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A 20 page review of some of the most critical decisions in case law. Presented as an address to ten specific questions, this paper details the various considerations revolving around the protection of First, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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on using this paper properly! QUESTION 1. The Sixth Amendment references a "public
trial". This reference has been cited in a considerable volume of case law. The Supreme Courts utilization of the reference to "public trial", however, is not the same
in some of this case law. The Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart and Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia et. al. cases are two particularly ready examples of this contention.
The governmental guarantee of a public trial has roots in English common law. That guarantee first appeared in our laws
in 1776 in the form of a reference in a state constitution. In 1791 this reference was included in federal law in the form of the Sixth Amendment.
Most individual states followed suite in adopting provisions for a public trial. Those provisions, both federal and state, require that criminal trial be open to the public. The
purpose of this provision is to guard against unfair persecution and to make a public demonstration of the fairness of a trial. Although the right to public trial is
protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that reasonable restrictions can be placed upon public participation in the courtroom audience. Television cameras in
the courtroom and the live telecasting of a trial from the courtroom are two examples where the Court has seen fit to restrict public participation. The concern in such
examples is that prejudice and disorder could result from such a presence in some specific instances. A blanket ban on such practices has not been implemented but there have
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