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To: usconservative

Not “screw”......IMPEACH!!

This is purely a free speech issue, and obviously an unconstitutional ruling, certainly by Federal law, and likely by state law as well.


14 posted on 07/30/2015 8:41:01 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Newly fledged NRA Life Member (after many years as an "annual renewal" sort))
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To: Wonder Warthog

Actually, this is a legal issue as to whether the recordings were done legally or illegally. The content of such recording plays no part in whether the person doing the recording is following the law. Free speech is about what each individual says but when it comes to recording of someone else, then it must be determined whether or not the recording was done legally. Free speech is only partially applicable in this case. What is germane to the case is whether or not the recording was obtained through legal means. Illegal recordings even under the guise of free speech have shown time and time again to have penal consequences to the person doing the recordings, as in the case of Linda Tripp.

So the question is this, in the place of the recording - the restaurant and other locations in the video where those being recorded did not know they were being done so, what is the law on recording for both audio and visual. While some may contend the restaurant to be a public space, it is a private company and that also can be debated upon. The reason I say this is because there are different laws for recording in private and public spaces.


20 posted on 07/30/2015 8:57:57 AM PDT by zaxtres
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