Yes, Trump Has a Right to Cameras in Court

Check out this Article from AmericanThinker By James V. DeLong

Andrea Widburg reported recently that John Lauro, a lawyer defending Trump against the Jack Smith witch hunt, will request that cameras be allowed in the courtroom during the trial.

As Widburg notes, this argument looks like a long shot, because the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure specifically forbid cameras. Rule 53 says: "Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom."

But not so fast, because the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution says: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed." In addition, the First Amendment is implicated, because the public has a right to hear information, and media and other interested parties have a right to obtain and communicate it.