The appeal was heard by a three-judge panel, but one of the judges, Sonia Sotomayor, was elevated to the Supreme Court in August.

一开始一个由三名法官组成的专门小组审理了该案，但是其中一名法官，索尼亚.索托梅尔在八月份升任到了高级法庭。

The three-judge panel expressly rejected the defense's claim that the First Amendment "offers asylum ... merely because the transmittal was to a representative of the press."

三个法官组成的陪审团清楚地拒绝了辩方的辩词，声称第一修正案“提供庇护。。。仅仅因为这份传送仅仅是针对于报刊的一位代表.