On June 7, 2012, I attended Pinellas County Traffic Court to support my friend Chris. Chris was in court to defend himself against a red light ticket and tried to motion the court to dismiss the case based on not just one, but many constitutional arguments. Upon Chrisâ?? motion to have a jury trial under the seventh amendment, the judge said that the seventh amendment only applied to criminal cases.

An animated musical video about photographer's rights. Presented by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Gregory Brothers and the ACLU.

Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures "with no apparent esthetic value" is within Long Beach Police Department policy.

The DHS admits that the § 102-74.420 does not “prohibit individuals from photographing (including motion photography) the exterior of federal courthouses from publicly accessible spaces, such as streets, sidewalks, parks and plazas; and FPS has not construed any other federal regulation or federal statute to prohibit such photography of the exterior of federal courthouses, though it makes no representation about local rules or orders.”

The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit challenging a government regulation that unconstitutionally restricts photography on federal property, including public plazas and sidewalks.