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.
Like hell
Agree, she got herself on the news all the time. So she is a public figure, public figure has no rights of privacy…..
Nancy Pelosi is NOT My President. And NOT even a viable lawmaker..,.
another example of the unintended consequences of politically appointed judges– the loss of freedom, the destruction of people’s rights
Take it to the Court Mr. Sessions.
B******t.
Shut up Pelosi
Is she for real? Her picture brings to mind chasing across the senate floor making a fool of herself… Cameras are everywhere.
That sounds like a self-incriminating statement…
Courts don’t make law.