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🗓️ 4 April 2025
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A federal lawsuit has been filed against Judge Canon and others, challenging the expanded buffer zone in the Karen Read Re-Trial. This video breaks down the lawsuit, which argues that the buffer zone infringes on First Amendment rights, acting as an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech.
We visually examine the extent of the buffer zone around the courthouse and discuss the arguments presented in the lawsuit. The plaintiffs claim the buffer zone is not narrowly tailored to serve a valid government interest and specifically targets the Karen Read case.
With jury selection underway and the trial expected to last 6-8 weeks, we explore whether the federal court will address these constitutional concerns on an expedited basis. Will the court rule on the buffer zone's constitutionality before the trial concludes?
Stay tuned as we keep an eye on this developing legal battle, where First Amendment rights are being tested.
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0:00.0 | Welcome back. It's time for a quick bit clip. The full episode will be linked in the description, |
0:05.7 | but this is the quick bit clip to keep you in the loop for everything that's happening on the |
0:11.1 | live stream channel. Let's get into it. We are going to take a look at a federal lawsuit suing Judge |
0:17.4 | Canoni and others over the buffer zone created in the Karen Reed case. |
0:22.7 | This zone has expanded a little bit beyond what we saw in the first trial. |
0:28.5 | Will they come up with a response before the end of this trial? |
0:33.1 | We will see. |
0:34.2 | They should take it up on an expedited basis because the trial is underway now. |
0:40.0 | We have jury selection ongoing, and witnesses are going to start in the next few weeks at the most. |
0:48.2 | So the individuals that are suing are saying that their rights are being infringed by the buffer zone, |
0:52.4 | ordered by the court, and are asking for the federal court to tell the lower court no. |
0:59.9 | I went through the lawsuit against Judge Canoni, D.A. Morrissey, and others regarding the |
1:04.8 | First Amendment rights of protesters outside the Karen Reed trial. The arguments being that the |
1:09.5 | buffer zone is unconstitutional for enumerated reasons. |
1:13.5 | Because it is a prior restraint on speech, because it is protected speech, because it targets |
1:18.9 | just the Karen Reed case, the buffer zone order from the court doesn't say there can't be |
1:24.3 | anyone on bullhorns within the buffer zone. |
1:27.8 | It says you can't be demonstrating about the Karen Reed case on sound enhancing devices. |
1:33.3 | So there are some questions here, and this has been taken up to the federal court. |
1:37.3 | I still question whether or not individuals sought to intervene with the order in the second trial. |
1:43.0 | In their motion, they point out that they were denied the ability to intervene during the order in the second trial. In their motion, they point out that they |
1:45.1 | were denied the ability to intervene during the first trial when a buffer zone was established. |
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