A controversial proposal that would have blocked the public and press from obtaining audio recordings of court proceedings has been sent back to the Maryland Judiciary’s Rules Committee in a victory for news media and advocacy groups that opposed the change. Maryland’s Supreme Court on Friday declined to put the emergency proposal in place or .
A federal judge has handed a victory to a group of journalists and advocates who argued that Maryland’s ban on broadcasting legally obtained recordings of court hearings violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett granted summary judgment in favor of the group late last week and ruled .