The draconian Illinois eavesdropping law that forbids citizens from recording cops in public without their consent “likely violates” the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled today.
But that doesn’t mean the law is abolished.
It just means that Illinois cops will not be allowed to make these absurd felony arrests. For now.
“This is not a final judgment,” said Mario Cerame, the law student who runs the Right to Record blog during a phone conversation earlier today.
“The trial court has not ruled.”
Now the case gets bounced back to Judge Suzanne Conlon, who had previously ruled that recording cops in public was not a First Amendment right, putting her at odds with the laws in the rest of the 49 states, which propelled the appeal in the first place.
But even the panel of three appellate federal judges couldn’t come to a unanimous decision with Judge Richard Posner dissenting from the other two, stating that he fails to see how recording cops in public should be protected by the First Amendment.
read full article here Federal Appellate Court: Illinois Wiretapping Law "Likely Violates" First Amendment | Pixiq
No comments:
Post a Comment