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1. In court rulings on whether trials are presumptively open or closed
2. Although the press has been granted access to many, maybe even most, documents filed in connection with a
trial, reporters are routinely denied access to
3. The federal government has decided that all suspected terrorists should be tried
4. When considering whether to permit the broadcast of evidence in a criminal case, a court should consider
5. The Press-Enterprise test is used by judges to determine
6. Some judges have refused to reveal the names and addresses of jurors sitting in a criminal trial
7. To overturn a conviction in a trial that has been televised, the defendant must show
8. Proceedings before military tribunals
9. While cameras are generally permitted in almost all state courts,
10. In determining whether a judicial proceeding should be presumed to be open, a judge must consider what
two factors?
11. What are the three reasons that out-of-court settlement agreements are usually sealed?
12. What are the steps taken to successfully close a presumptively open pretrial hearing?
13. Even in controversial, highly publicized cases, jury verdicts are never sealed to protect jurors from
retribution.
14. The federal courts are in disagreement whether deportation hearings should always to open to the press and
public.
15. Although a judge may have difficulty closing a pretrial hearing today, most courts have ruled that a trial
judge may deny access to documents filed in connection with the hearing.
16. As a general rule, reporters are normally permitted to use lap top computers or texting devices during a
trial.
17. Broadcasters are now permitted to record and televise executions.
18. While military commissions or tribunals may or may not be open to the press and public, military courts
martial are supposed to be open under both military law and the First Amendment.
19. Even in states in which televising trials are permitted, broadcasters must always get prior approval from the
trial judge before they can bring their cameras into the courtroom.
20. Public and press access to military courts is generally open, but the question of whether the trials of terrorist
suspects by military tribunals will be open has yet to be resolved.
21. If a judge orders a trial proceeding closed, only the litigants can formally object to the order.
