With the advent of cellphones as a standard device carried by hundreds of millions daily, the ability of citizens to film police and politicians in public settings has increased accountability for those holding positions of public trust.
Unfortunately, a growing trend of judicial tyranny could curtail a person’s right to access their phone to suddenly film an event unfolding before them in a public setting.
First Amendment rights advocates argue that the right to film public events should never be abrogated, given the protections of the U.S. Constitution.
But with the judiciary having more statist judges in place, it’s become more challenging to protect these most basic rights.
In the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Missouri, a recent ruling has struck down the right to film public officials in a public setting. On the next page, learn how the dispute may have to head to the Supreme Court to get resolved.
bull$#%&!@*./ we will ../
Yeah right BS. Good luck with that Federal courts. rmn.
Has to be the$#%&!@*backwards state of never-never land
I guess the federal judges took the place of the Congress and making up their own constitution admenment.
Filming the politicians is good humor.
Bull $hit!
NOT WHAT SCROTUS SAID
What!??? Pelosi has to be a part of the swamp drainage!
That wont last long. Idiot!!!
Well this will go to the Supreme Court !