Sigma Delta Chi v. Speaker, Maryland House of Delegates

Levine, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.,

This appeal rises out of an action brought against the President of the Maryland Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, for a prohibitory injunction enjoining them from preventing attendance at the sessions of their respective houses by news reporters in the possession of tape-recording devices. We are called upon to decide the constitutionality of certain legislative rules dealing with “order and decorum” in both chambers. 1

Appellants, other than Sigma Delta Chi, a national journalism fraternity, allege that they are engaged in…