ADF comment on 9th Circuit decision regarding trial video in Perry v. Brown

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks regarding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today not to make public the video recording of the Perry v. Brown district court trial:

“The American people deserve a court system that upholds the integrity of the judicial process. The 9th Circuit correctly ruled that when a trial judge makes a solemn promise, as Judge Walker did by assuring the parties that the trial video would not be publicly released, the judiciary must not be allowed to renege on its pledge. To rule otherwise would severely undermine the public’s confidence in the federal courts by breaching the bond of trust between the people and their justice system. As the 9th Circuit today wrote, ‘The integrity of our judicial system depends in no small part on the ability of litigants and members of the public to rely on a judge’s word.’”

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