Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#1

Post by augustocallejas » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 1:31 AM UTC

Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article
nytimes.com

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#2

Post by Bizarro » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 1:46 AM UTC

Stifling the first amendment is serious business. When are judges going to be held accountable for their wrong actions?

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#3

Post by 1996 » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 2:02 AM UTC

Regardless of their reasons, it feels very wrong to think a judge or an elected official could even think about regulating free speach. Double wrong for doing to the press.

I hope the judge get removed from office. I don't want people like that in charge of justice.

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#4

Post by kuon » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:22 AM UTC

This kind of things often ends up in a Streisand effect, seems very clumsy.

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#5

Post by anothergoogler » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:28 AM UTC

Here's the article before it was edited: https://web.archive.org/web/20180714180330/http://www.latime...

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#6

Post by pvg » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:37 AM UTC

1996 wrote: post #3

Regardless of their reasons, it feels very wrong to think a judge or an elected official could even think about regulating free speach. Double wrong for doing to the press. I hope the judge get removed from office. I don't want people like that in charge of justice.

Regardless of their reasons

It's their actual job.

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#7

Post by Waterluvian » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:38 AM UTC

1996 wrote: post #3

Regardless of their reasons, it feels very wrong to think a judge or an elected official could even think about regulating free speach. Double wrong for doing to the press. I hope the judge get removed from office. I don't want people like that in charge of justice.

I was thinking it would turn out to be one of those bizarre elected judges that the US has. But I think federal judges are all appointed through some resemblance of a sensible process, so I'm at a loss as well.

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#8

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:39 AM UTC

Bizarro wrote: post #2

Stifling the first amendment is serious business. When are judges going to be held accountable for their wrong actions?

[deleted]

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#9

Post by pasbesoin » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:39 AM UTC

Perhaps the judge should look instead to the court's and clerk's own record management. Something that is obviously in error, and the original cause of the risk.

Of course, they may well seek to quash such publicity. After all, who's going to make a deal with a system so incompetent it can't keep a sealed record safe from its own negligent mis-handling?

Re: Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

#10

Post by jessaustin » Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

anothergoogler wrote: post #5

Here's the article before it was edited: https://web.archive.org/web/20180714180330/http://www.latime...

John Saro Balian, 45, pleaded guilty to one count each of soliciting a bribe, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators as part of a plea agreement he reached with prosecutors. The document was ordered to be filed under seal but appeared on PACER, a public online database for court documents.

I'd say that last part is the part that got LAT in trouble... I rarely support the whole "under seal" thing, especially when it's in order to protect a corrupt dirtbag cop, but this "ask for forgiveness not permission" stuff won't fly with many judges...

But yeah, this guy is scum. Not only has he gleefully profited from both sides of the ruinous Drug War, but his police status has allowed him to escape the draconian punishments that normal people suffer.