Reily’s ramblings

Courtroom tweeting not a distraction

From law.com last week, I read a recent ruling that would ban reporters tweeting from the courtroom. In United States v. Shelnutt (M.D. Ga. Nov. 2), a federal court in Georgia ruled that Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure prohibits “tweeting” from the courtroom and that Rule 53 does not unconstitutionally restrict freedom [...]

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