Alamance judges clarify that journalists won t be barred from court due to COVID-19 Carli Brosseau, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Dec. 19 A week after three news organizations asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to force Alamance County courts to let in journalists, the top local judges announced a new media access policy.
Reporters must request permission in advance to attend hearings, and up to five journalists will be allowed in, depending on the available space, D. Thomas Lambeth Jr., Judicial District 15A s senior resident superior court judge, and Bradley Reid Allen Sr., the chief district court judge, said in an order dated Dec. 18.
Feds hastily make religious carve-outs to regulations before Trump’s exit
By : Chris Johnson OF THE WASHINGTON BLADE, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LGBT MEDIA ASSOCIATION December 18, 2020
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With time running out for the Trump administration, federal agencies are hurriedly finalizing regulations granting leeway to religious institutions that are federal grantees and contractors, which critics say and internal emails the Washington Blade obtained exclusively through a FOIA lawsuit suggest blur the line between church and state and would enable anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
Two religious freedom rules that have gone into effect within the past two weeks in addition to an initial production of emails sought by the Blade obtained under the Freedom of Information Act confirms restructuring federal regulations to grant more leeway to religious institutions has been a central focus of the Trump administration t
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Michael Skakel arrives to a courthouse in Stamford, Ct., on Oct. 30, 2020. The Kennedy cousin is expected to be retried as a juvenile for the bludgeoning death of a fellow teenager in 1975. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
MANHATTAN (CN) Connecticut’s largest daily newspaper fought at the Second Circuit on Wednesday against a state rule that has barred access to high-profile juvenile trials like that of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel.
Except for victims and their family members, Connecticut law keeps confidential felony juvenile court cases that have been moved to adult court, which is otherwise accessible to the public.
The Hartford Courant argues that the rule undercuts public interest, securing an injunction from U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea that now Connecticut court officials seek to overturn.
The state asks a federal appeals court to uphold a new law requiring secret trials for teens charged with the most serious crimes courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.