Reed v. Bernard: Third Circuit Finds No First Amendment Right to Verbatim Record of Judicial Proceedings
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By Zachary Sorenson — Edited by Sibo Wang
Posted on October 20, 2020
Reed v. Bernard, No. 20-1632 (3d Cir. Sep. 29, 2020) The First Amendment right of access to judicial proceedings does not require courts to release or allow creation of verbatim recordings of their hearings, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on September 29, 2020. Reversing an earlier district court decision, the Third Circuit held that journalists...
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