The Supreme Court strictly forbids any video recording during their hearings. This is why Noah Kai Newkirk, a man who recorded Supreme Court actions and posted them on line, has served time in jail. Newkirk disagreed with a Supreme Court ruling from 2010 which exempted some interest groups and corporations from limits on campaign spending. He says he intended to protest and expose the "unprecedented amount of money" that corporations are allowed to spend. In addition to spending a night in jail, Newkirk has been banned from the Supreme Court grounds for a year. The Supreme Court building intends to tighten its security now that footage from a hearing has been posted online for the first time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/man-who-disrupted-supreme-court-gets-time-served/2014/04/15/2db2368c-c4bd-11e3-9ee7-02c1e10a03f0_story.html
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