ACLU sees rights at risk under new court recording rules

A crowd watches proceedings inside the Vermont Supreme Court early this year. New rules would prohibit most members of the public from taking or transmitting pictures and video inside Vermont courtrooms. File pool photo by Stefan Hard/The Times ArgusCivil liberties advocates are pushing back against proposed rules on digital recording in Vermont courts.
The rules as drafted threaten the rights of the public and the media alike, while “ignoring the realities of modern journalism and storyte