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To: alexander_busek

Nor should there be?? Seems to me that freedom of speech is extremely important in a court of law.


19 posted on 03/10/2023 11:27:34 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Nor should there be?? Seems to me that freedom of speech is extremely important in a court of law.

A court of law is most decidedly not a "democracy."

Presiding judges are completely entitled to restrict someone's speech (e.g., to cut off a witness if he begins rambling) and to impose penalties if anyone disturbs the court's "decorum."

This includes enforcing, e.g., a "dress code."

None of these restrictions would be allowed in normal civil life - but in a courtroom...

Perhaps one of our "legal eagles" here could take a stance on this issue.

Regards,

22 posted on 03/11/2023 1:08:19 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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