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Courts have not settled on a single, clear rationale or test to determine journalists (and the publics) right of access to quasi-public spacesgovernment land, military sites, polling places, and the like. In recent years, however, several circuit courts of appeal have relied on a two-prong test the Supreme Court developed to decide cases involving access to courtrooms. Explain the test and the outcomes it has produced to discuss whether the courts appear to be increasing or decreasing the right of public access to these quasi-public spaces.