Comments on: Cameras Banned from Keene Courthouse? http://freekeene.com/2008/10/23/cameras-banned-from-keene-courthouse/ Peaceful Evolution Mon, 21 May 2012 08:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vesuvius http://freekeene.com/2008/10/23/cameras-banned-from-keene-courthouse/comment-page-1/#comment-76354 Vesuvius Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:22:49 +0000 http://freekeene.com/?p=732#comment-76354 He's not targeting Ian it seems, but rather the group of now familiar faces that don't recognize his authority. They are like a bunch of little children making up new rules for tag and throwing a tantrum when someone doesn't "play by the rules." Press them on the issue and don't back down. He's not targeting Ian it seems, but rather the group of now familiar faces that don't recognize his authority. They are like a bunch of little children making up new rules for tag and throwing a tantrum when someone doesn't "play by the rules." Press them on the issue and don't back down.

]]> By: Mike http://freekeene.com/2008/10/23/cameras-banned-from-keene-courthouse/comment-page-1/#comment-76346 Mike Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:57:56 +0000 http://freekeene.com/?p=732#comment-76346 Wow! One way to proceed might be to ask to see the rule. Actually, a "rule" in a courthouse is baloney; ask to see the law or statute or whatever legal prohibition on cameras in the courthouse they claim exists. Then, you could continue by refuting the validity of restricting cameras - e.g., the public, the media - from recording public trials. Another angle would be to point out that if cameras in the courtroom are indeed illegal, the judge himself has disobeyed the law by allowing them in the past (and, of course, there is video evidence of this :) ). I'm also curious what's wrong with "a group of people trying to make an issue out of 'having a right to film in the court.'" Is the judge saying that people who make an issue of keeping their rights is a bad thing? Does he think that all people who make an issue about their constitutionally guaranteed rights are abusing those rights? Does the judge think that he needs to revoke all rights of all people who exercise their rights? Or is the judge merely targeting Ian? Wow! One way to proceed might be to ask to see the rule. Actually, a "rule" in a courthouse is baloney; ask to see the law or statute or whatever legal prohibition on cameras in the courthouse they claim exists. Then, you could continue by refuting the validity of restricting cameras – e.g., the public, the media – from recording public trials.

Another angle would be to point out that if cameras in the courtroom are indeed illegal, the judge himself has disobeyed the law by allowing them in the past (and, of course, there is video evidence of this :) ).

I'm also curious what's wrong with "a group of people trying to make an issue out of 'having a right to film in the court.'" Is the judge saying that people who make an issue of keeping their rights is a bad thing? Does he think that all people who make an issue about their constitutionally guaranteed rights are abusing those rights? Does the judge think that he needs to revoke all rights of all people who exercise their rights? Or is the judge merely targeting Ian?

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