Posted on 02/15/2019 7:43:51 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Do we still have the Bill of Rights?
I think it is past due and there hasn’t been a payment made in years.
Thank you for your reply. If you recall where and when you saw the article and would let me know, it would be much appreciated. I’d really like to know the specifics.
It is a Project Veritas case.
Project Veritas Action Fund
Plantiff
v.
Daniel F Conley
Suffolk County Dist Atty
Massachusetts Law Prohibiting Secret Recording of Public Officials Deemed Unconstitutional
US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Rules in Veritas’ Favor
“[T]he Court holds that [Massachusetts law] may not constitutionally prohibit the secret audio recording of government officials…”
Filed on December 10, 2018, the United States District Court District of Massachusetts found, “the First Amendment protects the right to record audio and video of government officials,” deeming the law prohibiting secret recordings of government officials unconstitutional.
The unconstitutional law, enforceable in Massachusetts since 1968, allowed for a felony conviction for up to five years in prison, and a $10,000 for the secret recording of a public official.
Audio Recording is More Powerful Than Ordinary Reporting
The Court explained in the judgement that “audio and audiovisual recording are uniquely reliable and powerful methods of preserving and disseminating news and information about events that occur in public. Their self-authenticating character makes it highly unlikely that other methods could be considered reasonably adequate substitutes.”
The Court agreed in the judgment that secretly recording government officials is a “basic, vital, and well-established liberty safeguarded by the First Amendment.”
So...what about this other case then? And thanks for the post the summed it up very well.
Nothing in principle, but FR not simply meant to not inform but it is a forum, a place for an exchange of ideas and commenting and even debate thereof, and having to watch a video on a debatable issue - esp. one that is over an hour long - before being able to weigh in the merits of it militates against it. The author of such should be able to provide his main points in readable form.
The exceptions are when a vid is posted for entertainment or simply education vs. something quite debatable.
Sorry for the delay. Thanks for the information. I don’t know what to say about it. I am sure the definitive resolution will eventually be at the USSC level. Stay well.
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