You seem to be looking at Bashman solely as an attorney rather than as any kind of journalist or member of the press. Insisting that one be able to publish information that was accidentally released by a court was the fact situation for a lawsuit against prior restraint by the Associated Press during the Kobe Bryant rape trial.
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2004/ 07...0719colora.html
PG | Email | Homepage | 10.29.07 - 1:02 am | #

I disagree. I don't question his status as a journalist, and I don't question his right as a journalist to publish accidentally-released information. But I think Bashman and his supporters are treating him as if he is solely a journalist, and not giving enough (any?) weight to his role as a lawyer. And like I said in my later post on the matter, I'm willing to be convinced he was in the right to ignore the Clerk's request. (I wonder if his supporters are as willing to be convinced he might be wrong.) But I just want to hear an explanation of why this case is so different that the court's order sealing material in the record deserves so little respect from an attorney.
Milbarge | Email | Homepage | 10.29.07 - 2:20 am | #