Rigby5
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- Apr 23, 2017
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Gag orders are common in court
You are not allowed to discuss the case outside of court
Not true.
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A gag order is an order prohibiting the parties, their attorneys, witnesses, media, or others from talking about the case outside the court room. Such “prior restraints” on speech directly invoke the First Amendment and are presumed unconstitutional12. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, expression, press, and the freedom to assemble, and is what allows protests in the street and various religions to coexist in America. More commonly, people recognize the First Amendment as the freedom of speech.
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All court cases MUST be discussed outside the court, and it would be illegal to try to prevent is unless it directly harms someone, like a minor or national security.
The whole idea any government could ever arbitrarily do something like impose a gag order, that is NOT necessary to defend the rights of some individual, is totally completely authoritarian and illegal in a republic.
In a republic, the ONLY source of legal authority comes from the defense of the rights of some individual.
The ONLY people restricted from discussing a court case, is the jury.