McDonogh, Circuits Split on Deportation Hearings, A.B.A. J. e-Rep. 18 (Oct. I1, 2002) at http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/octlldeporthtml (on file with Northern Illinois University Law Review). 2. N. Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft, 308 F.3d 198 (3d Cir. 2002). 3. 303 F.3d 681 (6th Cir. 2002).

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