Sunset Boulevard's Desmond
This evening, I have a short article up at Metro Weekly on today’s Supreme Court action, “Not Ready for a Close-Up“:
The U.S. Supreme Court put an end late this afternoon to any question over whether the Proposition 8 federal court trial – already three days under way – would be broadcast to other courtrooms across the country, let alone to the general public more widely via YouTube. The answer, in an unsigned opinion representing only the slimmest majority of the Court, was ”No.”
In the 5-4 ruling, the Court kept in place the broadcast prohibition it had begun on Monday in a ruling that is almost certain to last beyond the conclusion of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial in San Francisco. In doing so, it also took a swipe at the judge overseeing the trial, holding that he ”attempted to revise [the court] rules in haste” to allow the broadcast and ”ignore[d]” federal law in doing so.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found