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Dec 27, 2012

D.C. Police Investigating "Meet the Press"

UPDATE: District of Columbia Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan has announced that there will be no prosecution in this case.

District of Columbia police have announced that they are investigating David Gregory's display of a 30-bullet gun magazine during an interview with National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre. The interview was on "Meet the Press," which is broadcast from NBC's Washington, D.C. studios.

Dec 13, 2012

Chicago Area Courts Ban Devices, For Some

(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
 Criminal courthouses in Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and environs) will ban the public from bringing in electronic devices as of Jan. 15, under an order issued by Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans in mid-December. See Gen’l Admin. Order 2012-8 (Ill. Cir. Ct., Cook Cnty. Dec. 11, 2012) (press release).