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The Trump criminal court proceedings must be televised |
"The once unthinkable has now happened: A former president of the United States was indicted on criminal charges in New York City," writes Dan Shelley. "Now, it's time for another once unthinkable development: The Trump criminal court proceedings must be televised." |
The laws about whether cameras are allowed in the courtroom differ by jurisdiction, says Shelley, president and CEO of the Radio Television Digital News Association. But we need more than sketch artist depictions and verbal descriptions of what happened in highly consequential cases like this one. The people, he argues, "need to hear directly from the judge, prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses. They need to see the evidence shown to the jury. They need to see and hear the verdict rendered at the same moment it is delivered." And not just in the New York trial but in any court proceedings in which Trump is charged with crimes, including any that stem from the investigation into Trump's role in the Jan. 6 riots and into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. "The American people must be granted unfiltered courtroom access" to see live the court proceedings in what might be the most important investigation the country has even seen. Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. | Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, April 7. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Keith Naughton, political consultant |
Trump's claimed status as a "winner" is a mirage. Whether his own polling, endorsements or accomplishments as president, Trump's record is getting worse by the day. It's not just losing reelection or losing every single federal court challenge (even before judges he appointed) or failing to legislate hardly any policy — the problem is that Trump is inflicting his ways on the Republican Party at large. |
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By Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor Emeritus at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
Alone among American courts, the Supreme Court has stubbornly refused to adopt a Code of Conduct. The justices' own ethical standards have never been fully articulated, and the public must guess about the Court's grudging compliance with rules set by others. |
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By Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at The George Washington University |
If there is an Ed Wood school of prosecution, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could prove to be its most apt pupil. Indicting Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Bragg left out a small detail: The underlying felony Trump allegedly sought to conceal over and over. That, apparently, is left to the suspension of disbelief. |
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By Jeffrey M. McCall, media critic and professor of communication at DePauw University |
News consumers must wonder how many polls, surveys and studies it takes for the journalism industry to get the message that it is failing the nation's citizens. A most disturbing study released recently by the Knight Foundation found that half of Americans now believe journalists actually intend to mislead or misinform the citizenry. Alarm bells should be going off in newsrooms around the country. |
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