By Nate Raymond
2026年3月23日 13:44 UTC（更新于1小时前）
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- 摘要
- 案件涉及拉雷多市记者普里西拉·比利亚雷亚尔
- 她被指控犯有重罪滥用信息罪
- 知名新闻机构在案件中支持比利亚雷亚尔
3月23日（路透社）- 美国最高法院周一拒绝受理一名在线公民记者的请求，该记者试图恢复其诉讼，指控得州拉雷多市当局在她向警方索要并获取案件非公开信息后对其进行不当逮捕。
大法官们驳回了普里西拉·比利亚雷亚尔对下级法院裁决的上诉。下级法院裁定，她指控的报复行为的警察和检察官受一项名为”合格豁免权”的法律原则保护，因宪法第一修正案保障的言论自由权利被侵犯而无法被起诉。
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大法官们的这一决定维持了下级法院的裁决。
合格豁免权是一种法律辩护，可保护政府官员在针对其行为的诉讼中免受责任追究。比利亚雷亚尔曾请求最高法院裁定，当公职人员以明显违反第一修正案的方式使用州法律时，合格豁免权不适用于他们，她声称警方逮捕她时正是如此。
自由派大法官索尼娅·索托马约尔对最高法院不受理比利亚雷亚尔上诉的决定提出异议，打开新标签。索托马约尔写道，最高法院驳回上诉的做法…
US Supreme Court turns away online Texas journalist’s case over arrest
By Nate Raymond
March 23, 2026 1:44 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Case involves Laredo journalist Priscilla Villarreal
- She was charged with felony misuse of information
- Prominent news organizations support Villarreal in case
March 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by an online citizen journalist to revive her lawsuit accusing authorities in the Texas city of Laredo of wrongful arrest after she asked for and obtained from police nonpublic information about cases.
The justices turned away Priscilla Villarreal’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that the police officers and prosecutors she accused of retaliation were protected by a legal doctrine called qualified immunity and could not be sued for violating her free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
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In doing so, the justices left the lower court’s ruling in place.
Qualified immunity is a legal defense that can shield government officials from liability in lawsuits over their actions. Villarreal had asked the Supreme Court to conclude that qualified immunity is unavailable to public officials who use a state statute in a way that clearly violates the First Amendment, as she contends it was when police arrested her.
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, opens new tab from the court’s decision not to hear Villarreal’s appeal. Sotomayor wrote that by turning away the appeal, the Supreme Court
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