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Article: JUSTICE BREYER AND PRIOR RESTRAINT DISTRICT COURT SHOULD DROP THE BAN ON PUBLICATION.(Commentary/Editorial)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2004
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Although U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer declined Monday to lift the order by Colorado courts barring seven news organizations from reporting on the contents of transcripts they possess of closed hearings in the Kobe Bryant case, he did at least confirm that he recognized "the importance of the constitutional interests at issue." And he held out hope that "a brief delay will permit the state courts to clarify, perhaps avoid, the controversy at issue here."
Breyer is undoubtedly correct on that last point. There is a straightforward way for Eagle District Judge Terry Ruckriegle to "avoid the controversy": Release the transcripts in their entirety and ...